Pirates of the Caribbean director is going to make a Bioshock film

Gore Verbinski, the man who made all three parts Pirates of the Caribbean, is going to make a film for Universal Studios based on the Xbox 360 game Bioshock.

Universal has attracted another big name: the script for the film will be written by John Logan, who previously wrote the script for Gladiator, The Aviator and Sweeney Todd. Nothing is known about the content of the film yet, but Verbinski has already let know enamored with the mechanical Big Daddies who guard the genetically engineered Little Sisters. Furthermore, Verbinski is very pleased with the art deco style of the underwater city of Rapture. Before starting the job, Verbinski had several contacts with Ken Levine, the game’s creator.

Publisher Take-Two, which owns the rights to the game, has received an undisclosed advance from Universal Studios. The amount will likely run into the millions of dollars. In 2005, Microsoft secured a $5 million advance when it sold the rights to a Halo movie to Universal and Fox. Halo would be created by none other than Peter Jackson, the man behind the three parts Lord of the Rings. However, work on the Halo film has been discontinued after both film studios regrouped withdrawn from the project. The studios could not agree with Microsoft on the terms under which the film would be made. Microsoft wanted, to the taste of both studios, too much control over the content of the film. Take-Two director Strauss Zelnick says he has learned from the problems surrounding the Halo film and states that there are conditions in the contract that ensure that the Bioshock film will come.