Gears of War Movie Expected in 2010

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Allaying fears of bugdet-related holdups, producer Wyck Godfrey expects Gears of War feature film to release in the summer of 2010.

"We'll hopefully make [Gears of War] early next year for the summer of 2010," Godfrey told ComingSoon.net. "We've got our script on and a director we're about to attach."

As reported last March, writer Stuart Beattie was brought on to adapt the first game, which details an invasion by underground baddies known as Locusts, to the screen. Beattie was aided in his quest by Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski.

"I think we have a really great script and now it's just a matter of getting the right director attached and making sure it becomes a 'AAA' blockbuster movie," Bleszinski said late last year.

Released in November 2006, Epic Games' Gears of War represents one of the major console-exclusive titles for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console. Epic recently announced that Gears of War 2 will arrive on Xbox 360 this fall.

Though Epic has yet to comment on a possible PC edition, it is expected that the PC version of Gears of War 2 will arrive a year or so later, much like the PC port of the first title.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    March 31, 2008 10:22 AM

    Starring John "The Marine" Cena as Marcus Fenix! calling it now

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      March 31, 2008 10:27 AM

      If you really want a wrestler, The Rock would be a much better choice.

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        March 31, 2008 10:33 AM

        Maybe as Dom.

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        March 31, 2008 10:44 AM

        Yeah The Rock or Hugh Jackman

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      March 31, 2008 11:11 AM

      Casting giant muscleheads in this movie would actually be the right move.

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        March 31, 2008 11:30 AM

        They wouldn't need an actor for Cole - they could use the guy that voiced him - Rastaman aka Terry Tate "office linebacker"

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          March 31, 2008 11:45 AM

          Oh they damn well better. It will be the only good part of the movie.

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            March 31, 2008 12:41 PM

            Heh, not as if they have much storyline to work with; they can pretty much do whatever the fuck they want.

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