The Gears Of War Movie Is In "Development Hell"

10 responses to “The Gears Of War Movie Is In "Development Hell"”

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   Steve0410

   June 17, 2011 at 5:06 pm

   Will it be poo-coloured too?

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   dale

   June 17, 2011 at 5:42 pm

   Lol a game movie that doesn’t suck…
   Heres my list:

   Hmmmm, still empty :S

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   Brodie

   June 17, 2011 at 6:27 pm

   Did he just liken a game movie to Lord of the Rings???

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   Mad Danny

   June 17, 2011 at 6:34 pm

   It would be nice if it went the same way as the Halo movie – we can always do with another District 9 :p

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   Reoh

   June 17, 2011 at 7:35 pm

   You know it takes a lot of money and effort to screw up a script, randomly change charachter biographies and then throw a bunch of special effects for the 15sec promo trailer.

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      dman482

      June 23, 2011 at 8:23 pm

      good game movies are everywhere like mortal combat you younger crowd are way too dang picky about things and thats saying something cause im only 20 im sure that however the GoW movie turns out i will watch it like a thousand times cause its about how well you connect with the character being portrayed not how shitty the special effects were or how bad the actor is. But i will say this if its in 3d i wont watch it cause 3d sucks butt

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   Daniel

   June 17, 2011 at 9:01 pm

   Never say never… especially the week after duke nukem forever was released….

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   DKnight1000

   June 18, 2011 at 8:19 pm

   Prince of Persia was decent.

   The thing about making a Gears movie, is people will want to make it based on the game. So essentially Marcus and Dom taking cover every 30 seconds and shooting like a million dudes.

   Why not tell us the story of Emergence day? A Prequel to the games could work really well. And you wouldn’t need to find an actor who looks like the main characters.

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      Daniel

      June 19, 2011 at 9:37 pm

      Yet this is what most people seem to miss these days in hollywood. They could go down “said” path, and make fans eager to watch it, or they can just make a clone of the game – which is about as interesting as watching paint dry (doom?).

      My viewpoint stands the same if they were to make an (dare i say it) assassin’s creed film. To achieve this, i believe they would need go down either of these paths in terms of storyline.
      – They could base it on subject 16 (which i stay strong about) as his part is still yet to be elaborated on. (although he may be explained more in future games); OR
      – The events leading up to the kidnapping, and desmond’s childhood, and leave a cliffhanger ending (which ubisoft are known for) leading into the first game.

      The desmond option may be a bit less exciting, seeing as he is the main character. But the point i’m making here is that these writers need to find an issue in the game, not fully understood by the fans – and elaborate on it. A “Mysterious” part of the storyline, or in the gears case – emergence day.

      TLDR: I agree.

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   Pakka

   June 19, 2011 at 6:04 pm

   It gets mentioned way too often, but for good reasons.
   District 9.

   A prime example that a story, that no one has really heard of, can be made with a limited budget and look like a mega blockbuster.

   Gears is known by millions of gamers, but even so film producers want it to appeal to people who DON’T play games – I would say that is a big concern for a lot of film adaptions of games and its screenplay.

   Just because its a massive game and the budget for that is probably sky high – doesn’t mean to film has to be aswell. Give it a limited budget but find a smart director who can use that to the films advantage. You don’t need a Michael Bay and a Michael Bay budget to make a great film… clearly…

   Then there is the story. Same thing goes with Halo. Do we want to see what we play? Or do we want an original story. DO we want Master Chief, he doesn’t talk in games, would it be weird for him to talk in movies? Vice versa with Marcus & Dom as to what ‘DKnight1000’ stated.
   It’s then when they create an original story that things get messy and gamers freak out.

   I just think they’re difficult pieces to adapt to film compared to a TV series or book. We have control of the gameplay and we already have the world before our eyes – its hard for a screen writer and director to match it without copying the game or making it their own without upsetting gamers or critics.

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