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Netflix's BioShock movie has the rights to both Rapture and Columbia

Netflix has revealed a BioShock movie, and it seems it has the rights to the entire franchise.

Netflix has revealed that a BioShock Infinite, meaning Netflix could potentially incorporate the floating city of Columbia and characters like Elizabeth as well as the sunken city of Rapture if it so chooses.

This week Netflix announced that it is "partnering to produce a film adaptation of the renowned videogame franchise BioShock" along with publisher 2K/Take-Two Interactive. Official Twitter feed Netflix Geeked posted the reveal alongside the cover art for the original BioShock, which shows the city of Rapture alongside the game's iconic Big Daddy and its Little Sister companion.

It seems like the BioShock Netflix movie will be based on Rapture and the more popular BioShock 1, which is more of did cross over into Rapture, of course.

Beyond this, Netflix hasn't revealed much about the movie, including when it'll appear. Studios such as Universal and failed due to budget concerns, although he was optimistic the movie could still be made. Guess he was right.

2K itself replied to the initial tweet with a reminder that some similarities with Half-Life 3.