The Gears of War video game series was launched by Microsoft for Xbox in 2006, and by 2014 had sold 22 million units and made over $1 billion. By 2007, the series was popular enough that New Line Cinema picked up the movie rights and announced their plans to produce a film adaptation written by Pirates of the Caribbean and Collateral writer Stuart Beattie. In 2008, Underworld director Len Wiseman was tabbed to helm. By 2010, Wiseman had bailed on the project and New Line was significantly reducing their financial commitment to the film.
That seemed to spell the end for the Gears of War movie, until ...
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