Netflix is making a BioShock movie with The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence lined up to shoot the film. Michael Green, who wrote Blade Runner 2042, is penning the script. But how is the film coming along and what do the key creatives have in store? Lawrence said in an interview with Collider that the BioShock video game series is both visually and thematically appealing, which makes it a natural fit for a film.
“There’s real ideas and philosophies underneath the game property, and it’s really, really, really thought out. A lot of games may have a great world of some kind, or they may have a great lead character, or they may tee you up for great set-pieces, but they don’t really have the ideas, they don’t have the kind of weight and the gravitas that Bioshock does,” Lawrence said.
The director went on to say that BioShock has a “strange mash-up of genre,” touching upon things like horror and sci-fi, as well as how it’s a period piece. “I think it can be really unique and really beautiful and really entertaining” as a film, Lawrence said.