“Dune,” “Passengers” and “Prometheus” writer Jon Spaihts has been set to write the live-action film adaptation of Microsoft’s “Gears of War” movie at Netflix.
The film will reportedly adapt some portion of the video games and will come before a planned adult animated series also in the works at the streamer. Game developer The Coalition is also onboard the project.
Set on the planet Sera, the game thrusts players into a battle for survival between humans and a race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the planet known as the Locust Horde.
Players assume identities of soldiers on Delta Squad as they fight to save Sera’s inhabitants. Spaihts says in a statement:
“Gears of War is one of the all-time great action games, with vivid characters, a beautifully designed world, and a combat system that drives home the lethality of war and the importance of standing by your squadmates. It wants to be cinema, and I’m thrilled to have the chance to help that happen.”
The various games in the ‘Gears’ series have sold well over 40 million copies since the franchise’s 2006 debut and is considered one of Microsoft’s three biggest exclusive franchises alongside “Halo” and “Forza”.
Source: THR
