A year ago, fans learnt that the NetflixBioShockfilm had finally found its director. It was news to fans’ ears, even though there’s a natural amount of caution and scepticism that comes with video games being turned into TV shows and/or films. Yes, in recent years cinematic adaptations and their TV counterparts have better hit the mark – like HBO’sThe Last of Us– but there’s still some adaptations that fall flat.
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“[I’ve] been meeting regularly with [the director] Francis Lawrence and his team to refine a draft to go back in,” says head writer Michael Green in a recentColliderinterview. “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”.
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“You have to measure your words, or you’ll start to see a laser pointer at my forehead from the Netflix legal.Netflixhas been amazing about it. They were excited about it before the strike, they’re excited about it now, post-strike”.
“This could go extremely well. The lore of the world is rich and incredibly interesting. It was, to me, the driving factor in wanting to play in the world,”postsaTreeThenMe. “This will go wildly wrong if what they make is an action shooter hero saving something or someone thing. I want the story of rapture, not the story of hero vs big daddies and tweakers.”
For now, I’m remaining indifferent, neither hopeful nor doubtful. Whether that proves to pay off in the long run is up for debate, but, then again, so is everything else when it comes toBioShock.
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