{"id":127581,"date":"2022-08-26T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-136713"},"modified":"2022-08-26T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T15:00:00","slug":"netflixs-bioshock-movie-gets-i-am-legend-director-and-blade-runner-2049-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/26\/netflixs-bioshock-movie-gets-i-am-legend-director-and-blade-runner-2049-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix&#8217;s BioShock Movie Gets &#8216;I Am Legend&#8217; Director And &#8216;Blade Runner 2049&#8217; Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9b5ac04e1d41b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9b5ac04e1d41b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Bioshock\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9b5ac04e1d41b\/bioshock.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNjI1Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"625\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9b5ac04e1d41b\/bioshock.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Bioshock\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: 2K Games<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We have been eagerly anticipating news of Netflix&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/bioshock_the_collection\">BioShock<\/a> movie ever since the media giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/02\/a-bioshock-movie-is-in-the-works-at-netflix\">announced its plans<\/a> back in February, and last night the studio provided some fresh details by revealing both the film&#8217;s writer and director.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet, the streaming service announced that the upcoming adaptation would be directed by Francis Lawrence \u2014 whose past credits include <strong>I Am Legend<\/strong> and <strong>The Hunger Games: Catching Fire<\/strong> \u2014 with an original script written by Oscar-nominated screenwriter, Michael Green \u2014 known for his work on <strong>Logan<\/strong> and <strong>Blade Runner 2049<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BioShock \u2014 our live-action feature film adaptation of the renowned video game franchise \u2014 will be directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Slumberland) from a script written by Michael Green (Logan, Blade Runner 2049, American Gods). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mDh4ut6ayJ\">pic.twitter.com\/mDh4ut6ayJ<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Netflix (@netflix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\/status\/1562864632708050945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>What has us excited by this announcement is the creatives&#8217; past experiences working within the realms of dystopia, a theme that&#8217;s essential to get right if Netflix is to nail the <em>feel<\/em> of the BioShock series. As we reported in February, publisher and BioShock IP owners 2K and Take-Two Interactive will be involved in translating the series from game to film \u2014 another sign that the atmosphere of the games will hopefully survive the transition between mediums.<\/p>\n<p>While this news points to forward motion on this long-in-development adaptation, these early creative announcements also suggest that there is a long way to go before casting or release date news. That being said, Netflix has proven in the past that it can handle a relatively fast turnaround on certain projects \u2014 and the announcement on Netflix&#8217;s site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/bioshock-movie-director-francis-lawrence\">Tudum<\/a> states: &#8220;BioShock is coming to Netflix soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As impatient as we are to learn more, we hope that the creative team will have the time needed to do this right and, hopefully, build a world that will appeal to game fans and new audiences alike.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you make of this early development news? Ready for a return to Rapture? Kindly let us know below, would you?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: 2K Games We have been eagerly anticipating news of Netflix&#8217;s BioShock movie ever since the media giant announced its plans back in February, and last night the studio provided some fresh details by revealing both the film&#8217;s writer and director. In a tweet, the streaming service announced that the upcoming adaptation would be directed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}