Summary

• After long being stuck in development hell, Netflix announced a live-action BioShock movie in 2022, with Michael Green scripting and Francis Lawrence directing.
• During a recent interview, Green confirms that the project is still on track after the strike and that Netflix is excited to move forward.
• The film may follow the story of the first BioShock game video game upon which it is based, introducing the city of Rapture through protagonist Jack, but it is still unclear if the movie will be rated R.

BioShock movie writer Michael Green provides an update on the status of his live-action adaptation for Netflix. Released in 2007, the first video game in the franchise transported players to the vast underwater city of Rapture in the 1960s, with an unpredictable story involving a genetic material that grants s superhuman powers. A BioSchock movie has long been in development with various writers and directors attached, but it was announced last year that the project moved to Netflix with Green writing and Francis Lawrence directing.

Now, following the official end to the WGA strike, Green provides an update on Netflix's BioShock movie to Collider. While many questions still remain about the project, Green's comments affirm that it's still very much in the works. Check out his full comment below:

"You have to measure your words, or you'll start to see a laser pointer at my forehead from the Netflix legal. Netflix has been amazing about it. They were excited about it before the strike, they're excited about it now, post-strike.

"Yes, I got called, the, 'How's it coming along?' the minute the strike was over, 'You about ready…?' Been meeting regularly with Francis Lawrence and his team to refine a draft to go back in. We're all optimistic. We all love it. It's a great big sprawling nightmare world we wanna see real. So, here's hoping. I would love to have an update for you soon."

What To Expect From The BioShock Movie

While there is little to go on currently regarding the live-action BioShock movie, the creative talent is reason enough alone to be excited about the project. Green, for example, is the writer behind acclaimed movies like Logan and Blade Runner 2049, meaning he certainly has experience writing gritty science-fiction stories. Lawrence, too, has an impressive resume of movies under his belt as director, including all the Hunger Games movies, I Am Legend, Red Sparrow, and Constantine.

The game itself also provides a fairly good idea of what's to come in the film. The first BioShock game is renowned for its unique atmosphere, with the essentially abandoned city of Rapture serving as both an awe-inspiring and very unnerving setting. As far the movie's story goes, it may well take after the first game, with the BioShock player protagonist Jack exploring Rapture and getting to the bottom of how the volatile genetic substance ADAM led to its downfall.

What remains a mystery is whether the BioShock movie will be rated R. Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski was once attached to helm the film back in 2010, but he later revealed that the project fell apart because of the combination of a high budget and an R rating. With Netflix now producing the film, however, it's more likely that the project will be able to stay true to the game's graphic violence and dark themes while still boasting a budget big enough to do justice to the story's epic scope and scale.

Source: Collider