All Blog Posts Tagged 'verbinski' (3)

Of all the board games out there, the one which has potential to be at least a decent movie is Clue (or as us Brits know it - Cluedo). For those of you who may not know, there was already a movie of the game made back in 1985 which starred Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd and Michael McKean. And it seems that Hollywood thinks there’s enough there to warrant another movie based on the game, with the ball set in motion with Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski in final nego… Continue

Source: Variety Universal Pictures has given then nod to Gore Verbinski produce a remake of the 2006 Korean thriller The Host. The film, originally titled "Gwoemul," did record-breaking business in its theatrical run in South Korea. The film will feature the directing debut of commercials director Fredrik Bond. Smart People writer Mark Poirier will pen the script. Story follows a town… Continue

Kimura-Triangle asks: We've all seen your rant on the concept of turning video games into movies. However, with the news that Gore Verbinski will be helming the upcoming adaptation of Bioshock, do you think it has a chance of actually being a decent film, despite it suffering from the classic isolationist syndrome a lot of video games have (ie. only have one character for most of the game). Well, for those of you unacquainted with my video game rant, I've dug it out and dusted it off fo… Continue