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Cinematical: 'Gears of War' Producer Doesn't Want to Tell the "Epic Story"
MTV Movies Blog: Producer Says That 'Gears Of War' Will Focus On The War's Origin Story
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I like these words from Gears of War producer Wyck Godfrey about the movie. Impactful, survival, more like Cloverfield http://bit.ly/5huAHF 12/9/2009 |
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Gears of War movie coming soon: http://makingof.com/happening_now/media/gears-of-war/wyck-godfrey-reveals-gears-of-war-details/222/843 12/8/2009 |
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ok Gears of War on my Mac didn't quite work but i'm working on a fix, but till then Gears of War movie info: http://bit.ly/76cmPq 12/8/2009 |
Producer Talks Gears of War Movie
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories —
Producer Wyck Godfrey ("The Twilight Saga") talked to MakingOf about bringing Gears of War to the big screen. To be directed by Len Wiseman, the movie is based on Epic Games' award-winning video game. The game thrusts players into humankind's epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the planet. The story unfolds as a ragtag group of soldiers use every last ounce of strength to survive the onslaught from the forces of evil, which begins on the historic Emergence Day. You can view the interview ...
'Gears of War' Producer Doesn't Want to Tell the "Epic Story"
Cinematical —
... to hump your digital corpse, in half with a chainsaw, creating in the process a glorious fountain of blood and revenge, and 2) you play the key savior of an entire planet in the midst of its death throes at the 'hands' of an alien race called the Locust. Both of those things can quite easily be referred to, at least by gamer standards, as epic, and yet that's not what Wyck Godfrey, one of the film's producers, wants to bring to the big screen.
In an interview with MakingOf (found via IGN), Godfrey revealed that he's been developing the project with Live ...
Producer Says That 'Gears Of War' Will Focus On The War's Origin Story
MTV Movies Blog —
... Thanks to producer Wyck Godfrey, the plot for "Gears of War" is coming into sharper focus. Godfrey told Making Of that the movie will break away from the video game by showcasing the origin story of the conflict between man and Locust. ...
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SciFi Scanner —
... • Gears of War's writer says that the movie version of Epic's video game franchise will focus on Emergence Day, with nods in style to Cloverfield. ...
Story of Gears of War Movie Not Following Games?
Screen Rant —
... Speaking to MakingOf, producer Wyck Godfrey revealed some hints as to what story elements will be the focus of the adaptation and who it may different from the story of the games significantly, acting as a more of an origins movie of the locust and the experience of surviving Emergence Day. ...
Gears of War Movie to Be an Origin Story? Possibly Taking Place on Emergence Day
/Film —
... “Emergence Day” should be a term familiar to Gears of Wars fans already, and it looks like movie fans may become very familiar with it. The term refers to that day that the series’ subterranean villains, the Locusts, started to wage war against humanity. Making Of recently spoke with producer Wyck Godfrey, who spilled some details on their current plans for the Len Wiseman-directed Gears film. ...
Producer talks Gears of War
Filmstalker —
... in the film when the aliens just appear from a complex series of tunnels that they have created within the Earth where they have been building their forces for some time. The idea is that one moment they just appear, and it's about how humanity tries to survive in those opening days, presumably before Marcus Fenix and his teams arrive to begin fighting back, or maybe we'll see some of them nearer the end of the film. Here's the producer to talk a little more about it. That comes from Making Of through ...
Are We Getting Gears of War: Origins?
Cinema Blend News —
Are We Getting Gears of War: Origins? Video game fans will be happy to hear that the big screen adaptation of Xbox 360 game Gears of War is moving along nicely. Recently the gang over at Making Of sat down with producer Wyck Godfrey for 51 seconds of updates about what we can expect from the over-the-shoulder shooter turned guaranteed box office smash. The awesomely named producer drops the name Len Wiseman, who will probably be stepping into the director's chair. Wiseman is the mastermind behind the Underworld franchise, and director of the latest outing of everyone's ...
GEARS OF WAR Movie to take place on Emergence Day?
GeekTyrant —
... after the Pendulum Wars. The Locust onslaught continues for a year until the Hammer of Dawn counterattack, under the elected Chairman Richard Prescott.
I think this would be the perfect starting point for the film, but the creative folks developing the film haven’t decided if the story should take place in the time period that the video game takes place or if it should start with a story about E-Day.
Producer Wyck Godfrey recently talked with Making Of and had this to say:
The hard part is how to make it ...
