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Gore Verbinski Returns with New Film Amid BioShock Drama

2/9/2026

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Gore Verbinski's Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die releases this week, marking his return after nearly a decade.
Verbinski was slated to direct a BioShock adaptation, but the project fell through.
In a Reddit AMA, Verbinski said he planned to explore BioShock's endings and the Oedipal themes involving Little Sisters, aiming for a hard R rating and praising Big Daddies and Rapture.
Netflix is developing a BioShock movie without his involvement.

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Gore Verbinski's Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die releases this week, marking his return after nearly a decade.
Verbinski was slated to direct a BioShock adaptation, but the project fell through.
In a Reddit AMA, Verbinski said he planned to explore BioShock's endings and the Oedipal themes involving Little Sisters, aiming for a hard R rating and praising Big Daddies and Rapture.
Netflix is developing a BioShock movie without his involvement.