“Bioshock” is one of my favorite games of the current generation of video games. Based on aspects from Ayn Rand’s bestseller “Atlas Shrugged” the dark sci-fi thriller is one of the high water marks of video games and it was an obvious choice to be adapted to the silver screen due to its strong narrative backdrop. “Pirates of the Caribbean” director Gore Verbinski was lined up to bring the film to life but decisions by Universal Studios forced Verbinski to vacate his directorial role leaving the spot open for someone else to take on the adaptation.

So who is in talks to direct “Bioshock”? None other than Academy Award nominated filmmaker, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Right about now you are probably scratching your head asking who Fresnadillo is? Well let me tell you. He is the Oscar nominated director of the short film “Esposados” as well as the feature length director of the Spanish language thriller “Intacto” and the zombie horror sequel “28 Weeks Later”. I can’t speak to the quality of “Intacto” as I have not seen it but based on “28 Weeks Later”, I seriously hope Universal Studios and game developer, Take Two Interactive (which maintains director approval), go in a different direction. Fresnadillo certainly could handle the action of “Bioshock” as the splicers move much like the zombies from “28 Weeks Later” but the narrative direction of that film left a lot to be desired.

I suppose in the end it doesn’t matter because I’ve yet to come across a video game to film adaptation that was actually a good movie in its own right.