GameDaily have posted up an insightful interview with Cliff Bleszinski, inclined towards the development of the movie. It covers the movie’s story-telling and script writing by Stuart Beattie, R-ratings and the cons of casting wrestlers as the main characters. I’ve extracted the highlights below, for the full article click the link above! Thanks for the heads up John!
BIZ: What’s it like working with Stuart Beattie, the man who helped turn Pirates of the Caribbean into a Hollywood blockbuster?
CliffyB: Stu is amazing to work with because he knows Gears inside and out. He beat the game several times and he was hooked on multiplayer. You go into these Hollywood meetings and expect a certain type of Hollywood people, many of whom I’ve met. […] He respects the franchise and he’s a fan of it. He also knows how to write a compelling movie and adaptation. […] I think we have a really great script and now it’s just a matter of getting the right director attached and making sure it becomes a “AAA” blockbuster movie.
[…] The fact that Gears is an M-rated franchise and involves people getting chainsawed in half, it’s got to be a pretty f***ing hardcore movie.
[…] I get a lot of forum posts where Gears fans tell us we need to cast this wrestler as Marcus. I don’t give a f**k if the guy’s buff or six foot five. What matters most is that this guy is charismatic and he can act and is somebody compelling that you want to watch on screen. […] What matters is charisma because you can’t fake that. […]
CliffyB: We shared every detail imaginable with Stu on the franchise as far as the story bible and all of the secrets that everybody wants to know about what went down in Gears of War. […] He knows the underlying themes of the franchise and all of the underlying motivations of each of the characters. That’s fuel for the screenplay that he’s written.
[…] New Line, having done Lord of the Rings, they know how to back a very risky but also a potentially very lucrative franchise and make sure it’s treated with the respect it deserves.
Comments 4 Responses to “CliffyB talks film”
I think if they are going to make a Gears of War movie that it would be pretty F**king sick with all the sawing in half and ruthless soldiers shootin’ up reptiles and berzerkers and blowin’ up S**t would be pretty amazing. But the Halo movie that is suposibly coming out 2009 would be a much better movie having real people in suites then a stupid green screen for Gears of War. HALO ROCKS!!!
Yo Cliffy I think that the gears of war movie is a great idea, and you should get Michael Bay to director!!!
Get BLADE as Cole. That would be f*cking awsome. I dont think that a greenscreen is a good idea. In 300 you could totally tell it was greenscreen. But in the movie you need to explain how the locus got down to earth in the first place and tell why, cuz that wasn’t in the game. Cliff and the rest of the GoW movie staff… you should ask the GoW players who they want to see. those are the ppl that are gonna see it.
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