Gears of War: The film Netflix finally advances and offers the director of The Fall Guy

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In 2022, Netflix announced its ambition to give life to a live-action feature adapted to video games Gears of War. The project has since remained at a standstill but The Hollywood Reporter today tells us that things are finally moving: Netflix is in the midst of negotiation with director David Leitch to take control of this film.

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The wheel turns for Gears of War

Gears of War The Delta team follows, a heterogeneous group of soldiers engaged in a fatal fight against the horde of the locustes, a monstrous race of genetically modified humans from the bowels of the planet will be. Led by Sergeant Marcus Fenix, who fell in disgrace, the team faces its enemies on this increasingly hostile planet.

Composed of five main games and three spin-offs, the video game franchise Gears of War is one of the most popular in Xbox.

Jon Spaihts, screenwriter of Dune With Denis Villeneuve, is the writing of the film Live-Action for Netflix, which has also associated itself with The Coalition Studio, Developer of the Games, for this project.

David Leitch is a former stuntman and the director behind Blonde atomic,, Deadpool 2,, Bullet train And The Fall Guy. He also co-created the franchise John Wick With Chad Stahelski. Leitch and Kelly McCormick will produce the film Gears of War Via their 87NOTH company.

If the film Gears of War turns out to be a success, Netflix Account to continue the adventure on will be by offering its subscribers a series of animation for adults located in this universe. And if all this finds its audience, no more project Gears of War should see the light of day.

With David Leitch at the controls, it remains to be seen who will play Marcus Fenix. The actor Dave Bautista has already said That he would really like to camp this character, but we do not know what Netflix thinks of this idea. Case to follow.