Gears movie not a true prequel, will stay true to video game franchise

by Dustin Burg { Oct 30th 2008 at 2:45PM }

In an interview with MTV, Gears of War movie screenwriter Chris Morgan commented on the movie admitting that "it would be a crying shame not to deal with Marcus and Dom" and that it isn't a full-fledged prequel to the video games.

"There are elements to it that can be considered a prequel, but it's not a prequel as far as I'm concerned" commented Morgan, "I want to see 'Emergence Day.' I want to see this stuff happen." As far as the movie's look and content, we're assured that prominent Locust creatures (including the Berserker) will be included in the script and that the film will use a blend of live-action footage and CGI. According to Morgan, Gears movie director Len Wiseman wants to "make it as realistic as possible." We're cool with that.

[Via IGN, Thanks Cody Joy]

Tags: epic, epic-games, gears-of-war, gears-of-war-2, gow2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Carlos @ Oct 30th 2008 2:59PM

I think this movie gonna sux like any other mtv movie anyway i dont care i'll keep playing the games.

Disco Ball @ Oct 30th 2008 3:01PM

oh noes! Don't say that after Dustin wrote this post!

Carlos @ Oct 30th 2008 3:06PM

I'm cool with Dustin post, i just don't know why MTV , the could give the right to any other company , why mtv WHY....

SourNotHardcore @ Oct 30th 2008 3:01PM

Of course you have to write about this. This is going to be such a sweet movie. I hope they bring back Carmine so he can die like an idiot that he is. =)

Carlos @ Oct 30th 2008 3:13PM

Carmine lol , F#@$%%& hilarious man .

Rufus @ Oct 30th 2008 3:12PM

Len 'Underworld franchise' Wisemen?

Eh... I've lost hope.

Carlos @ Oct 30th 2008 3:25PM

Ok , i got to say underworld was awesome (the first one ) but hes no even the underworld screenwriter ,anyway i'll see it but not too exited bout it.

AnthonyGalindoX @ Oct 30th 2008 3:16PM

He made Die Hard 4 which was alright. Was it as good as the others? Not quite, but it was by no means bad. I liked it better than the second Die Hard at least. And if it covers Emergence Day then doesn't that mean it's a prequel? Haven't they been fighting the Locust for a while already by the time we take control of Marcus in the first game?

Mikey @ Oct 30th 2008 3:50PM

@ Carlos

The movie is not going to be from MTV. On IGN, it says that it's coming from New Line and being co-financed by Legendary Pictures. The interview came from MTV.

Xbox @ Oct 30th 2008 4:02PM

The graphics suck

phobic99 @ Oct 30th 2008 4:42PM

Anyone else think "I've heard that before" when they read the title of this article?

Bobluling @ Oct 30th 2008 5:04PM

I almost lot my lunch when I saw that pic. Those guys look just wrong.

And ow yeah, Underworld 1 = win, while MTV = fail.

Brian @ Oct 30th 2008 6:21PM

those arent the actors theyre just guys who made suits and weapons who got to give them to cliffy b i saw it a while back

ziggen @ Oct 30th 2008 5:14PM

I haven't seen a good Video Game to Movie... move (lol) I'm sure this one will suck again. Lets hope EWE BOL don't direct this one.

converter @ Oct 30th 2008 7:53PM

*sigh* Video game movies suck, they always have and they most likely always will. But everyone (fanboys/girls), will go see it and they make money or break even (enough to warrant a squeal, DVD or otherwise), just due to the title and hype. Remember how close to the source material they said Silent Hill would be....Hollywood doesn't realize that it's the experience of playing the game AND the story elements that make big titles like Gears so rewarding.

virus0100 @ Oct 30th 2008 9:35PM

instead getting horrible actors and film directors to make yet another crappy game movie, why can't they just CG the whole movie with just the original voice actors? it would make the movie a lot more better. In fact it would make all game movies better or some what. It would just make it believable and true to the story.