Chris Kohler
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Why <cite>Gears</cite> Movie Might Actually Happen

Legendary Pictures has signed on to co-finance and co-produce New Line’s Gears of War film. Why does that matter? Well, because this means that the Gears movie, unlike some other Microsoft shooter-based film projects we could easily name, might actually happen. Notes Variety’s Ben Fritz: Legendary co-finances a lot of the biggest movies at Warner […]

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Legendary Pictures has signed on to co-finance and co-produce New Line's Gears of War film.

Why does that matter? Well, because this means that the Gears movie, unlike some other Microsoft shooter-based film projects we could easily name, might actually happen. Notes Variety's Ben Fritz:

Legendary co-finances a lot of the biggest movies at Warner Bros., including a little film that came out recently called The Dark Knight. Though it's no guarantee, Legendary doesn't tend to sign onto tentative, early development projects. And in fact, its agreeing to split the budget with New Line (which recently became a label within Warner Bros.) makes it much more likely that Gears of War will actually get made.

In other news, I just remembered my dream from last night: that Uwe Boll had made, like, this really awesome videogame movie and everybody was like, whoa. What does that mean?
Legendary Pictures Co-Financing Gears of War movie [Variety]