James Delahunty
21 Mar 2007 11:14
The mega-popular Xbox 360 video game Gears of War will follow Halo in a transition to film. The film rights to Gears of War have been acquired by New Line Cinema. The title sold more than 3 million copies in 10 weeks after its launch and replaced Halo 2 as the most popular title on the Xbox Live service. It received several awards including "Game of the year" from Gamespot and the Interactive Achievement Awards' "Overall Game of the Year".
Gears of War tells the story about a war between humans and the Locust Horde on the planet of Sera. Players are part of Delta squad as they execute a plan to end the war for good. Lead game designer, Cliff Bleszinski, has been working for screenwriter Stuart Beattie, aiming to create a movie that will appeal to both the fans of the game and regular moviegoers.
The team hopes to create a motion picture that will improve greatly upon several past attempts to bring popular video games to cinema screens. "We're not going to do a to a lowest-common-denominator movie," said producer Matty Bowen, who is working on the project with Wyck Godfrey. "We're going to attempt to elevate it. And we're starting off by having an A-list writer doing it."
Source:
Reuters