Director Len Wiseman recently sat down with Bloody Disgusting to talk about his upcoming projects, revealing some interesting tidbits.
First up, Wiseman talked about the film adaptation of Gears of War, a popular action game for Xbox 360, saying that he plans not to make one film, but a trilogy of films based on the franchise.
“The hope is that were wanting to do a three movies and really cover the bases on everything,” he said, adding that they want to make it a “harder edged Lord of the Rings.” Wiseman further adds that the tone will be more sci-fi than horror. “It’s going to be much more [on the] science fiction side of it than the creature side of it.”
Chris Morgan and Wiseman himself are penning the script right now.
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Slashfilm reports that Len Wiseman, the dude behind the Underworld franchise, is set to direct the upcoming film adaptation of blockbuster Xbox 360 game Gears of War. Wiseman, also the man behind Live Free or Die Hard, will develop the story with Chris Morgan, whose credits include the craptacular Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift.
The director is currently working with Morgan on Shell Game, an upcoming sci-fi thriller at Lakeshore/Columbia Pictures. The story focuses on a detective investigating the “dangerous black market business of immortality” in the future. Wiseman has also worked as an art director on blockbuster films such as Men in Black, Godzilla and Independence Day.
Gears of War was originally released on Xbox 360 in 2006, followed by a PC release an year later. A sequel is in the works for release exclusively on Xbox 360 this November.
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