It Sounds Like Netflix’s Gears of War Movie Is Finally Moving Forward — but We Still Don’t Know Who’s Playing Marcus Fenix

The manager of The Fall Guy is successful talks to instrumentality connected Netflix’s Gears of War movie.

The Hollywood Reporter said David Leitch, who besides directed Atomic Blonde (2017), Deadpool 2 (2018), Hobbs & Shaw (2019), and Bullet Train (2022), is successful negotiations to nonstop Gears of War, the adaptation of Microsoft’s explosive third-person enactment game.

Leitch and Kelly McCormick are said to beryllium producing alongside Gears developer The Coalition. Jon Spaihts (Dune) is reportedly penning the script.

It’s been two-and-a-half years since Netflix picked up the rights to Gears of War, but it sounds similar the gears are yet successful question now. An big animation bid is reportedly besides successful the works and acceptable to travel the movie. Pending the adaptations’ success, adjacent much Gears would follow.

The large question is of people who volition play Gears protagonist Marcus Fenix? Wrestler turned histrion Dave Bautista has made it highly wide that helium really, really, really, wants to play Marcus Fenix. He besides has the seal of support from Gears co-creator Cliff Bleszinski.

It’s roar clip for video crippled adaptations, withThe Super Mario Bros. Movie, A Minecraft Movie, and the Sonic movies each breaking records. Beyond that, there’s the Uncharted movie, the Mortal Kombat movie, Resident Evil movies, and plentifulness more.

In March, Microsoft gaming main Phil Spencer said the nonaccomplishment of the TV adaptation of Halo hadn't enactment Microsoft disconnected much adaptations of its video games. Microsoft had learned from Halo, Spencer said, and was gaining assurance successful the space. And so, expect much to come.

"We’re learning and increasing done this process, which is giving america much assurance that we should bash more,” Spencer said.

“We learned from doing Halo. We learned from doing Fallout. So each of these physique connected themselves. And evidently we’ll person a mates that miss. But what I’d accidental to the Xbox assemblage that likes this enactment is, ‘You’re going to spot more, due to the fact that we’re gaining assurance and we’re learning done this.’ ”

Back successful video crippled land, The Coalition is moving connected prequel Gears of War: E-Day. It does not person a merchandise date.

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