Variety reports that Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (
28 Weeks Later) will be directing
Bioshock for Universal Pictures. The film is an adaptation Take-Two's Interactive video game.
Gore Verbinski will be producing from a script by John Logan.
Verbinski was going to direct the film but he opted to go another way when the studio decided to shoot overseas and take advantage of tax credits and favorable exchange rates. He is also directing Paramount's animated film
Rango.
Bioshock takes place in an underwater city based on the free market principles of Ayn Rand, but things have gone disastrously wrong. Players control a pilot who crash-lands at a secret entrance to the city, called Rapture, and is drawn into a power struggle during which he discovers that his will is not as free as he'd thought.
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According to David Goyer the main priorities to Fox atm are Wolverine 2, Deadpool & X-men First Class.
And for all you lovable LOTR fans...Apparently Ian Mckellen revealed at a special screening at Waterloo BFI in London that he will be returning as Gandalf and that Bilbo Baggins has officially been casted and that production begins in March 2010 :D
Enjoy the news
The others suchs as the screenplays i've sent you guys in the past, i get through people i know, contacts and stuff.
LOL @ Pypebomb, man you are a troll, you need to really grow up. and wow i haven;t used that name on Movieweb for ages that was in my first year of being here that was 2007 what were you doing bashing your bishop to my profile.
P.S
Get a life.
And I'm with Chad. Enough with the goblins already.
And well really there is no point sending it to the MW scoops since they never ever bloody post them lol.
And i dont think you can send scoops to worst previews
Email me or post on my page with your email and i'll send you David Lindsey Abatire treatment to the screenplay.
BTW i found it and sent it to my friend via msn and he summed it up on a FB status.
But if anyone is interested in reading the 41 page treatment drop me a comment :)
As for this so-called "Spidey Scoop," no offense J.A., but your "official announcement" can hardly be considered "official." I performed a simple search, and received no hits regarding this alleged synopsis. If its a "World Wide Exclusive," obviously "the whole world" (or at least those who associate themselves with movie news) would know, not just one person, or a friend of said-person.
I appreciate the incentive to provide fans with new, informative scoops. But without a source or a genuine confirmation, other than "my friend," it's hard to take your excitement seriously. I want to believe you, I trust your credibility, next time (or this time if you can) gives us a source.
And for the record, I'm not trying to be a dick, or say there's no truth in your statement. It just seems pointless (to me) to hash out news without documentation.
Okay...
Once again, psyched for Bioshock! And I agree with you J.A. on John Logan.
I don't know how you find the time to write all these screenplays your always talking about, because it seems as though you spend the majority of your time surfing the web for info that only you seem to be able to find. "WORLD WIDE EXCLUSIVE CONFIRMATION" my ass...so far, I've only seen a "J.A. Ottley confirmation." Try to take these scoops with more grains of salt is what I'm saying. I'm not doubting Lizard is in it, though, because that was pretty much confirmed the second Spidey 3 bombed.
History repeats itself, here is a summary that my friend wrote on it...
Spider-man Four will be about Peter and Mary Jane finally breaking up. The Lizard is a menacing force that's terrorizing the city of New York. After about 3 or 4 fights, and Gwen and Peter getting together, the Lizard is defeated and cured by ...Spider-man. Roderick Kingsley soon comes in and discovers the green goblin equipment and ends with him hinting at becoming the Hobgoblin.
Newkill, you're obviously just saying that to tick people off seeing as how you specifically attacked the storyline, which has been regarded as a major achievement for storytelling in video games.
As for the actual news, I haven't seen 28 weeks later. I'll have to get around to watching it so I can judge this guy for myself. I wonder if the movie will be a prequel or direct adaptation or even something else.
WORLD WIDE EXCLUSIVE CONFIRMATION
VILLAINS FOR SPIDERMAN 4 ARE
LIZARD with the introduction of Roderick Kingsley possibly Hobgoblin and the possible murder of Gwen Stacy.
Roderick Kingsley lives in the Osbourne house hold now :D