A movie adaptation of the popular video game “BioShock” has been in the works for some time, thanks to Gore Verbinski’s dedication to the project, but he couldn’t get people to back the film if it has an R rating, according to ScreenRant via Coming Soon. He told Coming Soon that the movie adaptation of the video game failed because “I couldn’t really get past anybody that would spend the money that it would take to do it and keep an R rating…Alternately, I wasn’t really interested in pursuing a PG-13 version. Because the R rating is inherent…It’s a movie that has to be really, really scary, but you also…

Director Gore Verbinski passed on making more Pirates of the Caribbean films for Disney in exchange for tackling the big-screen adaptation of “Bioshock,” the Take-Two Interactive video game. Now Variety is reporting that pre-production on “Bioshock” has ground to a halt due to monetary issues. Originally with a reported budget of $160 million, Verbinski and Universal are looking for less costly ways to film and until then, all progress on the film has halted, according to a report from Variety. One consideration is to move the production from Los Angeles to London, to take advantage of a tax credit opportunity. Released in 2007, “Bioshock” has been met with positive fan…

Check out this awesome trailer for the upcoming game “Bioshock” for the Xbox 360 and PC.

Awesome trailer for the upcoming video game “Bioshock” available on the XBOX 360.