Wiseman: Gears of War movie like harder-edged Lord of the Rings

by Justin McElroy on Jan 26th 2009 11:00AM

In all fairness to director Len Wiseman, that comparison, gathered recently by Bloody-Disgusting, is in reference to his desire to make a trilogy of Gears of War films. It's in much the same way that one might refer to a box of Cheez-Its as "like a cheesier, more cracker-like Beatles box set" because they both happen to come in a box.

In other news that has us overflowing with confidence, Wiseman told B-D, "I suck at video games, it just takes me too long and I can't get the coordination of 'em. When I was on [Live Free Or] Die Hard, I had to choose some video game for the background in a scene with Kevin Smith. I was shown about a dozen games and told to 'Choose one to be in the background' and I said 'this one looks really, really cool whatever it is,' and it was Gears Of War."

Is that what passes for a "meet-cute" these days?

[Via Videogamer.com]

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Tags: gears-of-war, gears-of-war-movie, len-wiseman, movies, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (46)

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I wonder if the movie will have broken multiplayer.

Nope, but when you enter the theatre you have to stand in line and wait fifteen minutes for the movie to decide who you get to sit next to.

Regardless of the sit you choose the sits next you to will be occupied by jackasses or nagging teens.

The coolest thing is when they project it through the wall, and your just left wondering "how did they do that?".

This should be great as they originate from similarly well-written source material.

Oh wait...

need to get Uwe Boll to do it. that will bring in the crowds.

Gears actually does have an amazing storyline,the games don't flesh it out as much as they should.

haha that was a joke right? My WIFE!!!!

oh yeah so does halo

and lost planet

And pokemon

And Haze :)

I agree. Even though GOW2 had some more story the Gears movie i'm guessing will have about 90% action. And the story is the leftover parts they need to fill out.

Where's the change, Joystiq?!?!

Here have 2 bucks,that should be enough.

John Leguizamo as Dom!

Ray Liotta as Marcus!

Ving Rhames as the Cole Train!

Ving Rhames as General Raam!

Owen Wilson as Baird!!!

This is a must see! (more exclamations)

"Owen Wilson as Baird"

Why would you do that? All CGI screw the actors,that's how it should be made.

Hope all you want, but you know it's going to be The Rock for all of the above.

Think "The Klumps", but with more blood.

Actually, I'd really like to see that.

Will Ferrel as Baird.

I've always hated Baird like a toby, Will Ferrel would probably make him a lovable character.

Actually, when I think about it, there were no lovable characters in gears....

@Tip

Agreed. Of all of them, I think Dom was the most likable. Makes me wish they fleshed out more of the Dom/Maria relationship before their 'big moment' in Gears 2. Would have given it more weight.

@Fx.Dr,
I laughed when that 'moment' happened. It annoyed me that I read the subtitles before Dom even started talking, so all emotion was lost.
I also laughed when both Carmines died.

Am I sick?

I prefer the more interesting Gears 2 tags, "Gotcha", "A parting gift", or "Nothing but bits." Also, "Who wants Toast!" is always a crowd favorite.

Their isn't enough story in gears of war for even one hour..I guess two hours if you put in gears of war 2 as well. Otherwise theirs not enough story for a trilogy...on top of that the story isn't good enough to even warrant such a vast undertaking. Its hollywood cliched garbage in game form. Don't get me wrong its great for game that wants to be like a big dumb movie...not good to make a big dumb game into a big dumn movie.

I think doing a live action would be a costly failure, just like Dr. said in response to my imaginary cast.

If they hired the right artists for CG, it could be a block buster. As for the story, in Hollywood they can pull one out of their ass. Its done all the time. Didn't Cyclops and Professor X die in X MenIII?

Ha!

You never read the book? Did you just skip the cutsceens? Is your brain on the outside of your skull in a jar of fermented pig urine?

Any game can have enough storyline to fill a movie. I could make a six hour epic story about Jump-Man from the Commodore 64 if i had the time.

This is all you need to make it work

Invasion Force, extinction of human kind looming
A Man with a Damaged Past
A Man Looking for his family
Over the top pro athlete turned solider
Sarcastic pessimist
Allusions to Creation of Locusts
Big Big Big Battle scenes
Flashbacks of Marcus's father and his work
Impact on Civillians (shanty towns)
Death and Destruction
Big explosive ending.
Realization that the war is not over
~Fin

You couldn't make a 2 hour movie out of the first game? I could. It would suck, but it would make sense. Now you hire a pro writer, and you got your self some potential for a great movie.

Suckiness is not acceptable.

you know they made a movie based on Doom.... right?

Somewhere J.R.R. Tolkien rolls in his grave.

He's probably taking cover too.

Stop and pop Legolas! Stop and pop!
Curb stomp that Orc!

and the sales of performance enhancing drugs ever increases.

who has time to play games when your wife is in the next room.. and your wife is Kate Beckinsale..

Me.

G'z(gamez) up Hoez down!

:P

Who has time to play one game when you could be making one movie over the course of 1-2 years?

Len Wiseman says, "I base all my decisions on coolness. That's how I roll and that's how I make my movies. Word."

Hilarious graphic, Justin!

Gears is basically LOTR with guns anyway, heros and orc-lookalikes. Except without the kick ass story of LOTR, or the epic war because bloody guns are introduced and without believable looking characters, silly butch men comparing the amount of packs they have on thier chest, this game should be more like 300

BRUUUUUUUMAAAAAAAAK!!!!!

If the movie doesn't have the line, "It's a giant worm! They're sinking cities with a GIANT WORM!" then I'm not watching it.

Or the line:
'Oh, man, it smells like ass in here!'
'More like dirty, rotten toe-jam ass!'
or
'Oh I know that's gotta hurt! Lookit yo' legs! They're hangin' off!'

The cheezits reference had me dying.

Well, it's really more of an analogy. My bad.

Didn't know Wiseman was doing the Gears movie, so this is fantastic news for me. I consider "Live Free or Die Hard" a fantastic movie and great addition to the Die Hard franchise (my favorite being Die Hard with a Vengance).

It's ashame Bruce Wilis is getting older, cause I really think he could pull off Fenix. I think Christian Slater might be good as Fenix, just cause he has the voice, but might not be "gruff" enough.

I agree with you there. Don't think he could now but a bit younger Bruce could of pulled it off really well. Ahh well, someone else has got to step it up I guess!

"Live Free" was a fun action flick, but it wasn't a Die Hard flick. Still, we'll see.

Ten orcloads.

"is this what passes for a meet-cute these days?"

-- um, don't you mean "Meat-cube?" You know, from the pre-GoW2 tech demo? eh...

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