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aaaww fuck! =(chubigans said:Bioshock put on hold due to massive budget problems:
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.c...r-budget-gore-verbinski-pic-bioshock-on-hold/
aaaww fuck! =(chubigans said:Bioshock put on hold due to massive budget problems:
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.c...r-budget-gore-verbinski-pic-bioshock-on-hold/
Universal halts Verbinski's 'Bioshock'
Studio, director to work out budget concerns
By MICHAEL FLEMING
Universal Pictures has put the brakes on "Bioshock," the Gore Verbinski-directed live action adaptation of the bestselling Take-Two Interactive vidgame. The picture was in pre-production, but the studio has halted that effort--and let some production staff go--as Universal and Verbinski figure out a way to make the film at a more reasonable budget.
Sources said that the John Logan-scripted picture was gearing up to shoot in Los Angeles, but that changed when the budget rose to the vicinity of $160 million. U and Verbinski are looking at alternatives like shooting in London as a way to pare costs. The plotline takes place in the underwater city Rapture, where a pilot crash-lands near a secret entrance and becomes involved in a power struggle.
"We were asked by Universal to move the film outside the U.S. to take advantage of a tax credit," Verbinski said. "We are evaluating whether this is something we want to do. In the meantime, the film is in a holding pattern."
Verbinski and sources at the studio say they are determined to make the pic. Indeed, Verbinski (who has also been directing the Paramount animated film "Rango" with Johnny Depp) bowed out of directing a fourth installment of "Pirates of the Caribbean" so that he could direct "Bioshock" and produce under his Blind Wink banner.
Studio sources said that the budget simply became untenable, but U sources said this is no different than when the studio delayed the start of the untitled Robin Hood pic that Ridley Scott is now directing with Russell Crowe starring. U is making that picture for $130 million, a much lower budget that in its first incarnation. For a number of reasons that included the need for extra script work, that picture temporarily halted, a move which enabled Crowe to star in "State of Play" when Brad Pitt fell out.
All parties vow that "Bioshock" will not become another "Halo," the live action adaptation of the Microsoft game that was going to be turned into a film by U and Fox until both studios got cold feet and cancelled the deal over budget fears.
Universal acquired "Bioshock" in a multi-million dollar deal against gross points with Take-Two (Daily Variety, May 8).
I don't think a pirates movie would go over well right now given current events.OnPoint said:Glad to see the hate for the 2nd and 3rd movies. Yuck.
Yoboman said:OT: 2kgames need to make a new Pirates! game... I NEED THIS
Let me dreamadg1034 said:With the exception of the Civ4 Complete Collection, Firaxis has been strangely silent lately. I'd bet good money that they're not working on another Pirates!, but here's hoping we hear more about their latest project this year.
consoul said:Just bumping this thread to post a photo I took at Universal the other day.
The Bioshock movie is in production there now with Verbinski at the helm. Working title is Rapture. Set is closed of course, but I found a high vantage point where I could see this large prop archway and some window frames outside one of the big sound stages.
Yes, it is in production, right now, with no announced casting and not a word breathed from the trades since the hold was confirmed. That is exactly how mega-budget Hollywood productions operate.consoul said:Just bumping this thread to post a photo I took at Universal the other day.
The Bioshock movie is in production there now with Verbinski at the helm. Working title is Rapture. Set is closed of course, but I found a high vantage point where I could see this large prop archway and some window frames outside one of the big sound stages.
Honestly, while he sometimes looks pretty good, most of the times he just looks like some crack addict. I don't get his appealTotobeni said:
USD said:$nack$?
Haunted said:They're making a 4th PotC movie?
Why?
polyh3dron said:Verbinski is a great filmmaker and I'm expecting great things from Bioshock. Aside from the POTC trilogy he did The Weather Man which is the last good movie Nicolas Cage was involved in and The Ring which was a GREAT remake that shows he is very skilled at realizing the artistic visions of others.