For several years now a movie based on the popular Bioshock video game franchise has been in development. At one point Gore Verbinski (the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies) was in the director's chair, but couldn't come to an agreement with the studio about the film's projected budget and his demand for an R-rating. Verbinski assumed producing duties instead and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) took over as director. But now it looks like the Spanish filmmaker is no longer involved with the long-gestating Bioshock movie either.
"To be honest, by now, I’m completely out of that, and developing other stuff," Fresnadillo said in an interview with the Playlist while promoting his latest film Intruders. "Right now it’s on hold. The studio and the videogame company, they have to reach some kind of agreement about the budget and the rating." Despite the popularity of the Bioshock games the franchise has a very limited fanbase outside the gaming community and wouldn't necessarily justify the sizable nine-figure budget required to bring the game to life on the big screen. Verbinski looks to be staying on as producer [...]
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