Netflix has revealed the director and writer of the upcoming BioShock film adaptation.
In a tweet on the officialNetflixaccount, the streaming giant announced that Francis Lawrence, director of I am Legend and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, will helm the film
The script will be written by Michael Green, who’s been credited with working on Logan, Blade Runner 2049 and American Gods.
No synopsis of the film has been made public, though the tweet’s accompanying image shows a Big Daddy, in an expanded version of the cover art from the first game, suggesting it will take place in Rapture rather than Columbia.
BioShock — our live-action feature film adaptation of the renowned video game franchise — will be directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Slumberland) from a script written by Michael Green (Logan, Blade Runner 2049, American Gods).pic.twitter.com/mDh4ut6ayJ
Netflixrevealed in Februarythat it was making a movie based on the IP, which hasn’t seen a new game since 2013’s BioShock Infinite. Little more is known about the project, however.
Netflix also announced today that The Umbrella Academy showrunner Steve Blackman is developingNetflix’s Horizon TV show, based on thePlayStationfranchise.
Blackman is currently working on the fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy in addition to two new projects – Horizon and space thriller Oribital.
“Horizon Zero Dawnis an exceptionally well-crafted game with wonderful characters not often seen in the rank-and-file of the gaming world,” Blackmansaid. “Guerrilla Gameshas created an incredibly lush and vivid world of man and machine who find themselves on a collision course to oblivion.
Sonyalso announced in May that it’s working on aTV adaption of God of War with Amazon, and aGran Turismo film helmed by District 9 director Neill Blomkamp.
