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Producer Roy Lee Says Netflix’s ‘Bioshock’ Movie Still In Works; Will Be Smaller, “More Personal” Take Than Originally Envisioned
The 'Bioshock' movie's producer Roy Lee gave an update on the project's status at a Comic-Con panel on Thursday.
Producer Roy Lee speaks onstage at Comic-Con 2017 Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images Producer Roy Lee revealed on Thursday that Netflix is still in development on a Bioshock movie and the project should move forward with The Hunger Games franchise’s Francis Lawrence directing, even if the pic winds up being a bit smaller in scope than originally envisioned. This was the era of film chief Scott Stuber, who announced his departure from Netflix in January, with Dan Lin eventually coming in to take over his role, shifting the streamer away from producing an abundance of huge tentpole projects, in favor of more modestly budgeted efforts. While each of the games examines the downfall of utopian societies due to extreme ideologies and scientific overreach, the original takes place in the underwater city of Rapture, a failed utopia riddled with political and social decay, where the player must navigate through its haunting Art Deco corridors, battling genetically modified enemies.
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