Netflix turns an electronic fighting game into a blockbuster movie

Gears of War game (archive)

Wednesday 22 March 2023 / 15:08

About 16 years following the release of the first version of the “Gears of War” game (Tools of War), the digital broadcasting platform Netflix is ​​preparing to produce a high-budget blockbuster, to be followed by an animated series.

was siteNetflixIn a previous report published in November (November) last year, it was mentioned that the production of the human movie and the cartoon series in partnership with the “Collection” company, the main developer of many video games, especially “Gears of War”, is on its way to production following Finish writing the script and choosing the heroes.

A struggle for survival

The game deals with a divided society on the brink of collapse, with the challenges of the complete extinction of the human race, amid deadly confrontations and battles, taking place on the planet “Sera”, between the “Delta Team”, which includes a group of walkers, and the group of “Luctus Hordy”, a savage race of Humans, who have been genetically altered from underground.

When the movie and series are produced, the digital game, which has sold 40 million copies, will join the list of games that Netflix has reproduced or will produce, such as “Assassin’s Creed”, “Sonic Prime”, “Bio Shock” and others.

A famous screenwriter

For its part, the magazine revealedVarietyThe screenwriter of the film is the screenwriter John Spaihts, who was nominated for an Oscar more than once, and is famous for participating in writing films regarding science fiction and the struggle of monsters, such as “Debt 1 and 2”, “Dr. Strange” and others.

In a statement to the magazine, Spaihts expressed his pleasure at having the opportunity to help achieve a huge work, because “Gear of Wars” is one of the wonderful action games, with vivid characters, a brutally designed world, desperate fighting in defense of the homeland, with human touches with support Friends, colleagues and support, he said.

epic worlds

For its part, the company “Qualition” indicated that fans of the game can anticipate and wait for a huge movie written by a distinguished scriptwriter and expert in the world of monsters, and it will definitely attract the audience to see the work, and expressed happiness in partnering with Netflix to produce a movie regarding epic worlds and science fiction, to present the best franchise. Visual reality.

game versions

The first release of the game was on November 7, 2006, for the “Xbox 360” company, “Xbox Studios”, and it quickly achieved great success, and was followed by many parts, “Not of Wars 2” in 2008, “Not of Wars”. 3” in 2011, and in 2013 “Gear of War: Judgment” was released, and between 2015 and 2016 copies of the game were released for “Ekbox One” and “Microsoft” devices, and in 2017 “Gear of War: Marcus” was released, which is the fourth part of the series. The game, and Marcus is the son of the main hero who was killed by the villains in the fourth part, to be released in 2019 “Gear of Wars 5”.