‘BioShock’: Guillermo del Toro Recalls “Disastrous” Movie Talks… “F*ck No”

Guillermo del Toro tried to get involved with a BioShock movie, but a couple of phone calls apparently put him off the idea pretty quickly.

Speaking with IGN, the Pan’s Labyrinth and Crimson Peak filmmaker recalled early discussions about adapting the game, describing the experience as “probably one of the most disastrous calls I’ve ever had.”

His conclusion: “So no. Fuck no.”

He then gets into the difficulty of translating a game’s storytelling into a movie.

“The dynamics of the video game are very different than a...