BioShock movie concept art emerges from Hollywood's depths

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The BioShock movie isn't going to happen, but if it ever does, this is how it might look. Concept art from Hollywood illustrator Jim Martin depicts the underwater world of Rapture in BioShock, including grand, greenish cities and dank sewage tunnels. Rapture's interior has already fallen into disrepair in Martin's concepts, with one illustration showing dingy, peeling wallpaper, and another depicting a rusty Big Daddy repair room.

The BioShock film is officially dead, after years of budget and talent negotiations. In 2008, Gore Verbinski announced he would direct a hard-R BioShock movie, and he wanted $200 million to make it as bloody as possible. Hollywood executives would only shell out $80 million, and Verbinski dropped out. 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo jumped on board but then leapt right back off in 2012. BioShock creator Ken Levine killed the project himself.

Ah, what could have been. See all of Martin's BioShock concept art on his portfolio.

Sources : Polygon Joystiq Jim Martin

 

[blaaislaai]

Even though I am not a fan of game2movie conversion, this could of been something interesting. Hoping they revive the project sometime

 

[brendanvb]

I'm sure the project will be revisited someday as long as Bioshock continues to make money, although everything will most likely be started from scratch again. I can imagine it would be a very expensive film to produce, what with having to create all the underwater environments through realistic CGI.