Official Announcement
NEW LINE CINEMA ACQUIRES FEATURE FILM RIGHTS TO
AWARD-WINNING VIDEO GAME GEARS OF WAR
Stuart Beattie (Pirates Of The Caribbean) Tapped To Pen
Film Adaptation Of The Popular Video Game
LOS ANGELES (March 20, 2007) – New Line Cinema has acquired the feature film rights to Epic Games’ award-winning video game, Gears of War, with writer Stuart Beattie attached to adapt the project and Temple Hill Entertainment set to produce. The announcement was made jointly today by New Line Production President Toby Emmerich and Epic Games’ VP and co-founder Mark Rein.
Since its debut in November 2006, Gears of War has broken sales records on the Microsoft Xbox 360, selling more than 3 million copies worldwide, and has received numerous awards including Gamespot’s “Game of the Year” and the Interactive Achievement Awards’ “Overall Game of the Year.” The game thrusts players into humankind’s epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the planet. The story unfolds as a ragtag group of soldiers use every last ounce of strength to survive the onslaught from the forces of evil, which begins on the historic Emergence Day.
Beattie previously penned Collateral, and is credited with the screen story for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. He has also written the screenplay for 30 Days Of Night and 3:10 To Yuma, a film staring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. Cliff Bleszinski, the lead game designer for “Gears of Wars” worked in conjunction with Beattie to define a treatment for the film, which will target existing fans of the video game and captivate a whole new audience. Bleszinski will executive produce the film on behalf of Epic Games.
Gears of War is being produced by Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey (iRobot, Daddy Day Care) through their Temple Hill Entertainment production company. The project is being overseen for New Line by production executives Cale Boyter and Jeff Katz.
Creative Artists Agency represents Beattie, Bleszinski, and Epic Games. Beattie is also represented by Joan Vento-Hall of the Law Offices of Joan Vento-Hall.
ABOUT EPIC GAMES:
Epic Games, Inc., based in Cary, NC and established in 1991, develops cutting-edge games and game engine technology for PC and console. The company has created multiple million-selling, award-winning titles in their Unreal® series and their latest game, Gears of War®, broke sales records on Xbox 360 selling more than 3 million copies worldwide in the first ten weeks and awarded overall Game of the Year for 2006 by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, Game Developers Choice Awards, Gamespot, Gamepro and many others. Epic is also responsible for the Unreal Engine, which is the underlying technology for a wide range of games including, Console Game of the Year winner, “Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell TM” by Ubi Soft; PC Gamer’s Game of the Year, “Deus Ex” from Ion Storm/Eidos; “America’s Army: Special Forces,” by the United States Army, and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (PC) by Electronic Arts. Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 is the current holder, and three-time consecutive winner, of Game Developer magazine’s Front Line award for Best Game Engine. Epic Games was also awarded Studio of the Year at the 2006 Spike TV Video Game Awards and Developer of the Year by Official Xbox Magazine. Additional information about Epic can be obtained through Epic’s Web site at http://www.epicgames.com.
About New Line Cinema Corporation:
Celebrating its 40th anniversary year, New Line Cinema is the most successful independent film company in the world. Its mission is to produce innovative, popular and profitable entertainment in the best creative environment. In addition to the production, marketing and distribution of theatrical motion pictures, the fully-integrated studio has divisions devoted to home entertainment, television, music, theater, merchandising and an international unit. In 2005, New Line partnered with HBO to form Picturehouse, a new theatrical distribution company to release independent films. A pioneer in franchise filmmaking, New Line’s Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of the most successful film franchises in history. New Line is a division of Time Warner, Inc. (TWX).
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April 15th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
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April 19th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
it’s great!!!
i’ve been waiting for the movie since i played Gears of War…im 13 years old, im in love of the game, and in Marcus and in Baird; so i want handsome actors for them
April 26th, 2007 at 10:44 am
I just read this last night and me and my bandmates freaked out. But we saw an IGN speculative article on cast members and needless to say they could have made better choices for the larger than life characters that would be played. I wonder if they will go with a story similar to the game or if they will play on some of the backstory.
May 7th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Hello, i looked at the character choices for the movie on IGN, and they suck. I, who have played the game and is a beast i may add, lol, must say who i think should be the real characters. For Marcus, i think Vin Diesal would be WAY better the Bruce Willis. He would ruin the movie. For Dom, Clive OWen, i just think they have better simularities then that other dude. For Kim, i dont no. For Cole, Micheal Clarke Duncan, he is way bigger and more beastly and BA then that other dude. He sorta looks like Cole also. For Baird, i think Cole Hauser would be way better than that fruit cup from LAs Vegas. I cant take him serouisly as a military soldier. But Cole Hauser has had experiance with military movies in Tears of the Sun for example and would make a way better BA and Captain, well x captain like baird. SO PLEASE READ THIS AND THINK, BELIEVE ME I WANT THIS MOVIE TO BE AWSOME. AND I THINK THAT MY CHARACTER CHOICE IS KEY!!!!
June 12th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Will, dude Cole Hauser cool. Diesel sucks though and how u gonna have a white englishman like Clive Owen play a latin guy like Dom. What matters is having good actors that can portray the character well. I think Ryan Reynolds or Machonahey would b good Bairds but like u said Cole hauser is way better than Mr. Vegas
July 4th, 2007 at 5:36 am
The actors in movie
Marcus-harrison ford
Cole-ice cube
Baird-paul walker
Kim-vin diesil
Dom-clive owan?
This movie will be the move of the year too!!
July 6th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
DUDE ARE U FUCKIN SERIOUS I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE MOVIE TO COME OUT…when is it coming out
July 24th, 2007 at 3:50 am
Im excited about the film but it will be an 18 because the game is an 18 so ill have to wait an extra year for it to come out on DVD. But i hope it becomes a 15 so that more people who play it can see it like me im 15.
July 29th, 2007 at 4:48 am
Yeh, i rele hope it’s a 15 too, doubt it though lol. I would have liked the sound of the film even if it wasnt based on an AWESOME game lol big up to all GOW gamer ;D
August 2nd, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Hey, do u think this movie will give us a better history of why marcus is in Jail….This movie sounds sweet!
August 6th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
i think the asian guy who played bruce lee in “dragon” as well as mowgli in “the jungle book” would make a good adaptation for kim. he’d have 2 shave his head. ving rhames would make a good cole or micheal clarke duncan as said above
August 30th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Cole- Terry Tate. I mean he did the voice for Cole in the game, why not keep him for the movie?
Regardless, this movie better be badass like the game!
November 27th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
O this is so tight!I cant wait 4 the movie I think that the actors should be this:
Marcus-Vin Deisel (only because of his size) Lame acting
Cole- Someone new ( a big guy)
Baird- Paul Walker is a good choice
Kim- a big guy
Dom- fig from transformers (i thought he was pretty good)
Carmine- an idiot (just like he is in the game)
December 9th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Dude, The Game Rulez, and The Movie (and Sequel) will be just as good.
My Version Of The Cast:
Marcus: The Rock
Dom: Vin Diesel
Baird: Arnold Shwarzenegger
Kim: Jet Li
Epic… Keep Us Posted !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 11th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Pfft, Marcus is Caucasian…Baird is Caucasian……Dom is Latino…..Cole is African American.
Marcus Fenix, Dominic Purcell.
Dom Santiago, Vin Diesel.
Baird, Ryan Reynolds.
Augustus Cole, Micheal Clark Duncan.
Best Cast idea yet……
December 21st, 2007 at 8:52 am
man i hope they dont mess up on the weapons design and put every weapon in the movie the hammer burst,shotgun,hammer of dawn,torkbow,pistol,44 revolver,and most inportant the lancer please do not mess up the design of the lancer
December 31st, 2007 at 12:00 am
Okay, here’s our interpretation of (possibly) future cast members:
Marcus: Javier Bardem (with a little fix to the hair and a bandana, you have your Marcus)
Dom: I dunno.
Cole: A conflict between Michael Clarke Duncan and Lester Speight
Baird: Jason Bateman (you have to admit, blonde hair * Jason equals live action Baird)
Carmine: Jim Carrey (with a helmet on, who’ll know?)
Kim: Chow Yun Fat (with bald cap)
Colonel Hoffman: Clint Fuckin’ Eastwood
Franklin: Chris Rock
January 3rd, 2008 at 4:00 pm
THIS MOVIE IS GONNA ROCK AND KICK HALO’S ASS
January 10th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Your all a bunch of idiots, the people they have are great for the job… Accept for that wanka Terry Crews A.k.A the guy supposed to play Cole, his head is too fat and he’s a pain in the ass!
February 5th, 2008 at 12:42 am
The best game ever
Cole- Micheal Clark Duncan or terry tate
Kim- Jet Li
Marcus- Batista(the wrestler)
Dom-the rock
Baird- dont know
carmine- doesnt matter
March 4th, 2008 at 6:27 am
eric banna has to be in this movie!!!
he is the best actor!
cant wait tho ive always wanted this to come out as a movie
n e 1 no when its due?
April 13th, 2008 at 5:15 am
Cole: micheal clarke duncan or Bob Sapp
Marcus: Domonic purcell
Dom: the rock/dwayne johnson or batista(WWE)
Baird: Ryan Renalds or carl urban
kim: Jet Li (retired), soo Chow yun fat