Apparently, Bioshock made a pretty good impression on the director of the Pirates of the Carribean movies. So good of an impression that he is going to direct the Bioshock movie! Now things like this have been tried before, and have failed, will this time be any different?

Award-winning videogame "Bioshock" is to be turned into a movie by "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore Verbinski, entertainment industry media reported Friday.

The film is set to be the highest profile adaptation of a videogame since 2005, when Fox paid Microsoft five million dollars for rights to make "Halo," a project now scrapped, Variety reported.

"Bioshock" is set in a futuristic underwater city called Rapture which has spiralled into anarchy.

"I think the whole utopia-gone-wrong story that's cleverly unveiled to players is just brimming with cinematic potential," Verbinski said. "Of all the games I've played, this is one that I felt has a really strong narrative."

The report said a number of producers and studios had approached the publishers of "Bioshock," Take Two, since its release in August.

However the company had waited until the game won a clutch of industry awards before agreeing a deal with Universal.

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