Re: Gears of War movie now in production



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On Jul 27, 5:06 pm, "Tom" <no...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Jul 26, 7:04 pm, "Tom" <no...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>http://movies.ign.com/articles/100/1007578p1.html

>> SDCC 09: Gears of War Movie Churning
>> The Rock a no-go, but bad-ass female soldiers a near certainty.
>> by Hilary Goldstein

>> July 26, 2009 - Director Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard) and >> writer
>> Chris Morgan (Wanted) appeared at Epic Games' Gears of War panel to
>> discussing the upcoming feature film based on the popular videogame
>> franchise. It was clear by the end of the hour-long panel that >> production
>> on
>> the Gears of War feature film was in the earliest stages. In fact,
>> there's
>> been no casting and there were no production stills or conceptual art >> to
>> offer. Still, Wiseman and Morgan spoke about their philosophy >> regarding
>> the
>> movie and the director dispelled a recent Internet rumor regarding
>> casting
>> of the lead role.

>> Despite what some may want to suggest, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is >> not
>> being considered for Gears of War. "A Doom connection would not be >> smart
>> for
>> us," Wiseman said bluntly. He spent a few minutes explaining his
>> philosophy
>> on finding a good action star and in the process slagged The Rock.
>> Wiseman
>> stated that the way to find the right person to play the lead role of
>> Marcus
>> Fenix is not to "throw a bunch of strongmen into the ring and see who
>> comes
>> out victorious. I'm looking for an actor for the role and then [I'll] >> put
>> him into shape." He added, "I'm always thinking who could play the >> best
>> Marcus. You want to get hooked into the character [first] and then all
>> the
>> amazing spectacle."

>> While Wiseman nixed the idea of The Rock in Gears of War, he did agree >> to
>> one speculative bit of casting. When asked about who might play the >> part
>> of
>> Maria, the doomed wife of second-in-command Dominic Santiago, Wiseman >> had
>> one actress at the top of his wishlist. "If I can convince [Kate
>> Beckinsale]--and I think I have a shot-- I'd love to see that."

>> The plot of Gears of War won't strictly follow that of the games. >> Writer
>> Chris Morgan told the crowd that "Emergence Day is making its way into
>> the
>> film. That will be big." For those unfamiliar with the Gears of War
>> games,
>> Emergence Day is when the enemy Locusts rose from underground, >> revealing
>> themselves to the human occupants of the planet Sera. The Gears games
>> take
>> place long after Emergence Day and so it is something no one has seen
>> fully
>> realized.

>> Wiseman promised to respect the game's backstory, but admitted that >> his
>> first job is to create a compelling movie, not appease gamers. The >> game's
>> executive producer, Rod Ferguson, agreed that changes were necessary >> in
>> order to avoid the mistakes of past videogame adaptations. "You can be
>> too
>> tied to what is the game," Ferguson said. "We're so oriented at >> grabbing
>> the
>> gaming audience, we don't leave behind what shouldn't be in the movie.
>> Were'
>> about making the best movie possible, not about making Gears of War >> the
>> game
>> into a movie. previous movies haven't been willing to let go. We had >> only
>> three pages [of notes for Wiseman]. 'Please don't kill Marcus.'" Epic
>> Games
>> gave Wiseman and Morgan "basic stuff that are important to us" but
>> otherwise
>> asked that they "make the best movie possible that fits your medium."

>> One potential change is the addition of female COGs (the elite >> military
>> soldiers in Gears of War). In the two Gears games we see only male >> COGs
>> on
>> the field of battle. "I'd love to see it happen," Wiseman said when
>> asked.
>> "I'm a big supporter of that."

>> The biggest concern is the tone of the film. Too often film >> adaptations
>> of
>> videogames are one-dimensional, childish and disrespectful to movie
>> audiences. Wiseman gets that. "The tone of the characters and how they
>> interact with each other [lends to] the overall experience of the >> movie.
>> Look at Aliens in terms of the dark environment, but then how much fun
>> you
>> have with the characters."

>> "Even though the world is literally at an end," Morgan added, "they >> still
>> joke. They have real emotion and compassion."

>> The other concern with a big budget action film is having the story >> and
>> characters get lost in the special effects. The Gears of War games are
>> largely about these massive action set pieces and are less known for
>> gripping narrative. "It's a balance," Wiseman said. "I approach it >> from
>> story and character first. The spectacle is going to be there.but >> that's
>> not
>> what I care about first. I really want to see all that [action] but
>> [only]
>> if you're onboard with who's taking you through that spectacle."

>> Gears of War has a long way to go before it reaches theatres and >> Wiseman
>> is
>> already feeling the pressure. "There's so much opinion out there about
>> what
>> this movie should be and shouldn't be, it falls on a very small group >> of
>> people. and I'm one of those people. Are you going to respect the >> game?
>> Of
>> course I am. It is a different experience from watching a movie, but >> it's
>> my
>> job of translating it into the best cinematic story [possible]."

> I was just reading this article. As soon as I saw the subject line
> about "bad ass females," my first thought was, "Oh no, we're going to
> see Michelle Rodriguez as a kick ass woman power soldier AGAIN."
> Anyone else think that? ;-)

What's interesting is Len Wiseman and the mention of his wife, Kate
Beckinsale, who is downright hot.

Blech. You can have her. :-)

I'll take her and any hot brunettes. Brunettes are the best :-)


I just don't know if she'd be right,

If she's only playing Dom's doomed wife, sure.

I don't know about that, she can play any role she wants.


though I liked her in two of his Underworld films (they met on the first
one). I think he could pull this movie off pretty well, though the second
Underworld wasn't all that great, but passable. If I recall in the game,
isn't Maria latino like Dom is? I wonder why Len would want his wife to play
that role, why not one of the soldier girls mentioned earlier in the article
that he'd like to see in the movie that isn't in the game.

Beckinsale couldn't pass for a kick ass heroine. She was hardly
convincing in the Underworld films and in any case she was only
powerful there because she was a vampire. As a female Cog? No way in
Hell.

Why not, do the women have to be big, butch and bulky?

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