The upcoming film adaptation of Bioshock has seen its funds slashed as Netflix focuses on making it a smaller, „extra private“ venture.
Selection studies the revelations come from a Thursday panel at this 12 months’s San Diego Comedian-Con, the place the movie’s producer Roy Lee stated the BioShock venture was being „reconfigured“ following a change in management on the streaming agency.
In March, Netflix named Dan Lin as its new film boss, with the producer of the corporate’s dwell motion Avatar: The Final Airbender remake changing Scott Stuber, who was in cost when the BioShock film was announced back in 2022.
At SDCC, Lee siad: „The brand new regime has lowered the budgets. So we’re doing a a lot smaller model… It’ll be a extra private level fo view, versus a grander, huge venture.“
There is not any phrase on a launch date however Francis Lawrence, who directed all of The Starvation Video games sequels, remains to be on board as director.
This isn’t the primary time a BioShock film has been within the works, or gone by funds points. A movie based mostly on the sport was previously announced in 2008 – a 12 months after the primary recreation launched – with Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski main venture. This was put on hold the following year following Common Footage‘ issues with the funds.
Verbinski stepped again to function producer and was changed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo as director, however he additionally left the project saying it was on maintain once more because the related events could not choose a funds or a goal ranking for the venture.