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‘Gears of War’ Franchise Being Pitched To Studios; Nothing Imminent
While I’ve grown tired of the “Gears of War” games, I’d do just about anything to see the unworldly battle shift from my Xbox to the multiplex.
According to Variety there’s a (small) bit of movement as Scott Stuber is coming on produce a film adaptation of Gears of War and begin developing the script with the videogame company Epic. Unfortunately, this announcement feels a bit premature as no talent or writer are attached at this time. In fact, it could sink alongside BioShock as quickly as this announcement…
In the videogame, “the story is set on the planet Sera and follows a former P.O.W. who is civilization’s best hope in their fight against the Locust Horde, a race of creatures who emerged from underneath the planet’s surface and are intent on eliminating humankind.”
The game was first released in 2006 and has since spawned two other installments and sold close to 18 million units.
Says the site, Stuber does have a first look deal with Universal but as of right now mo distributor is attached. Both parties will begin taking it out to studios. So at least there’s some movement.
New Line originally picked up the rights in 2007 tasking Stuart Beattie to adapt the script and Len Wiseman to direct, which thankfully never happened. When creative differences between the studio and Epic Games, the company that created the original game, could not be met, New Line let the property go and it has since been looking for a new home.
Paramount is heading to Sleepy Hollow with a brand new feature film take on the classic Headless Horseman tale, with Lindsey Anderson Beer (Pet Sematary: Bloodlines) announced to direct the movie back in 2022. But is that project still happening, now two years later?
The Hollywood Reporter lets us know this afternoon that Paramount Pictures has renewed its first-look deal with Lindsey Anderson Beer, and one of the projects on the upcoming slate is the aforementioned Sleepy Hollow movie that was originally announced two years ago.
THR details, “Additional projects on the development slate include… Sleepy Hollow with Anderson Beer attached to write, direct, and produce alongside Todd Garner of Broken Road.”
You can learn more about the slate over on The Hollywood Reporter. It also includes a supernatural thriller titled Here Comes the Dark from the writers of Don’t Worry Darling.
The origin of all things Sleepy Hollow is of course Washington Irving’s story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” which was first published in 1819. Tim Burton adapted the tale for the big screen in 1999, that film starring Johnny Depp as main character Ichabod Crane.
More recently, the FOX series “Sleepy Hollow” was also based on Washington Irving’s tale of Crane and the Headless Horseman. The series lasted four seasons, cancelled in 2017.
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