Gears of War Movie Writer Talks
Earlier, we learned that the Gears of War movie is on hold due to budgetary concerns. But now GamePro has an exclusive interview with writer Stuart Beattie who sheds details on the project. Beattie is best known for turning a Disney ride into a full-fledged blockbuster with Pirates of the Caribbean as well as writing the Michael Mann movie Collateral and the upcoming comic book adaptation 30 Days of Night. He does mention that he's working closely with Cliffy B and Epic Games, and that the film may be shot 300-style completely on green screen.
"To me, that's a good movie because that's a movie that is getting people talking about, reading into it," said Beattie. "It's interesting. Everyone's talking about 300. They use it as an example of where things are headed. That film was shot completely on green screen, which is amazing when you actually see the film. It's probably how we're going to do Gears of War."
Beattie is no stranger to video games, either. A gamer himself, he's also written The Getaway after the game-makers at Sony saw Collateral.
With his knowledge of games, one area he wishes Disney had tapped him to work on was the original Pirates of the Caribbean game. "I wish they had called because I could've helped them on that," said Beattie, who is a gamer. "That was a crappy game. I could've made a really cool game with Pirates.
In terms of budgetary concerns for the film, Beattie doesn't address them outright, but he says:
"While there are more and more videogame movies being made because there are more and more videogames being made, there still hasn't been that one that has hit it out of the park yet," said Beattie. "At the moment, I would say the perception of videogame movies in Hollywood is: they are interested, they're intrigued, but they're still not completely sure if it can actually work."
If there are no delays like the Halo movie, moviegoers will hopefully find out soon if the Gears of War movie actually "works."
GP Exclusive: Hollywood writer talks Gears of War movie [GamePro]
[via Joystiq]
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 7 October 2007
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