Pirates Director takes on BioShock

Today it has been announced by Variety that Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski will be helming the movie adaptation of the hugely popular Bioshock game.

Developed by 2K Boston and 2K Australia, BioShock is a "genetically-enhanced" first person shooter set in Rapture, an underwater art deco-inspired utopia torn apart by civil war. Caught between powerful forces and hunted down by genetically modified "splicers" and deadly security systems, players have to come to grips with a deadly, mysterious world filled with powerful technology and fascinating characters. To survive, players can turn everything they encounter into a weapon, biologically modify their body with plasmids, hack devices and security systems, upgrade weapons, craft new ammo variants, and experiment with different battle techniques. No encounter ever plays out the same and no two gamers will play BioShock the same way.