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Netflix, hardly a stranger to the world of video game adaptations, has chucked another beloved property onto its increasingly teetering pile, this time setting its sights on turning Irrational Games’ acclaimed underwater FPS BioShock into a live-action film.<\/p>\n

The newly announced project is a collaboration between Netflix and Take-Two Interactive (the latter is listed as producer alongside Vertigo Entertainment), and still appears to be early in development, with the Hollywood Reporter claiming<\/a> no writer or film maker is currently attached.<\/p>\n

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Netflix, hardly a stranger to the world of video game adaptations, has chucked another beloved property onto its increasingly teetering pile, this time setting its sights on turning Irrational Games’ acclaimed underwater FPS BioShock into a live-action film. The newly announced project is a collaboration between Netflix and Take-Two Interactive (the latter is listed as producer alongside Vertigo Entertainment), and still appears to be early in development, with the Hollywood Reporter claiming no writer or film maker is currently attached. 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