Microsoft Confirmed The' Gears of War' Movie Adaption; Rod Fergusson Announced Movie Development of Gears Of War
Coalition Studio announced that the "Gears of War" movie is currently in development. The "Gears of War" is one of the most successful franchises of the Microsoft which is an Xbox exclusive.
Rod Fergusson, Chief Director of the Coalition Studio confirmed the development of the "Gears of War" movie. Microsoft agreed to partner with one of the biggest film studios in the world, the Universal Pictures. The announcement was made last Wednesday during the "Gears of War" 4 live stream.
As per the Verge reported the "Gears of War" movie will be using the concepts such as the characters and the plot of the main Gears of War video game. With this, Microsoft and Universal Pictures promised to create an entirely new storyline for the "Gears of War" movie.
T-5 hours till #GearsofWar4 reviews and oh yeah, we're making a movie! https://t.co/6DRwdBsPwy
— Rod Fergusson (@GearsViking) October 6, 2016
The Business Insider said in their press release, Fergusson cited that making a film that is inspired by a video game has a different approach. It needs to be planned thoroughly for the film could have a different audience that the video game itself. Fergusson also cited it is way more difficult to create a movie adaptation of a video game compared to a normal movie film.
Mashable mentioned in their report that the Gears of War was stuck for a very long time as it was planned to become a movie years ago. Today, the "Gears of War"movie is about to become a reality for every fan.
Aside from the "Gears of War" movie, there are also several notable movie adaptation of a video game. The best selling Hitman: Agent 47, the popular Warcraft, the upcoming Assassin's Creed and the rebooted Tomb Raider are just one of the famous title of a movie adaptation.
Though movies pulled out of a video game have a negative track records, with today's technology and skills, there is no doubt that Microsoft and Universal Picture could create the "Gears of War" a blockbuster hit. As the Coalition confirms the "Gears of War" movie development, all we need to do as of the moment is to wait for them to announce the trailer before it hits the big screen.
