Wiseman wants to film Gears trilogy
"A harder edged Lord of the Rings."
Die Hard 4.0 director Len Wiseman plans to turn Gears of War into a film trilogy.
He confirmed his role at the helm during a red carpet chat with website Bloody-Disgusting, and shed some light on his masterplan for the IP.
"The hope is that we're wanting to do three movies and really cover the bases on everything. Basically a harder edged Lord Of The Rings," said Wiseman.
"It's going to be much more [on the] science fiction side of it than the creature side of it. I've always been much more of a sci-fi action fan than a horror fan."
Apparently Wiseman began looking into Gears of War after picking the shooter to appear during a scene of Die Hard 4.0.
"I just really connected with it; the design of it the world, the whole thing," added Wiseman. "So I actually bought an Xbox 360 to start researching what it was."
Pirates of the Caribbean and Collateral writer Stuart Beattie will be doing the script, and the whole project will be overseen by Gears of War creative director Cliff Bleszinski.
Legendary Pictures, of 300 and The Watchmen credit, has stumped up half the cash for the project, and production company Temple Hill Entertainment reckons a launch next year is likely.
No Hollywood actors or actresses have been linked with the project. Maybe Bruce Willis will join in.
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A Gears film based around another squad might be not bad, as long as he doesn't just retread what Gears story there is - I don't want Fenix in it at all.
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Then again, ignoring the game's story might be the best idea...
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I still think that Halo is much better movie material though.
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Exactly how they should do it. Different cast and maybe even different timeline could rescue the film and not ruining the game franchise.
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It won't be viewable in cinema screens using Sony technology.
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Lets make a film of sonic the hedgehog. It could be la biopic charting his rise to fame and steep fall into normal life because he spends all his money on a gang of cronies who follow him round ruining his projects after that. Eventually all the drugs turn him into a werehog... or something.
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The Lord of the Rings - Huge bloody book that can't be completely squeezed into 3 films running to almost 10 hours (extended edition).
Gears of War - Computer games with a couple of minutes of exposition
Hmm, an apples and oranges comparison anyone?
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The gears movie would only work in a hamburger hill, killing fields kind of way and not an epic LOTR way. There is no equivalent ring quest. We can assume that either the locust are emulsion mutated humans or were around before man arrived and are actually fighting for their home world. It's also now implied that the emulsion is actually a living sentient entity that is itself fighting for survival against those that are using it as a power source!
seriously. The gears plot is way too supid and vague to make a movie out of it.
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/prepares for epic fail
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True.. but 90% of LotR is Hobbits singing
"We can assume that either the locust are emulsion mutated humans or were around before man arrived and are actually fighting for their home world. It's also now implied that the emulsion is actually a living sentient entity that is itself fighting for survival against those that are using it as a power source!
seriously. The gears plot is way too supid and vague to make a movie out of it. "
Sounds like about 90% of the Japanese animation plots. Evangelion anybody?
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The only thing missing was chainsaws and active reload!
Also - LOTR seems an odd comparison, but hey - may as well compare to something well known even if it is rubbish
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Gears of War 2 made me laugh...laugh hard. Fun game (if a little OTT) but for gods sake do not try and give these Unreal Tournament skins character depth....i mean for gods sake what kind of fucking retard takes Gears seriously on any level?
I refuse to accept the irony because it wasnt intended, therefor its fucking stupid.
Gears is stupid. If you treat it as anything else....your stupid.
Stupid.
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But anyway - yay.
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"The games have an adequate story at best (heck, the original can be played without factoring in the plot at all) so a movie based on it sounds like a rather stupid idea"
Yeah, 'cos an action film without a plot is like a fish without a bicycle, right?
"and the whole project will be overseen by Gears of War creative director Cliff Bleszinski"
Ah
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Gears is a lot fun to play but as a move it would play like a homerotic Top Gun tribute. With added aliens and gore.
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And Len's Underworld films, well, y'know, they ermmmm, had Beckinsale in leather looking hot as a mother fucker!
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No offence meant to captainrentboy and kangarootoo of course, we all have different tastes
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(Anyone remember their blood starting to pump as they heard that and the music started? Brilliant moment)
I thought Half Life's subtle background-storytelling was done really well, only really bested by Half Life 2 (other than in games which massively use storyline, such as Planescape: Torment). It compares very favourably to the crap that is much modern fiction.
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Who would you have cast as Marcus Phoenix?
On the one hand I'd love to see someone like Bruce Willis, even though he doesn't really fit the age range. Tbh I'm only thinking of him because someone mentioned Die Hard. I think John Cena would hit the character right on the head (would need a slightly gruffier voice though).
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I´m not expecting greatness here, but if done properly, this could actually be decent. I´m actually looking forward to this movie, at least out of curiosity.
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Just pick a random black linebacker, latino running back and white defender and you'd have three guys with the correct build and attitude to play the main gears characters.
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I have absolutely no plans to watch the Zohan movie.
I did however enjoy the new Indy film (it wasn't great, but I wasn't bored).
I like swashbuckling as much as I like monster B movies, as much as I like Pans Labyrinth. I liked Die Hard 4.0 because it had good action cg heavy scenes, and therefore provided what I expected from a Die Hard film. Its not in my top ten mind, and I don't consider myself to be in the core fanbase of either film
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Ryan Reynolds- Seriously? Have you seen Blade Trinity?
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And whats all the praise for the Half-Life storyline, did I miss something or had I just seen it done much better on the X-Files?
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Indeed mate, everyone has their own thing. I'm a huge fan of Spider-Man 3 and Alien Resurrection which were both pretty much universally panned, plus I didn't actually think The Dark Knight was that impressive, despite loving Batman Begins. There's loads of other examples too of course.
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I'm totally gonna pretend I didn't read that.
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Gears of War has a (reasonably) original setting and the games at least hint at a history and back story. As run and gun action games, they don't (and probably shouldn't) spend too much time on the plot. The quality of any films based on the franchise is down the script writer and director.
Wiseman's original Bourne film was very good, but only took the ghost of a premise from Ludlum's novel. However, it benefitted from not sticking too closely to the source material. However, the Gears movie will no doubt be panned by critics if cleaves to the plot of the game or abused by fans for deviating from it.
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If this was ludicrously bombastic and 18 Rated I'd watch it. The trouble is, Hollywood seems to have lost the knack. They don't make films as preposterously entertaining as Con Air any more. They make - and this is apt - Die Hard 4. A weak, comedy/fantasy addition to the series, as far as I'm concerned.
This'll have no physical effects, no real strain of wit (the comedy, I'm assuming, will be as misfiring as it is in the games) and it'll just look exactly like Doom. Though Wiseman will probably opt for some Saving Private Ryan-esque documentary shaky-cam just to irritate everyone in the cinema and obscure the violence sufficiently to make it a fun-loving, family friendly 15.
And Vin Diesel will be Marcus Phoenix. I don't think they will even consider making a Gears film without Marcus.
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The games have an adequate story at best (heck, the original can be played without factoring in the plot at all) so a movie based on it sounds like a rather stupid idea
You haven't seen many action movies I take it?
In very broad terms the plot is similar to Lord of the Rings both can be summed up as: a massively powerful evil menace threatens to wipe out everyone, no quarter will be given, no mercy will be shown, it's up to a bunch of heroes to sort it all and save everything by delivering a macguffin to the heart of the enemy's territory.
It's the spectacle they want, the sheer scale of catastrophe and what's at stake. Regardless of whether or not you think the plot in the games is good enough with a good cast and good script it could be good.
Mind you, I wouldn't take any bets on it actually being good.
@bodypopper
[/i]Gears is a lot fun to play but as a move it would play like a homerotic Top Gun tribute.[/i]
Well, Top Gun itself had some pretty strong homoerotic elements, so I think that'd be this would be a pretty amazingly gay movie.
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(I bring this up in every GOW/film related thread)
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I enjoyed GoW1/2, but mmm a film?!
Name me a successfully translated videogame based film?! Will always fail as both are too different a medium but there are right mix in GoW already. I mean, squad with core 4 characters and fringe characters (Aliens/Platoon), stonking great weapons, technology and sci fi themed world.
Loud and terrifying monsters and mystifying pre-history culture and apparently 'tainted' with human science. I think there would be enough to make one movie instead of trilogy. I mean didnt work for Riddick right?!
Half Life to me would translated better to big budget TV series like Lost or Heroes.
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Slam into cover then carry on over the top to the other side.
When an actor has a pistol he can only melee.
Fire arms training is a must so they aim the shotgun otherwise they will shoot the floor.
All this and more untill they patch the film which will be a first in cinema history
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Oi! What's wrong with big Ron? Legend in Police Academy: Mission To Moscow.
As for Gears movies it could be awesome, but it won't, I've seen Die Hard 4...
(well I suppose Underworld is OK so there is some hope)
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I liked Doom, for example. It was a nice sci-fi flick. It wasn't 'the game' but still a nice entertainment. The Resident Evil movies were also okay. I was even pleasantly surprised by 'In the name of the King' - the start of that one was quite brutal and the special effects were surprisingly good.
We also have to understand that playing games provides a diffirent medium than a movie does. There isn't any interaction from the viewer during a movie, whilst there's almost constant interaction from the player in a video game. So gamers will probably never be satisfied that a movie or a director hasn't "captured the essence" of the game. The same can be said when creating a game after a movie.
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"Just pick a random black linebacker, latino running back and white defender and you'd have three guys with the correct build and attitude to play the main gears characters."
And the correct IQ and acting talent.
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"Hard edged Lord of the Rings with buff gay soldiers"?
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:/
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I don't have any problem admitting I have a gay side to me. I don't think anyone can really say that he or she is 100% straight. Everyone's a bisexual to some degree.
Ha! I couldn't agree more and thank you for coming back with such an excelent reply.