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A Gears of War film is currently in development by Netflix and the Coalition.[1]

Development

2007

In March 21st 2007, New Line Cinema had acquired the feature film rights Gears of War, with writer Stuart Beattie attached to adapt the project and Temple Hill Entertainment set to produce. The announcement was made jointly by New Line Production President Toby Emmerich and Epic Games' VP and co-founder Mark Rein.

On March 20, 2007, it was announced that New Line Cinema had purchased the rights to make a Gears of War film, with Stuart Beattie writing the script along with Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, who would be producing it.[2] Producer Wyck Godfrey said of the film adaptation, "I'm not a gamer, but what blew me away about Gears was how it captures the mythology of a war mission and how high the stakes are."[3] On August 3, 2007, AICN.com reported that Len Wiseman was to direct the movie adaptation.[4] Though on March 30, 2007, Godfrey stated that they have "a director we're about to attach" in order to film the movie during 2009 and release in 2010.

Gears of Wars was being produced by Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey (I, Robot, Daddy Day Care) through their Temple Hill Entertainment production company. The project was being overseen for New Line by production executives Cale Boyter and Jeff Katz.

On March 21, it was announced that they had acquired a finalized script while finalizing a director to be attach to the production. The movie shooting was to start by early 2009 with a planned released for the summer of 2010.[5]

2008

Wiseman was officially signed on in June 2008 with Chris Morgan performing script rewrites.[6] Morgan hinted on televised coverage of Comic Con 2008 that the film would be a prequel to the first game, "it could explain how Marcus (Fenix) got his scar."[7] According to Morgan, Wiseman "wants to make it as realistic as possible, and to blur those lines where your mind says, "Oh, it's a big CGI film".[8]

2009

At Comic-Con 2009, the Gears panel talked about the film. Not much was mentioned but they did say Emergence Day would be in the film. Cliff was asked if Kate Beckinsale (Actress of Click, Van Helsing, and Underworld) would be in the movie, and Cliff loved the idea and would like to convince her to be in the film as Maria Santiago. In the interview Stuart Beattie and Cliff Blezinski had with G4TV they also confirmed that the characters of at least JACK, Dominic Santiago and Marcus Fenix would make an on-screen appearance in the film and that some new movie exclusive characters will be included in the film.[9]

2010

In 2010, the movie started having problems when Wiseman left production and budget was cut.

The Gears of War movie has come under a lot of strain since Comic Con 2009. Rumors began to fly around that there were problems, and after they were quelled, production slowed down. New Line cut the $100 Million US dollar budget down to an unspecified amount that is considerably lower and the director Len Wiseman left production to instead work on a different film. With the departure of Len Wisemen, Kate Beckinsale's potential in the movie drastically decreased because her potential was tied to her husband, Len Wiseman. Also as a result, the producers were looking for a new writer as well, as the story was scaled back from an epic to a straight forward invasion.[10]

At Comic-Con 2010, Cliff alluded that the film was being rewritten for the big screen and that he expected the film to be done sometime in 2012.

2016

In 2016, during a livestream, Rod Fergusson confirmed that a Gears of War film was happening as a collaboration between Microsoft and Universal. He stated that the film would not necessarily follow the plot of the games.[11]

2018

In 2018, it was stated that F. Scott Frazier would write the film.[12]

2019

in 2019, it was (re)confirmed that the film was in development.[13]

On June 17th, 2019, in an exclusive interview with IGN, Rod Fergusson revealed that the film is set in an alternate reality apart from the games' canon.[14]

2022

On November 6, 2022, it was announced that a Gears of War film would be produced by Netflix and the Coalition, followed by a Gears of War animated series.[1][15]

2023

In March 2023, it was announced that John Spaihts would be the film's screenwriter.[16]

References

Gears of War series
Main Games: Gears of War () • Gears of War 2 () • Gears of War 3 () • Gears of War 4 () • Gears 5 ()
Other Games: RAAM's ShadowGears of War: Judgment () • Gears of War: Ultimate EditionGears Pop!Gears TacticsGears: Hivebusters
Books: Aspho FieldsJacinto's RemnantAnvil GateCoalition's EndThe SlabKilo Squad: The Survivor's LogAscendanceBloodlinesEphyra Rising
Comics: HollowBarrenA Pendulum Wars StoryDirty Little SecretsThe Rise of RAAMHivebustersStand-Alone Issues
Booklets and Guides: Destroyed BeautyBeneath the SurfaceThe Art of Gears of WarThe Art of Gears of War 3The Poster CollectionThe Art of Gears of War 4RetrospectiveThe Art of Gears 5Gears Tactics: The Art of the Game
Films and TV: Gears of War (film)Gears of War (TV Series)
Canceled Games: Gears of War: ExileGears of War: Tactics
Other Media: Gears of War: The Board Game
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