Gore Verbinski No Longer Directing BioShock Movie
Universal has temporarily shut down the filming of the BioShock movie citing an out of control budget. In order to save money, the filming of the uber popular art deco masterpiece will be moved out of the US on a schedule that now conflicts with announced director Gore Verbinski's own schedule. So who will Universal find to replace the Hollywood blockbuster director?
Enter Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the director of 28 Weeks Later, sequel to the terrifying zombie flick, 28 Days Later. Fresnadillo did a fine job on 28 Weeks Later but, as movie site /Film points out:
Fresnadillo shows a lot of promise, but why is Universal trusting a project this big to a filmmaker with only one Hollywood hit? Going from the guy who released three of the highest grossing films in the history of cinema to a guy who directed a fun horror sequel is a huge trade downhill.
I have to say I agree. A change that big does not bode well for the movie version of a game many feel to be one of the best to come around in many years. A less well known director and a slashed budget indicates that perhaps BioShock isn't going to get the kind of treatment it deserves. This would be dissapointing since the last thing we need to see is another fine video game IP getting the shaft while we're forced to sit through huge budgeted crap like Transformers II, GI Joe: Rise of Cobra, 10,000 B.C., The Happening, Rambo IV... I could go on but I think you get the idea.
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo To Direct Bioshock [/Film]
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Movies-DVDs, Video Games on 3 September 2009
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:( yeah that doesn't sound good at all. I actually wasn't a fan of 28 weeks later. This worries me as well.
I suppose it could always be worse. They could've handed the reins over to Uwe Boll.