A movie adaptation of the popular game series BioShock has been in the works for a long time, and like a lot of film projects, it appears to be trapped in Development Hell. It remains to be seen how things will shake out with BioShock, but now its director has provided a positive-sounding update.

Francise Lawrence told GamesRadar that the team is "still working on a script," but he believes, "We're pretty close." He added: "I'm feeling really good about it."

Hollywood is littered with stories of filmmakers who are excited about projects, only to see them never materialize for countless reasons. That could happen for BioShock, too, but Lawrence is hopeful.

"Yeah, I would love to make it. I've been like dying to. I've been working at it. I've been trying," he said.

A BioShock movie has been in development for more than a decade now, with Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski originally tapped to direct for a theatrical release. He pushed for a big-budget, R-rated version, and the studio reportedly balked after Zach Snyder's expensive Watchmen adaptation flopped.

Netflix announced in 2022 that it had taken over the BioShock movie project, but things didn't go to plan. There was a regime change at Netflix, and producer Roy Lee said this resulted in the BioShock movie getting scaled back to become a more “personal” film.

The BioShock movie was supposed to happen years ago, but Lawrence had a full plate with 2025's The Long Walk and this December's The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.

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