Stuart Beattie, the man behind the pen that wrote Collateral and the screenplays of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, among others, will take the lead writing role on the film. Wyck Godfrey, producer of I Robot, and Marty Bowen will be taking up the reigns of production. CliffyB, lead designer for Epic Games and Gears of War, will be involved in the film as executive producer and consult on its development for Epic.
An auction was held in which the 21 page treatment put together by Beattie won out over other submissions, leaving New Line with the prize. Once the script has been finalised, the two producers intend to begin their search for a director, with a mid 2009 release in their sights.
"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," said Godfrey.
Concerned with the below par responses garnered by most video game to film adaptations, Vice President of Epic, Mark Rein stated, "Our first and foremost philosophy is to do no harm, so we debated heavily the idea of doing a movie at all, but we feel we stacked the deck in our favour by working with the best players."
We here at PALGN just have one question - is there an actor out there with big enough shoulders, both literally and metaphorically, to carry the role of Marcus Fenix?
Only problem is, he's only good for physical stunt work, I doubt he'd be able to carry a speaking character for too long.
But seriously wouldnt Michael Clarke Duncan be perfect for Cole? He certainly has got the looks.
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