Stuart Beattie, the script writer working on the Gears of War movie adaptation has some ambitious hopes for his latest project. Beattie is planning to portray the backdrop of the planet Sera entirely in green screen, just like 300, as it's the only way the movie can portray such a sense of scale.
"There's no way to build that world any other way, really. That's a huge world," stated Beattie in an interview. "It's a planet and it's a bubble and it's a building. It's an epic sci-fi war and an enormous film." Ironic that Gears should have a sense of scale, as the game is known for being set in quite restrictive corridors.
Cliffy B will be on hand as executive producer and Beattie is said to be working very closely with Epic Games. Of the developer, Beattie said that Epic has "lived with this game more than I have and they definitely know these characters, this world and all that kind of stuff."
"I think the things that they need to develop their games are the same things that I need to write my script. That's just a treasure trove waiting to be mined as far as I'm concerned."
While Stuart Beattie appears optimistic, we cynical gamers know better when it comes to videogame movies. Are any of us holding out hope for the film, with the mindset that a big dumb action game involving growling monsters really isn't hard to adapt, or can Hollywood stuff even that up?
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10:37 AM on 10.04.2007 | 
Ouch. Am I at least ugly enough to be a locust?
I think this movie will be better than all the crap sequels we've been getting this summer. If not, do you think they'd make Gears a franchise? Resident evil had to problem being a pile of ass (as far as movies go)
I agree with Jim, they can always just make bulky armor and cover up the fact NO ONE has the physical mass of the Delta Squad. The problem is, I feel they will try to find actors with said mass and rely on roided out wrestlers or something and not even try to get decent actors, totally undermining all possible credibility this film could muster.
@Snaileb: I'm not saying you're a big black man, I'm just saying you're not a big black man. Also, did that make any sense?
There better be a slow motion death of Carmine.
Hopefully they can find some big guys that can act to fill the roles. I'm not optimistic, though...
But if there as a demon wailing on a guitar in the background, it would make it more epic
I thought the game had more drama than most movies ive seen.
They could do a great Band of Brothers kind of thing with this, and with Cliffy B heavily involved, i reckon they have a good chance.