Overview

• Producer Roy Lee says the live-action adaptation is set in the original game’s Rapture and will follow the 2007 story foundation.
• Lee reports the script is actively in progress after a period of additional work that delayed the project.
• Francis Lawrence remains attached to direct and is expected to tackle BioShock after completing The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, which is now filming for a November 2026 release.
• Following Netflix leadership changes in 2024, the movie was reconfigured to a lower-budget, more personal approach rather than a large-scale spectacle.
• Multiple drafts have circulated, with Michael Green attached on the current script and reports of earlier contributions from Justin Rhodes; no release date has been set, and any 2026–2027 timing remains speculative.