The director of Fall Guy and Bullet Train will adapt this huge video game in film

David Leitch takes charge of the adaptation of Gears of War for Netflix.

It is a huge video game franchise that will be brought to the screen.

After having sold 45 million copies of its various installments, Gears of War will become a film. And it is David Leitch which should realize it.

According to The Hollywood Reporter The filmmaker is currently in negotiations to direct the adaptation of the video game. David Leitch is known for having recently achieved The Fall Guy (2024), co-directed John Wick (2014) with Chad Stahelski and also signed the films Bullet trainwith Brad Pitt, but also the spin-off of Fast & Furious, Hobbs & Shawas well as Deadpool 2 Or Blonde atomic on Netflix.

John Spaihts – who co-wrote the last two films Dune – is currently responsible for writing the script.

Netflix is behind this adaptation and associates for the occasion with The Coalition Studiothe franchise developer Gears of War.

For the moment, the details of the plot remain largely unknown. The franchise Gears of War mainly follows the conflict between humanity and a underground reptilian humanoid race called the Horde Locustewhich brutally emerges on the surface during an event known in the game under the name of “Day-E”.

The first three games of the saga tell the story of Marcus Fenixa soldier of the Coalition of organized governmentswhich directs a special unit responsible for destroying the Horde Locuste.

The series of games started in 2006, with a trilogy developed by Epic Games and led by the designer Cliff Bleszinskiconcluded in 2011. Since the departure of Bleszinski, four other games have emerged in the universe Gears of War. A new title, Gears of War: e-dayis currently in preparation. It will serve as a prequel to the series.