GAMING NEWSKen Levine Opted "To Kill" The BioShock MoviePosted on Tuesday, March 12 @ 14:00:00 Eastern by Alex_Osborn
![]() Ken Levine has been working with Universal and film director Gore Verbinski in an effort to get a BioShock film made, but after the pieces weren't lining up like the Irrational Games boss hoped, he decided to call the whole thing off. “The studio then got cold feet about making an R-rated $200 million film, and they said what if it was a $80 million film – and Gore didn’t want to make a $80 million film,” Levine explained at a BAFTA talk (via Eurogamer). “They brought another director in, and I didn’t really see the match there – and 2K’s one of these companies that puts a lot of creative trust in people. So they said if you want to kill it, kill it. And I killed it.” If history is any indication, there's a good chance the movie would have turned out to be a disappointment, blemishing the franchise for years to come. You've got to commend Levine for his desire to not move forward on something unless he's sure he can do right by his audience. Speaking of which... Don't forget that BioShock Infinite launches on March 26th! More from the Game Revolution Network Comments
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213EDD
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TheJx4
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intoTheRain
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i personally hope video game movies become like the "super hero" movie fad that is presently going on there is so much potential for awesome movies. someone just needs to take the leap spend the money and make a good one to see how profitable they are. if one makes huge profits, everyone else will be sure to jump on board.
maybe the world of warcraft movie will be the catalyst
TheJx4
Joined: Jun 2011
Try turning a chicken into a turkey, and a turkey into a chicken. Lemme know how that goes. All that money being wasted for VG movies could go towards...ya know...another game. I guess you had high hopes for the DOOM movie too?
"i personally hope video game movies become like the "super hero" movie fad that is presently going on there is so much potential for awesome movies."
That's honestly one of the worst suggestions I've ever heard. I don't want a bunch of CoD movies, Mass Effect movies, Gears movies, etc. Uncharted might be the exception, because it was more of a movie than a game anyway. If it gets done right, even once, and it becomes super popular, the whole "video-game movie" thing will become over-saturated and milked to death. Your love of video games does not come from watching them, it comes from playing. It's something you get to control and experience, not just watch.
elmoreoocyte
Joined: Apr 2012
"Your love of video games does not come from watching them, it comes from playing."
Speak for yourself. Maybe his love for video games comes from watching them. It's obvious yours doesn't, but that doesn't mean if a good videogame movie could be made (or multiples) that they shouldn't.
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