Gears of War

Gears of War, the best-selling game from the Xbox 360 console, is being made into a feature film with Underworld director Len Wiseman now behind the camera.

Chris Morgan, the man behind writing the screenplay for the movie, spoke about how the film is coming along.

"There are elements to it that can be considered a prequel," Morgan teased, "but it's not a prequel as far as I'm concerned."

According to VH1, "What he [Morgan] could confirm, however, is the live-action debut of some of the game's most familiar faces — namely, the game's main character, Marcus Fenix, and fellow Delta Force soldier Dominic Santiago. Better yet, Morgan hinted that the current script would bring 'Emergence Day,' the initial invasion by alien baddies known as the Locust Horde, to the big screen."

"It would be a crying shame not to deal with Marcus and Dom," Morgan told MTV News. "I would not be interested in the movie if we weren't dealing with them. I want to see those guys. I want to see 'Emergence Day.' I want to see this stuff happen."

Exactly how that will happen will involve a delicate mix of computer-generated effects and live-action drama, Morgan said. The writer compared his template for scripting Gears of War to the mix of creature effects and live interaction in James Cameron's Aliens. Bringing that concept to the screen, though, will be Wiseman's job.

The director's plan for Gears of War is to stay away from an "all-green-screen, all-CGI movie," Morgan said, only using the computer effects for "the big stuff" and certain scenes featuring the Locust.

"In [Wiseman's] mind, he wants to make it as realistic as possible," Morgan said, "and to blur those lines where your mind says, 'Oh, it's a big CGI film.'"

Gears of War is schedule for a release in 2010.
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