BioShock movie canned as its too scary for Hollywood?

[Dark Drakan]

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According to reports the movie adaptation of the award winning Bioshock has been cancelled as the Director (rightfully) refused to make it 'family friendly'. Gore Verbinski of Pirates Of The Caribbean fame stepped down as director of the movie in 2009 due to financial and scheduling problems.Then the helm was taken by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo of 28 Weeks Later fame, however Hollywood wasnt happy to take on an R rating (17+). Verbinski had the following to say:​

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I couldn't really get past anybody that would spend the money that it would take to do it and keep an R rating. Alternately, I wasn't really interested in pursuing a PG-13 version. Because the R rating is inherent. Little Sisters and injections and the whole thing. I just wanted to really, really make it a movie where, four days later, you're still shivering and going, "Jesus Christ!"... It's a movie that has to be really, really scary but you also have to create a whole underwater world, so the pricetag is high. We just didn't have any takers on an R-rated movie with that pricetag.

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He also added that if he had have made BioShock he thinks it would've been perfect for 3D.​

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[Bioshock] would be a great movie to do in 3D. I'd like to go into that world wearing a pair of glasses, I think in general, gaming is perfect for 3D. Anything where you're the protagonist. The kid in 'The Shining' on the big wheel, going around corridors. That's what 3D is perfect for. To make people feel on-edge.

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[Tsuyu]

You know what else it would be perfect for?

A video game.

Lets leave it at that, I say.

 

[Cain]

I don't really like Game-Movie adaptions, but I am glad he remained faithful to the mature theme of the games.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Damn Hollywood for merely trying to cash in on gaming franchises and worse than that dumb them down and try and turn them into PG rated cash cows.

I don't really like Game-Movie adaptions, but I am glad he remained faithful to the mature theme of the games.

Yeah thats one thing i was happy about.

 

[SelfAppointedGunslinger]

Damn Hollywood for merely trying to cash in on gaming franchises and worse than that dumb them down and try and turn them into PG rated cash cows.

Yeah thats one thing i was happy about.

True, it's one thing to commit the sin of creating a film adaptation of a game (We all know how they turn out.) But to try and make a horror/tension based franchise 'family friendly' when making the film is just abhorrent. It's like they want to fail.

 

[Azer249]

How can you make an 18 game into a Pg? when the little sisters stab the splicers with the needle butterflies come out then they start dancing mary poppins style? Meh i would have liked a gory bioshock film, oh well.

 

[Daemon300]

This thread is so full of truth. I like it.

I really wanted to see this movie, I recently finished playing Bioshock 1 and I loved it. A PG version of this? No way.

 

[Fenrir]

Damn, this one actually sounds like it might have been good. Shame.

 

[Dark Drakan]

I just dont understand why Hollywood seem to think that making everything PG rated is going to make it a success. Makes it appeal to a wider audience with the amount of people who can watch it but then your alienating the adults and 'dumbing' it down. Game was made for adults so its only right the movie should be aimed at the same demographic.

 

[Sean]

They wanted to make BioShock a family-friendly and PG-13 rated movie?

Obviously whoever made that call has never played BioShock at all, to make that insane call.

 

[HeroOfCrapsalot]

I'd rather their be no movie than a doilied up sack o' doo-doo rendition of something so awesome.

 

[Cain]

How can you make an 18 game into a Pg? when the little sisters stab the splicers with the needle butterflies come out then they start dancing mary poppins style? Meh i would have liked a gory bioshock film, oh well.

Bioshock becoming family friendly wouldn't exactly mean it would be like a disney film, but the heavy drug use of ADAM and EVE, drill impalements, and the golf club scene would have to be scrapped.

 

[Azer249]

Bioshock becoming family friendly wouldn't exactly mean it would be like a disney film, but the heavy drug use of ADAM and EVE, drill impalements, and the golf club scene would have to be scrapped.

SO all the good parts?

 

[Cain]

Pretty much.

 

[Sephiroxas]

*cry*..Why? Noo!!! WHHHYY!!! I was actually looking forward to this, Bioshock is just so bioschocky that I bet it would've been great. The director choices were at least pretty good. *sigh* Oh well.