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For what its worth,
Universal is kind of crazy place right now because of the Comcast merger, there been some executive changeovers and there might be more on the way. Additionally, they have a contract with Hasbro to produce movies based on their IP within a very limited timeframe, or else they lose the rights, so they are deep into production on the very expensive (last rumor was 200M) Battleship hoping it hits ala Transformers and have other films like Ouija and (believe it or not) Stretch Armstrong in active development for 2012.
Its very unlikely they could get a Bioshock film into production for release in 2011, and most likely you would not want to see a project like this taken on right now given the merger uncertainties. With so much of the slate tied up in 2012 with the Hasbro properties, its very unlikely you would see a Bioshock film until spring of 2013 at the earliest, and depending on the budget/rating/other variables, it would seem more likely to be penciled in for a mid/late July date.
In short, I don't think its a dead project, but don't hold your breath.