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Stuart Beattie, known for his work on turning the Pirates of the Caribbean theme park ride into a multi-million grossing movie franchise, is now hard at work on turning Microsoft and Epic Games’ Gears of War video game into a blockbuster movie for New Line Cinema.
Little is know of the project, but Beattie has revealed some early info in an exclusive interview with GamePro.com.
“It’s interesting. Everyone’s talking about 300. They use it as an example of where things are headed. That film was shot completely on green screen, which is amazing when you actually see the film. It’s probably how we’re going to do Gears of War,” said Beattie.
Beattie feels that with the huge Gears of War world which needs to be created “the only way to make it for a price is to be on a soundstage“.
Gears fans should also take heart in the fact that Beattie will be liaising with Epic Games and the game’s lead designer, Cliffy B, throughout the script writing process.
“I hope it’s extremely collaborative,” said Beattie. “From my point of view it’s definitely going to be, because I’m going to be riding their asses about it. I mean, they have lived with this game more than I have and they definitely know these characters, this world and all that kind of stuff.“
