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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo to direct Bioshock movie
Pending approval from 2K, the 28 Weeks Later director will be helming Bioshock, after Gore Verbinski decides to sit on the producer's chair
Written by Chris Schilling, 24 August 2009
Variety is reporting that Universal has chosen a new director for its forthcoming film version of Ken Levine's aquatic think-piece Bioshock.
Intacto, Fresnadillo's belting Spanish-language debutJuan Carlos Fresnadillo has been pencilled in for the project, with original lensman Gore Verbinski opting to produce instead. The Tenerifean helmer has to be approved by publisher 2K Games before production can start, though we think that's a mere formality, and the film will lens overseas in the not-too-distant.
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For our latest Bioshock coverage, click here to download Bioshock 2 Issue 1 for free.Apparently, Verbinski's decision was brought on by cuts in the films budget which would force it to be shot abroad (for the savings and tax breaks, natch). With the Pirates of the Caribbean director already committed to directing an animated film around the same time, the vacant director's chair was hurriedly filled by Fresnadillo, who directed excellent Spanish thriller Intacto and slightly less excellent not-zombie sequel 28 Weeks Later.
A splicer, the film editor's favourite character.Bioshock is reportedly one of the biggest films on Universal's slate - despite the budgetary constraints this isn't going to be chump change, with original production figures estimated at $160m. Evidently, the risks of basing a film on a videogame themed around Objectivist theory are a little too large for that kind of money, but there should be enough cash to splash to ensure Rapture's Art Deco interiors are lovingly recreated.
Anyone concerned about how well the game will translate to film can rest assured that the script at least is in good hands - Gladiator/Aviator scribe John Logan is on word-scrawling duty.
Read more, including something about a "U-based Blind Wink shingle", whatever that is, at Variety. Link's to your right, readers.
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