Bioshock's Ken Levine To Script Logan's Run Reboot

[Wang Chung]

Though he has history writing scripts for both TV and film, Ken Levine is best known for his work as creative director and co-founder of Irrational Games, the team behind the critically-acclaimed Bioshock gaming franchise. And though he's now a gamer through and through, that's not stopping him from adapting the remake of one of his favourite films, Logan's Run.

The 1976 Michael Anderson-directed, Michael York-starring distopian sci-fi has a room in many people's hearts, including Levine's, who cites the film and the book it was based on - William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson's novel of the same name - as immensely influential, and whose long shadows can be cleary seen in all three of the Bioshock games.

Warner Bros. is the studio who have been trying to reboot the sci-fight-or-flight tale, turning to Levine after numerous other scriptwriters have tried and failed. Directors who've considered taken on the project so far include Bryan Singer - currently on X-Men: Days Of Future Past duty - and Nicolas Winding Refn, who was planning on having his Drive and Only God Forgives star in the lead role of Logan 5 before it all fell apart.

There's no doubt Levine can write a script, and considering he recently revealed why he put the kibosh on any Bioshock movie plans, it's clear he's a man of taste, so fingers crossed this time around Warner Bros. can make it happen and do both the original novel and classic '70s movie justice.

I hope he can do this justice and make a well written script many fond memories of that film which I think inspired Running Man and other films of the same sort.

 

[Fuji Vice]

I hope he can do this justice and make a well written script many fond memories of that film which I think inspired Running Man and other films of the same sort.

In all honesty, if your memories of it are fond, I'd suggest not watching it again since I did a few months back and it didn't hold up at all. :

 

[Wang Chung]

In all honesty, if your memories of it are fond, I'd suggest not watching it again since I did a few months back and it didn't hold up at all. :

I havent seen it in years. If my memory serves me correct this is the one that where they had the little blue chips on the back of the hands.

 

[Fuji Vice]

I havent seen it in years. If my memory serves me correct this is the one that where they had the little blue chips on the back of the hands.

Yes, that's the one. The only thing it really has going for it is Jenny Agutter getting naked and the fact that it was released before Star Wars so the special effects didn't pale by comparison.

 

[Wang Chung]

Yes, that's the one. The only thing it really has going for it is Jenny Agutter getting naked and the fact that it was released before Star Wars so the special effects didn't pale by comparison.

Ah the nude scene. Yeah all the effects until Star Wars were bad which is why this doesn't hold up well.

 

[Fuji Vice]

Ah the nude scene. Yeah all the effects until Star Wars were bad which is why this doesn't hold up well.

I wouldn't say all of them, 2001's effects stand up remarkably well considering its age. However, yes, most films looked like shit once Star Wars came out. Hell, even Star Wars looked kind of like shit by the time Return of the Jedi rolled around. :

 

[Wang Chung]

I wouldn't say all of them, 2001's effects stand up remarkably well considering its age. However, yes, most films looked like shit once Star Wars came out. Hell, even Star Wars looked kind of like shit by the time Return of the Jedi rolled around. :

That was because Lucas was pushing the envelope which he was kind of doing in the prequels but he failed to pull everyone in the story. Oh well I hope this film does well

 

[Castiel]

Honestly, I just find it cool that a "video game guy" is getting the job of writing a script for a major reboot like this. I mean, I guess he was a writer for movies and TV first but surely it's Bioshock that grabbed their eye as of late.