Gears of War movie gets Battleship, Ted producer

The Gears of War movie adaptation has been taken up by producer Scott Stuber (Battleship, Ted). Stuber will reportedly be developing a script with Epic Games, and shopping the movie to studios.

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The Gears of War movie adaptation has a new friend in Hollywood. Producer Scott Stuber (Battleship, Ted) has signed on to produce, and will reportedly be developing a script alongside Epic Games. Stuber has given Universal a first look deal, and both Stuber and Universal will be shopping the movie to studios.

Variety reports that the movie is still in its infancy, lacking a writer or any of its actors. Universal could also turn down the movie, which would leave it without a distributor. But Stuber has a track record for large releases, so it's a step in the right direction.

Two years ago, the project was scaled back and seemed in limbo until late last year. As of October, the Creative Artists Agency was meeting with producers for the project. That must have paid off, because the movie appears to have found its producer and is on-track again. Still, it still may be quite a while before we see the results.

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    April 30, 2013 8:00 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Gears of War movie gets Battleship, Ted producer.

    The Gears of War movie adaptation has been taken up by producer Scott Stuber (Battleship, Ted). Stuber will reportedly be developing a script with Epic Games, and shopping the movie to studios.

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      April 30, 2013 8:16 AM

      Sounds like a fantastic producer. Especially considering the only reason they got Peter Berg to do Battleship was because he wanted them to fund Lone Survivor, which he accomplished.

      I wonder what deal they'll have to cut with the writer / director of this turd. In the Name of the King 3 perhaps.

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      April 30, 2013 11:01 AM

      GoW material would be just as well served by being a SyFy Orignal production. No need to spend more than $15 million on it. Just get a bunch of cut rate actors and lots of cheap cgi.

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