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The movie will be made by Universal Pictures, a unit of NBC
Universal owned by General Electric, and John Logan,
writer of "Gladiator" and "Sweeney Todd", was in talks to pen
the screenplay, Take-Two said.
"Gore is an avid video gamer and true fan of 'BioShock'.
That was extremely important to us in deciding to move forward
with this project," Christoph Hartmann, president of Take-Two's
2K Games label, said in a statement.
Take-Two did not disclose financial terms of the deal or
other details, such as when the film would be released. The
company is the target of a $2 billion takeover bid by rival
game publisher Electronic Arts.
Released last August for Microsoft's Xbox 360
game console, "BioShock" won praise for its complex story,
haunting art deco atmosphere and creepy characters such as Big
Daddies and Little Sisters.
"BioShock" has sold more than 2 million copies and Take-Two
is working on a sequel.
The "BioShock" movie deal is the latest sign of the growing
importance of video games in popular culture.
Earlier this week, Take-Two said its "Grand Theft Auto 4"
criminal action game racked up more than $500 million in global
sales in its first week.
That handily topped Hollywood's biggest film debut,
Verbinski's "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", which
pulled in $406 million in global box office receipts in its
first six days.
Microsoft made headlines when it signed "Lord of the Rings"
director Peter Jackson to produce a movie adaptation of its hit
"Halo" video game, but the project was put on hold in 2006 when
financial backers Universal and 20th Century Fox, a unit of
News Corp pulled out of the deal.
(Reporting by Scott Hillis; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)
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