Gore Verbinski, the director of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, has agreed to take on the project of the Bioshock movie. 2k Games has just reached an agreement with Universal Pictures to create the full length film. Jack Sparrow trying out how to take down a Big Daddy? I’ll be first in line.

There is a good chance that Verbinski will be working with John Logan, Academy Award winning writer of Gladiator, The Aviator and Sweeney Todd, to bring the complex, creative, and beautiful story and environment of Rapture to the big screen. There is the obvious chance of this becoming another screw up, but the talent seems there and hopefully game-based movies will start to come out on the top.

Make this a good movie, would you kindly? Here is the press release:

Universal Pictures to develop movie based on hit video game from 2K Games

Gore Verbinski, Director of Pirates of the Caribbean, to Direct/Produce

New York, NY – May 9, 2008 – 2K Games announced today that it has reached an agreement for BioShock®, the universally acclaimed smash-hit video game, to be developed as a feature film by Universal Pictures. 2K Games, whose 2K Boston and 2K Australia studios developed BioShock, is a video game publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

The prospect of bringing this blockbuster game to life has attracted not only a major studio, but top Hollywood talent. Gore Verbinski, director of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, is slated to direct and produce the BioShock movie. John Logan, Academy Award-nominated writer of Gladiator, The Aviator and Sweeney Todd, is in talks to do the screenplay.

The expected release date and terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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