Netflix's BioShock movie finds its director in The Hunger Games series' Francis Lawrence Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Netflix's BioShock movie finds its director in The Hunger Games series' Francis Lawrence No gods or kings, only Hollywood creatives News by CJ Wheeler News Reporter Published on Aug. 26, 2022 8 comments Streaming giants Netflix have a BioShock movie to make and, after pointing their golf club at various directors, they've selected Francis Lawrence. He's best known for overseeing three of The Hunger Games movies and is working on the prequel coming out next year, The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes. Netflix have also hired screenwriter Michael Green for the BioShock flick. Green wrote the Kenneth Branagh versions of Agatha Christie's Murder On The Orient Express and Death On The Nile. I guess that means he's got experience of period settings. Watch on YouTube Netflix have three games to draw from for their BioShock movie. Netflix revealed they were planning a BioShock movie back in February, and seem to want it to become a cinematic universe. Pirates Of The Carribean director Gore Verbinski was the first director attached to a possible movie based on Andrew Ryan's undersea shenanigans only a year after the game was released, but that fell through. Ken Levine said that he personally killed another attempt by 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo a few years later. Along with the BioShock developments, Netflix announced that they're setting on The Umbrella Academy's Michael Blackman as showrunner for their upcoming TV series based on Horizon Zero Dawn. Asked whether game protagonist Aloy would be the main character, Blackman said that she'll be "a main character in our story". Going to fill in the gaps there and take that to mean the show will be an ensemble. The red streaming service has quite a few game adaptations in the works or already plopping onto people's devices. I've covered Netflix's live-action Resident Evil TV show already, which might end up shoving in more characters from the games than just Albert Wesker. I'm hoping for a Barry and Moira Burton sitcom, personally. They've also adapted BioWare's fantasy series for animation Dragon Age: Absolution, have released another season of Dota: Dragon's Blood, and are prepping season two of League Of Legends animation Arcane. CD Projekt's spin-off Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is due to start streaming in September too. Oh, and then there's another season of The Witcher coming. The BioShock movie isn't earmarked for a release date yet. Let's hope it doesn't turn out to be BioSchlock. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here