Gears film gets Legendary boost News
Xbox 360 PC News by Robert Purchese
Legendary Pictures, responsible for Batman Begins and co-financing The Dark Knight, has agreed to put up half the money for the upcoming Gears of War film.
The other half is already being spotted by New Line Cinema, according to Variety, which began the movie adaptation early last year.
Those attached to the project so far are Die Hard 4.0 director Len Wiseman and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift writer Chris Morgan, who will be redrafting the original script by Stuart Beattie (of Collateral and Pirates of the Caribbean fame).
The cast is yet to be revealed, if there indeed is one yet, and the Gears of War film is expected in summer 2010.
Epic, developer of the Gears of War game, has appointed designer Cliff Bleszinski as creative go-between to ensure the film remains as faithful as possible to the original IP. Tom met the man formerly known as "Cliffy B" at E3 recently, and said he was very nice.
Legendary Pictures was also responsible for action film 300 and is behind the helm on upcoming comic-book adaptation Watchmen.
Interestingly, Legendary Pictures boss Thomas Tull is one of the co-founders of Brash Entertainment, a videogame publisher specialising in movie tie-ins. [That's not interesting. - Ed]
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@ JonFE
The problem with the Halo film is that bungie wants total creative control, they don't want Halo turned to shit on screen by some director thats never even played it, putting out some shit to suit his vision. So, no studio will stump up the cash. I admire them for that. I'd rather have no Halo film than some piece of shit from a director that doesn't know what the fuck is going on. |
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The Bodybuilder
28/07/08 @ 09:06
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The gearsmmovie seems to be rolling, much so than the halo movie (MS hiring a director before a studio had even picked up the enormous bill?)
If gears IS successful (both critically and financially), you can bet hollywood will try thier hands at milking the gaming industry again (after sucking the blood of comics). BTW, love the new gears 2 cover. |
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squarejawhero
28/07/08 @ 09:23
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A creator with no actual experience in the film industry asking for total creative control is basically sealing nails in the coffin of any movie. Good movies come from allowing directors to make their mark, not asking them to mould themselves around something.
Hence why Halo lies in development hell. |
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DanWhitehead
28/07/08 @ 09:25
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The problem with the Halo film is that bungie wants total creative control, they don't want Halo turned to shit on screen by some director thats never even played it, putting out some shit to suit his vision. So, no studio will stump up the cash.
I admire them for that. I'd rather have no Halo film than some piece of shit from a director that doesn't know what the fuck is going on. Not really. Between Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp they had a producer and director who were very dedicated to the property. The problem is that Bungie's insistence on not deviating from their "bible" means that there's very little room to actually adapt Halo into a movie. Alex Garland got paid a seven figure sum to essentially transcribe the first game, and the studios realised they were paying a fortune for something that came across like a straight-to-video Aliens rip-off. The costs became astronomical and no studio wanted to risk that much money on a videogame film with a faceless lead character. The most financially successful videogame movie is Tomb Raider, which benefited from an A-list star and less costly special effects, and even that didn't make enough money to cover the estimated cost of Halo. The biggest hurdle in getting the Halo movie made is Master Chief. He's a character designed for gaming, not for a narrative movie. |
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PlugMonkey
28/07/08 @ 09:30
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"The problem with the Halo film is that bungie wants total creative control, "
I 'd always though of this as probably the main hurdle: "and no studio wanted to risk that much money on a videogame film with a faceless lead character." Either Master Chief keeps his helmet on and anyone who hasn't played the game can't relate to him, or he takes the helmet off and immediately ceases to be Master Chief. |
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mcmonkeyplc
28/07/08 @ 09:30
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MOTHER FUCKERS! How come gears gets legendary pictures and Halo gets nothing!?
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CreepinJesus
28/07/08 @ 09:53
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"...and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift writer Chris Morgan"
That had a writer!? |
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DanWhitehead
28/07/08 @ 10:52
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Make a movie like this in CG, and most people will just think they're seeing adverts for a new game.
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The Bodybuilder
28/07/08 @ 11:39
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Anyone that says this game should be a CG movie only validates that gamers only appeal to other gamers.
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Foregone Reality
28/07/08 @ 14:28
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"Either Master Chief keeps his helmet on and anyone who hasn't played the game can't relate to him, or he takes the helmet off and immediately ceases to be Master Chief."
Taking off the Helmet..It's the Judge Dredd predicament all over again. |
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There's a third solution: Master Chief is not the lead role but is instead a taciturn, enigmatic hero a main character bonds with. This way he keeps his iconic status while the audience gets the emotional side of story through the main, human character - preferably a woman.
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RedSparrows
28/07/08 @ 22:02
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Or the film is told from Cortana's perspective. I think the relationship between the two could be fruitful. Maybe.
Back to Gears...
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actionfitz
29/07/08 @ 11:13
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"The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift writer Chris Morgan, who will be redrafting the original script by Stuart Beattie (of Collateral and Pirates of the Caribbean fame)."
erm surely thats back-to-front? they get the writer of a shite Film to rewrite the script by the guy who wrote Collateral and Pirates of the Carribbean? :O |
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>>> The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift writer Chris Morgan, who will be redrafting the original script by Stuart Beattie (of Collateral and Pirates of the Caribbean fame).
How gutted must you feel if you're Stuart Beattie? I agree. Collateral and POTC were actually good scripts so this first draft was likley also good, but then they give it to some idiot from some shitty 2nd sequel to a shitty series. WTF? |
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