Variety: Legendary Pictures in talks to buy Epic Games

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Oct 24th 2008 at 8:10AM }

Post-Brash media clash news now, with Variety's Ben Fritz passing on word from "multiple sources close to the companies" that film financier Legendary Pictures is in talks to acquire Gears of War developer Epic Games. There's very little concrete information beyond that, save for the obvious observation that Epic and its widely used Unreal 3 engine would make for a worthwhile, albeit expensive, purchase.

Legendary Pictures declined to comment on the story, while Epic Games politely dodged the issue: "We have publicly announced that Epic and Legendary are partnering on the "Gears of War" movie. We're very excited about that project and have the highest regard for Thomas Tull and his organization."

According to an earlier Variety report, Legendary Pictures has also had its hand in financing the impending Gears of War film, helmed by Live Free or Die Hard director Len Wiseman and slated for release in 2009. We can't confirm who any of the cast members are yet, as we're still waiting for their face textures to pop in.

Tags: Acquisition, Epic-Games, Gears-of-War, Legendary-Pictures, Rumor

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Maverick Saturn @ Oct 24th 2008 8:20AM

It's only natural, when one is already legendary, the only thing they can improve to is epic :D

Just Mr ESC. @ Oct 24th 2008 12:21PM

Weird I've always thought that Legendary advances to Mythic, not to Epic.

Well Halo lied to me again.

Zatoichi @ Oct 24th 2008 8:31AM

I've seen gameplay and I hope not to upset alot of peeps, its not that much better than GOW (which was great for its time btw).

GOW 2 is a 'slightly' upgraded GOW. No MP yet, so we cant tell that part, but I have a feeling it'll be like Halo 2. Great online playing, but the SP was not as revolutionary as the first title. It reminds me of just another level or 2 of GOW.

WORMS --- LOL

Jack of No Trades 85 @ Oct 24th 2008 8:42AM

Last time I checked, the title of this tread wasn't:

Is Gear 2 That Much Different Than Gears 1?

Mr Khan @ Oct 24th 2008 8:45AM

But where would the fun be without marginally related posts?

Here, i'll sweeten the pot:

"Mark Rein is a _______"

Fill in the blank for optimum lulz!

Premature ejaculation man @ Oct 24th 2008 9:35AM

@Khan
"classy lady"?

Vcize @ Oct 24th 2008 10:43AM

For people that only casually played the first one, it may look similar.

For people that REALLY played the first one, like myself, the second one is ridonkulously different. In fact, I would say too different. The MP in particular plays completely differently than the first. Too differently.

xFenixKnightx @ Oct 24th 2008 11:32AM

Vcize, you've played it? You're scaring me. lol Well from vids I've seen on youtube. Search: [Professor X Gears 2] you can see him playing MP and it still looks to be mostly the same.

CABALLOTE @ Oct 24th 2008 4:34PM

@xFenix
My boy has been playing it for days(i asked him he doesn't wanna tell me. But I do see all the achievements he has for it). He says it's way different, well with the new multiplayer modes, the extra person(5v5 opposed to 4v4) co-op, longer/deeper storyline and last but not least matchmaking & leveling.

Back on topic, Epic is worth too much it wouldn't make business sense. My opinion...