Fenix rising
Get your chainsaw guns, body armour and chin-fluff at the ready, because the unstoppable assault of Netflix video game adaptations has found a new target. The Coalition’sGears Of Warseries of beefy blastermen fending off equally beefy aliens is coming to the red streaming service at some indefinite point in the future, it’s beenrevealed. Netflix say they’re working together with The Coalition on producing both the movie and animation.
Of course, with news of live-action Gears Of War comes the opportunity for theoretical casting picks. Just going to go out on a limb here and suggest Dave Bautista for classic Gears protagonist Marcus Fenix, because obvs. Bautista’s already got Netflix form from his performance in Zack Snyder’s middling-to-fair zombie heist movie Army Of The Dead last year. He’s also, for a former professional wrestler, surprisingly competent at veering into the feels when necessary. Go on, Bautista.
Netflix are currently working on aBioShock movieof some ilk, a live-actionAssassin’s Creed TV showbased on Ubisoft’s historical sci-fi parkour simulators, and further series of The Witcher – justwithout ol’ Vitamin H, Henry Cavill. Possibly the most successful game adaptation to hit the streaming service recently has been Studio Trigger’s take on CD Projekt’sCyberpunk 2077,Edgerunners. The streaming service’s live-action adaptation of Capcom’sResident Evilwas a bit of a flop though,cancelledafter just one season.
No word yet on when either the Gears Of War movie or animated series will roll onto Netflix. I’ll let you know when we hear more.
