Here’s some fun stories we found hanging around this Inglourious Basterds weekend.

• UnrealityMag revealed the top 15 Awesome Star Wars Demotivational Pictures. The whole Star Wars crew is there from Darth Vader to Chewbacca. Some are actually pretty funny, so go take a look. (UnrealityMag)
• Writers of Zombieland, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick talked about their “big, epic, sci-fi war movie” called Earth vs. Moon. Universal has picked up the film, which the duo will executive produce. (FirstShowing)
• Universal Pictures‘ live action adaptation of the video game Bioshock has a new director. Out of the job is Gore Verbinski who will be replaced by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. According to Variety, Verbinski had obligations to work in the States and was unable to go abroad. More details available. (Variety)

What the hell’s going on with the live action adaptation of the video game, Bioshock? Universal has already given the film the go ahead, and supposedly Pirates of the Carribean director Gore Verbinski is set to direct. Remember all the hoopla that was made when he decided against returning for a fourth installment of the Pirates franchise because of his Bioshock commitment? That devotion must have exited stage left, because we’re not so sure if he’s up for the gig after all.

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With six years, three movies, and $2.6 billion under his belt, director Gore Verbinski is jumping ship on Pirates of the Caribbean‘s fourth installment, which is scheduled to start shooting in 2010.

Instead, Verbinski will flex his adaptation skills once again and direct BioShock for Universal Pictures. The film is based on the popular video game about a 1960s hero named Jack who must survive against mutated creatures and machines after his plane crashes in the horrific underwater city of Rapture.

But Verbinski bowed out gracefully, sending the future creators of Pirates 4 his best wishes:

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