Guillermo del Toro wants to make a movie version of the 'BioShock' video game.
Guillermo del Toro
The 53-year-old director is an avid follower of the gaming universe and he has revealed that the Irrational Games' 2007 title is the perfect story for him to adapt for the silver screen.
Writing for ShortList, he explained: "As for making movies out of games, the one I could really see is BioShock. I would love to make it into a movie. Gore Verbinski was attached to it, and he would have been perfect."
Talk of a 'BioShock' movie has been swirling for some time, but as yet, the idea has yet to really take off.
Speaking in February, Verbinski explained: "What's interesting is when you get that close to shooting a movie, you've kind of made it. That's the danger - you've kind of made it in your head.
"It's one thing when your movie doesn't happen [...] but when you go literally eight weeks before you start shooting, it's devastating."
Meanwhile, del Toro - who is currently in the midst of a professional hiatus from movie-making - confessed that "most other games ... are impossible to make into movies".
He added: "They're two completely different narrative forms. Yet for decades there was that game curse on superhero movies, except for the original Superman and Batman films.
"Most people thought the rest were unadaptable. Then they found a way to do it, and it worked. Something will happen that will allow a truly great video game movie."
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