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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

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ehh I'd do em both ,lol , grass on the field
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