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Say it ain't so! BIOSHOCK on hold?!?

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I love Gore Verbinski's flicks and I love BIOSHOCK, so naturally I'm foaming at the mouth to see him tackle the film. Looks like I'm gonna be froth-mouthed for a good while as the film has had the brakes applied as Universal starts to get nervous at the $160m (est) price tag.

Sure, I can understand their worry... but goddamn, it's going to be beautiful and thrilling and scary and awesome! You know it!

According to Michael Fleming at Variety they're looking for a decent overseas tax incentive to help 'em along and the folks at Universal swear this isn't going to be another failed franchise like HALO. They compare it more to the production delays caused by the big budgeted Ridley Scott Robin Hood movie which has stopped and started a dozen times over the last year and a half before finally going into production.

I hope they're not blowing smoke and trying to save face because I think this film with Verbinski at the helm could be massive for the studio and, more importantly, a real treat for us, a sci-fi horror film unlike anything we've gotten to see on the big screen. We'll see what develops...


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I Want This!
by Crow3711
Apr 24th, 2009
09:53:15 PM
Come On People
by Crow3711
Apr 24th, 2009
09:56:03 PM
nope
by mr. smith
Apr 24th, 2009
09:56:38 PM
Shame On You Universal!!!
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 24th, 2009
09:57:56 PM
ROFL
by Bubs
Apr 24th, 2009
09:59:00 PM
Let them wait
by funnyhat
Apr 24th, 2009
10:02:50 PM
Anything that isn't a sequel or a remake...
by Arteska
Apr 24th, 2009
10:04:16 PM
What a surprise.
by ThusSpakeSpymunk
Apr 24th, 2009
10:06:59 PM
Arteska
by ThusSpakeSpymunk
Apr 24th, 2009
10:11:13 PM
halo? failed?
by the_fin
Apr 24th, 2009
10:12:09 PM
Universal
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 24th, 2009
10:12:20 PM
I'll just...YOU KNOW..play the game.
by knowthyself
Apr 24th, 2009
10:13:59 PM
This stuff writes itself.
by ThusSpakeSpymunk
Apr 24th, 2009
10:14:32 PM
Universal Part II
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 24th, 2009
10:15:08 PM
LOL Spymunk
by Arteska
Apr 24th, 2009
10:16:42 PM
ThusSpakeSpymunk
by kjmad25
Apr 24th, 2009
10:20:04 PM
Let's go find an angel Mr. Bubbles...
by mjayp99
Apr 24th, 2009
10:20:09 PM
I do kinda hope this works itself out,
by Jardinier
Apr 24th, 2009
10:25:05 PM
EPIPHANY!!!
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 24th, 2009
10:28:23 PM
Gore: Hello - uh, Jerry Bruckheimer. I'm available ...
by Professor_Monster
Apr 24th, 2009
10:32:45 PM
Its the economy, stupid!
by D.Vader
Apr 24th, 2009
10:33:14 PM
Oh noes
by Toilet_Terror
Apr 24th, 2009
10:40:31 PM
THE ECONOMY?!?!?!?!?
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 24th, 2009
10:40:42 PM
Bummer.
by CoursinLarry
Apr 24th, 2009
10:45:17 PM
Gone the way of HALO, unfortunately...
by TheMarineBiologist
Apr 24th, 2009
10:48:27 PM
DEVELOPMENT HELL
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 24th, 2009
10:53:38 PM
You think you can trick... me!?
by Mutilator
Apr 24th, 2009
10:56:03 PM
Sad
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 24th, 2009
10:59:33 PM
YOU GO UNIVERSAL!!!
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 24th, 2009
11:04:09 PM
Wait, tax credits? They're halting because of taxes?
by TheMarineBiologist
Apr 24th, 2009
11:06:22 PM
Would you kindly finish making this movie?
by TheMarineBiologist
Apr 24th, 2009
11:09:48 PM
Another Blow At Universal
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 24th, 2009
11:13:27 PM
why does it cost 160 million? seems excessive
by BMacSmith
Apr 24th, 2009
11:18:59 PM
Y'KNOW...
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 24th, 2009
11:19:43 PM
Damn.
by FlickaPoo
Apr 24th, 2009
11:24:10 PM
160 million excessive?!?!
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 24th, 2009
11:25:45 PM
Well it is a remake pretty much.
by JediRob
Apr 24th, 2009
11:32:56 PM
JediRob...
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 24th, 2009
11:40:24 PM
It's a great video game, leave it at that
by jabolino
Apr 25th, 2009
12:06:19 AM
Bioshock2: Sea of Dreams info is out
by onezeroone
Apr 25th, 2009
12:10:44 AM
I'm all for a massive budgeted video game movie...
by a goonie
Apr 25th, 2009
12:14:02 AM
So the 1st big budget videogame movie is gonna be BIOSHOCK??
by GibsonUSA Returns
Apr 25th, 2009
12:18:23 AM
The first $160 videogame movie should be METROID.
by GibsonUSA Returns
Apr 25th, 2009
12:21:52 AM
Metroid movie
by Mutilator
Apr 25th, 2009
12:27:56 AM
George Lucas
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 25th, 2009
12:30:26 AM
Steven Spielberg
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 25th, 2009
12:31:42 AM
OF COURSE...
by THE TRUE PINBACK
Apr 25th, 2009
12:32:47 AM
Bring on LEGEND OF ZELDA!~
by Professor_Monster
Apr 25th, 2009
12:37:09 AM
The ridiculous deep pit in Metroid.
by GibsonUSA Returns
Apr 25th, 2009
12:38:05 AM
Blond Angelina Jolie would've been good for Samus in Metroid....
by GibsonUSA Returns
Apr 25th, 2009
12:43:24 AM
Legend of Zelda WITHOUT Orlando Bloom as Link.
by GibsonUSA Returns
Apr 25th, 2009
12:44:51 AM
Bioshock wasn't horror...
by TheGoddamnSiege
Apr 25th, 2009
12:47:39 AM
M-O-O-N. That spells "the (Bio)shocking truth"...
by TomCullen
Apr 25th, 2009
01:06:39 AM
7 of those movies on your list don't count, Pilgrim
by D.Vader
Apr 25th, 2009
01:17:40 AM
PILGRM
by funnyhat
Apr 25th, 2009
01:34:44 AM
Don't make this, please
by ides
Apr 25th, 2009
01:35:39 AM
this makes financial sense,
by soup74
Apr 25th, 2009
01:41:03 AM
Aww...
by smatt584
Apr 25th, 2009
01:43:58 AM
Bioshock wasn't horror?
by TheMarineBiologist
Apr 25th, 2009
02:12:58 AM
Bioshock has enough style to appeal to non-gamers.
by Mr Nicholas
Apr 25th, 2009
02:20:28 AM
Why the big fucking budgets?
by moviemaniac-7
Apr 25th, 2009
02:29:13 AM
I want to get excited....
by Knuckleduster
Apr 25th, 2009
02:45:18 AM
So it's not based on those kids toys i see adverts for in the uk
by Darth_Bale
Apr 25th, 2009
02:58:33 AM
Ah sorry my mix up thats bionicle
by Darth_Bale
Apr 25th, 2009
03:00:49 AM
$160m? That seems like a lot.
by Kobaal
Apr 25th, 2009
03:32:04 AM
Can't this be made for a lot less?
by Prof. Pop-Cult
Apr 25th, 2009
03:47:53 AM
The pit in super metroid
by Rindain
Apr 25th, 2009
05:42:14 AM
I don't like Gore Verbinski's films
by kwisatzhaderach
Apr 25th, 2009
06:04:58 AM
Bioshock: great game but seriously overated
by Stalkeye
Apr 25th, 2009
06:13:02 AM
BIOSHOCK ON HOLD
by fallenangel1971
Apr 25th, 2009
06:16:35 AM
Bioshock can work as a movie
by lb
Apr 25th, 2009
07:11:07 AM
God, a great Gears of War movie would rock my world.
by Knuckleduster
Apr 25th, 2009
07:14:31 AM
Half Life = The best storyline of any video game
by johnnyangel
Apr 25th, 2009
07:35:13 AM
The REAL reason why this won't get made
by Immortal_Fish
Apr 25th, 2009
07:43:57 AM
Will be made, won't be like the game
by dastickboy
Apr 25th, 2009
07:55:26 AM
Too bad that Verbinski guy is untested
by The Funketeer
Apr 25th, 2009
09:14:50 AM
How bout a Metal Gear Solid movie?
by Double M
Apr 25th, 2009
09:15:21 AM
Hey Quint, Bioshock is on hold...permanently.
by Leafar the Lost
Apr 25th, 2009
09:30:53 AM
Why are movies so Goddamn expensive?
by BurnHollywood
Apr 25th, 2009
09:37:05 AM
Hey, Hollywood...this cost 500 fucking bucks...
by BurnHollywood
Apr 25th, 2009
09:38:44 AM
Do they really think people want to see this?
by Jawa 007
Apr 25th, 2009
10:06:59 AM
It was not impossible to build Rapture at the bottom of the sea
by slone13
Apr 25th, 2009
10:24:03 AM
Does anyone else think....
by Kief_Ledger
Apr 25th, 2009
10:28:17 AM
who cares when...
by Kief_Ledger
Apr 25th, 2009
10:29:16 AM
Damn you BSB! Damn YOOOOUUU!
by toadkillerdog
Apr 25th, 2009
10:32:37 AM
Metroid is long since dead...
by TheHumanBurrito
Apr 25th, 2009
10:40:34 AM
Promote an Ideology?
by ThusSpakeSpymunk
Apr 25th, 2009
11:11:44 AM
Oh, and I Hate BIOSHOCK
by ThusSpakeSpymunk
Apr 25th, 2009
11:15:40 AM
The Role Water Plays
by Autodidact
Apr 25th, 2009
11:19:56 AM
Wait...Halo movie isn't going to happen?
by CrazyGnome
Apr 25th, 2009
12:25:53 PM
Glad to see this delayed
by Ckuouka
Apr 25th, 2009
12:38:16 PM
Loved Bioshock as an idea
by The Funketeer
Apr 25th, 2009
12:53:59 PM
Just got off the phone with Yoko...
by Warcraft
Apr 25th, 2009
01:06:13 PM
Been decades since 160 was truly 'big' & Prince of Persia
by white_vader
Apr 25th, 2009
01:07:48 PM
The best Videogame Movie of 09 that's actually the game itself
by Stalkeye
Apr 25th, 2009
01:12:20 PM
Portal the movie. All in first person.
by white_vader
Apr 25th, 2009
01:14:06 PM
Mirrors Edge The Movie. All in first person
by Kief_Ledger
Apr 25th, 2009
01:20:57 PM
Stalkeye
by TheMarineBiologist
Apr 25th, 2009
01:26:34 PM
wow, that Half-Life movie was pretty impressive
by F69
Apr 25th, 2009
01:35:22 PM
AVATAR NEWS AND PICS!!!!!
by Kief_Ledger
Apr 25th, 2009
01:38:47 PM
givea real director a real screenplay
by funnyhat
Apr 25th, 2009
01:39:35 PM
Of course the Halo movie failed
by Lemure_v2
Apr 25th, 2009
01:40:37 PM
TIme to play the game again.
by antonphd
Apr 25th, 2009
01:42:27 PM
AVATAR INFO IS GOOD
by funnyhat
Apr 25th, 2009
01:43:32 PM

by funnyhat
Apr 25th, 2009
01:43:51 PM
Lemure
by funnyhat
Apr 25th, 2009
01:45:11 PM
Lemure
by TheMarineBiologist
Apr 25th, 2009
01:50:19 PM
And within this generation,
by TheMarineBiologist
Apr 25th, 2009
01:54:20 PM
Just finished Bioshock recently...
by Johnno
Apr 25th, 2009
02:13:26 PM
Dammit!! Where the hell is HALF-LIFE?!?
by MrMysteryGuest
Apr 25th, 2009
02:20:05 PM
That is terrible news!
by gringostar
Apr 25th, 2009
02:55:12 PM
Bioshock.
by A G
Apr 25th, 2009
03:04:16 PM
Bea Arthur = dead
by Cedar_Room
Apr 25th, 2009
03:11:19 PM
Please, gents, no naked Bea Arthur jokes.
by YouAreAllMyBastardChildren
Apr 25th, 2009
03:23:11 PM
Would you kindly...
by MrBum
Apr 25th, 2009
03:42:06 PM
Video games are a waste of time and money
by ebonic_plague
Apr 25th, 2009
03:44:55 PM
It's all about value
by MrBum
Apr 25th, 2009
03:50:32 PM
And then there Maud!
by fiester
Apr 25th, 2009
03:50:40 PM
So Robin Hood is robbing from the rich?
by OGoncho
Apr 25th, 2009
03:56:30 PM
Like the article said:
by Magnum Opus
Apr 25th, 2009
04:03:02 PM
R.I.P. Ackmena
by Tacom
Apr 25th, 2009
04:14:17 PM
Ridley Scott is the man
by m_reporter
Apr 25th, 2009
05:37:00 PM
What, $160 per fanboy?
by Unscripted
Apr 25th, 2009
05:41:54 PM
Waste of time and Money?
by Stalkeye
Apr 25th, 2009
06:11:42 PM
Brett Ratner has agreed to direct BIOSHOCK.
by Leafar the Lost
Apr 25th, 2009
06:32:05 PM
$160 Million WTF..??
by D o o d
Apr 25th, 2009
06:48:19 PM
$160 Million WTF..??
by D o o d
Apr 25th, 2009
06:49:26 PM
Videogames are not a waste of time...
by Davidia
Apr 25th, 2009
07:54:37 PM
MOVIES BASED ON VIDEO GAMES ARE ALWAYS CRAP
by J-Dizzle
Apr 25th, 2009
08:01:08 PM
RE: AVATAR PICS
by J-Dizzle
Apr 25th, 2009
08:05:38 PM
The Purchase Brothers' Movie
by ThusSpakeSpymunk
Apr 25th, 2009
10:12:22 PM
I love Gore Verbinski's flicks
by Series7
Apr 25th, 2009
11:04:45 PM
Pissed off Jim Cameron will murder you.
by natecore
Apr 25th, 2009
11:28:42 PM
It's easy to make a $500 dollar
by comedian_x
Apr 25th, 2009
11:29:14 PM
Tired of hearing this bullshit about there being
by Sick Fixx
Apr 26th, 2009
12:20:13 AM
When will they realize how huge a METROID movie would be??
by GibsonUSA Returns
Apr 26th, 2009
12:50:24 AM
"no good game movies"
by funnyhat
Apr 26th, 2009
01:09:46 AM
this is one of the most talked about movies
by Obscura
Apr 26th, 2009
03:16:29 AM
comedian_x
by Geomancer21
Apr 26th, 2009
08:22:25 AM
The reason game movies suck.
by knowthyself
Apr 26th, 2009
10:23:10 AM
Doesn't need to be a movie.
by PJoseph
Apr 26th, 2009
10:43:26 AM
"...and you can make it for under $80 million."
by Leafar the Lost
Apr 26th, 2009
11:20:13 AM
Anything involving water...triple the budget.
by knowthyself
Apr 26th, 2009
12:38:54 PM
JOSH SWANEY FOR PRESIDENT!!!
by gruemanlives
Apr 26th, 2009
01:08:20 PM
I'll tell you what a movie can do for Bioshock PJoseph
by Johnno
Apr 26th, 2009
01:49:57 PM
The reason video game movies suck....
by seanny_d
Apr 26th, 2009
02:19:55 PM
seanny d
by funnyhat
Apr 26th, 2009
02:27:17 PM
Video Game Movies
by boogy110
Apr 26th, 2009
02:35:35 PM
What would work?
by funnyhat
Apr 26th, 2009
02:39:09 PM
You'd have to show the spiral
by Geomancer21
Apr 26th, 2009
05:05:44 PM
Reason why Video Game Movise suck balls
by jingle_balls
Apr 26th, 2009
07:41:41 PM
Good Point jingle_balls...
by F69
Apr 26th, 2009
08:24:33 PM
Would You Kindly Get This Film Made?
by DarfurOnTheRocks
Apr 26th, 2009
08:59:46 PM
When did Gore Verbinski earn his stripes?
by Raskolnikov_was_framed
Apr 26th, 2009
09:21:52 PM
RASKOLNIKOV!
by funnyhat
Apr 26th, 2009
09:55:47 PM
If that really is the budget.
by OutlawsDelejos
Apr 26th, 2009
10:58:06 PM
Raskolnikov
by white_vader
Apr 27th, 2009
09:38:11 AM
Should have made System Shock into a movie
by ColorsFade
Apr 27th, 2009
01:09:00 PM
Make VG movies that COMPLEMENT the GAMES!!!
by Johnno
Apr 27th, 2009
05:02:03 PM
Halo is over. It was amazing for a while
by Knobules
Apr 28th, 2009
11:30:05 AM
Bioshock can make $$ if they put a monkey in it
by Knobules
Apr 28th, 2009
11:40:10 AM
Knobules!
by funnyhat
Apr 28th, 2009
02:46:07 PM
Nope
by Knobules
Apr 28th, 2009
04:53:17 PM

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