CliffyB, the man behind such Epic hits as Unreal, Unreal Tournament and Gears of War has apparently been tapped to be the executive producer for the upcoming Gears of War movie. Whether that means he'll actually be providing creative input or if he'll just be on-set providing moral support remains to be seen, but adding C-Bizzle to the roster of people involved in this thing can only help its chances of achieving the coveted quality-game-movie status.
Gears of War is on par with the Halo series for an epic amount of backstory, and the common hypothesis is that it could, in fact, become an excellent film. In the past, game-to-movie adaptations have been poor at best and, at worst, would cause blood to shoot out of your eyeballs. Cliffy is a known proponent of keeping blood inside one's own body, so we have our fingers crossed and rags jammed tightly in our ear-holes, hoping for the best.
Just yesterday I was remarking to my chum about how Gears of War could become an excellent movie if only it had a boyish psuedo-celeb game developer sitting behind the scenes in one of those stylish chairs with his name emblazoned on the back. Of course, this was after I told him Corey Feldman would make an excellent Marcus Fenix and he slapped the taste out my mouf. Of course, by "chum", I meant "Samuel L. Jackson" and by "remarking to", I meant "downed half a gallon of ethynol".
My life is a shambles.
Contest:
1:38 AM on 03.23.2007
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V for Vendetta
Sin City
300
all good enough and better than any movie based on a comic book (imo) or a video game
CliffyB= all action no plot
How can you say that after playing Gears of War? Nobody keeps their blood inside their bodies in that game, especially when the chainsaw comes out.
;D
But as much of a gamemaking God as Cliff is, I'm not certain that translates into good filmmaking... And just because he is an Exec. Producer is no guarentee he'll have that much control over the film - I'm much more interested in whose going to be directing. The screenwriter, Alex Garland (Pirates of the Caribbean, Collateral, Derailed) is decent, but nothing overly special.
I actually put up a post today about gaming movies and their troubles on my blog - worth a read if you wish game movies were better quality.