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Gears of War Movie Gets Funding

by Chris Faylor, Jul 25, 2008 9:31am PDT

Related Topics – , Gears of War, Gears of War 2, xbox 360, PC, Hollywood

The feature film adaptation of Epic's cover-heavy action series Gears of War has gained the financial support of Legendary Pictures, Variety has revealed.

Legendary will now co-finance and co-produce the project alongside New Line Cinema, which secured the rights for the adaptation in 2007. It marks the latest game-related project for Legendary, which is also involved with Blizzard's Warcraft and Diablo flicks.

Helmed by Live Free or Die Hard director Len Wiseman, the movie is now using a script drafted by Chris Morgan, instead of Stuart Beattle's original version. Gears of War lead designer Cliff Bleszinski is serving as both executive producer and consultant.

The Gears of War movie has no concrete release date, though producer Wyck Godfrey expects it to arrive in the summer 2010. The next entry in the game series, Gears of War 2, hits Xbox 360 on November 7, complete with a five-person online co-op mode.

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Die Hard 4 was awesome, this has a better chance of being good than Max Payne.

Jul 25, 2008 9:59am PDT

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Die Hard 4 was awesome, this has a better chance of being good than Max Payne. : Tawler
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- I liked it too - lots of crazy action which would work for GOW. : aznboysix
- Die Hard 4's unrated version was better, but when I saw it in theaters, I thought I watched the die hard ... : ElArabDeMagnifico

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What the hell possessed people into thinking this would be a good idea for a movie?

Jul 25, 2008 10:42am PDT

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What the hell possessed people into thinking this would be a good idea for a movie? : ElArabDeMagnifico
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- it could be if they pull it off the right way! : ninjase
- People said that about the game too. : Sailor of Fortune
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  What possessed them to thinking it's a good idea for a game? : abrasion
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    oh abrasion. : rasputinreborn
    - it sucked :( : abrasion

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Why can't somebody make a *good* Starship Troopers sequel instead of this?

Jul 26, 2008 9:18pm PDT

Why can't somebody make a *good* Starship Troopers sequel instead of this? : LemonJoose

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I think this is a terrible game license to make a movie out of. If they cast the humans accurately, they'll all need to be juiced up wrestlers and football players with a 10-word vocabluary. It'll just be the Doom movie all over again, only this time, the Rock will seem to be accurately depicting his character, but it will still be bad.

Jul 26, 2008 9:17pm PDT

I think this is a terrible game license to make a movie out of. If they cast the humans accurately, they... : LemonJoose

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EFF YEAH!

I'LL TAKE THAT!

DON'T MIND IF I DO!

SWEET!

EFF YEAH!

I'LL TAKE THAT!

DON'T MIND IF I DO!

SWEET!

EFF YEAH!

I'LL TAKE THAT!

DON'T MIND IF I DO!

SWEET!

EFF YEAH!

I'LL TAKE THAT!

DON'T MIND IF I DO!

SWEET!

EFF YEAH!

I'LL TAKE THAT!

DON'T MIND IF I DO!

SWEET!

Jul 25, 2008 3:08pm PDT

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EFF YEAH! I'LL TAKE THAT! DON'T MIND IF I DO! SWEET! EFF YEAH! I'LL TAKE THAT! DON'T MI... : MisterAtaxia
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  - Why? it's hilarious : abrasion
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  WOOOO, THAT'S A WHOLE LOTTA JUICE!!!! : Klebold
  - HOW MUCH YOU THINK ALL THAT IMMULSION'S WORTH, MARCUS? I DON'T THINK I CAN COUNT THAT HIGH. : MisterAtaxia

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isn't brett ratner supposed to direct this? no thanks.

Jul 25, 2008 9:50am PDT

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isn't brett ratner supposed to direct this? no thanks. : waxthirteen
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  wow, that's the god of war movie. i fail. : waxthirteen
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    hah, this was the first post i read after i just posted this! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=1751858... : ninjase
    - {ahem} yup... i'm just here to prove your point ;) : waxthirteen

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"Let's ride the Brumak Dom."

"Shit."

Awesome special fx + hilariously cheesy dialog = popcorn awesome

Jul 25, 2008 11:15am PDT

"Let's ride the Brumak Dom." "Shit." Awesome special fx + hilariously cheesy dialog = popcorn aweso... : Sturm08

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It would be cool if it had some saving private ryan/band of brothers style grit to it

Jul 25, 2008 10:52am PDT

It would be cool if it had some saving private ryan/band of brothers style grit to it : ninjase

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What has 5 person co-op in Gears of War 2 to do with the movie?

Jul 25, 2008 9:53am PDT

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What has 5 person co-op in Gears of War 2 to do with the movie? : FTY
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- Nothing. : orgcaptainnemo

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