MOVIE NEWS – There has been so much silence around Netflix’s Gears of War adaptation over the past few years that it would have been easy to assume it had quietly slid into the same graveyard as the old New Line Cinema version. Now, however, the project has finally shown signs of life again, and not through some vague studio whisper either. According to David Leitch, the film is not only still alive, but is actually moving in the right direction, with the pieces beginning to line up in a way that makes the whole thing feel real again.

Speaking to Collider, Leitch said there is a very strong draft of the script currently in progress, and that it is already in very good shape. He added that the studio is more determined than ever to get the movie made, that Netflix is one hundred percent behind it, and that The Coalition is also excited about the project. In other words, this no longer sounds like one of those situations where people use polished non-updates to disguise the fact that nothing is happening. It sounds like actual work is being done.

That said, this is not the point where anyone should be revving a Lancer in celebration just yet. The fact that the script is still in draft form makes it pretty clear that filming is not about to begin tomorrow, and the movie is still not at the stage of a fully greenlit production racing toward cameras. So this is better understood as a strong pulse check than a final breakthrough.

Looking to Repeat the Success of Fallout

Even so, Leitch made it very clear that both Netflix and Microsoft are serious about pushing it forward. That is hardly surprising. After the success of Fallout, every major publisher and platform holder knows exactly how much a well-timed live-action adaptation can do for a game brand. Gears of War is also the kind of property that practically begs for a screen version: oversized weapons, a ruined world, war-driven melodrama, thick-bonded brotherhood, and all the ingredients of a loud, brutal sci-fi action film.

What makes the timing more interesting is that The Coalition is also releasing Gears of War: E-Day this year, taking the series back to one of its bleakest and most emotionally loaded points in the timeline. Leitch hinted that the game’s arrival could help everything around the movie line up more naturally. That does not mean the two projects are likely to launch neatly side by side, but from a visibility standpoint it certainly does not hurt if the Gears name starts moving loudly again in more than one place at once.

So the short version is this: the Gears of War movie is still not a done deal, but it no longer feels like a ghost project either. And after years of near-total silence, that alone is already better news than many people expected to hear.

Source: 3DJuegos