David Leitch Updates Gears of War Netflix Progress

Director David Leitch has provided an optimistic update on the long-in-development live-action adaptation of the Gears of War video game franchise for Netflix, stating that the project is advancing steadily with strong support from all involved parties.

In an interview at CinemaCon while promoting his upcoming film How to Rob a Bank, Leitch expressed confidence in the movie's progress. "Gears of War, I think, is going to happen," he said. "We have a great draft that's in progress that's in really great shape. The studio's more determined than ever to make it. Netflix is 100 percent behind it. The Coalition is fired up, as well. They have their game releasing this year, as well, and so it's all lining up that that movie will happen."

The adaptation draws from the iconic third-person shooter series, first released in 2006 on Xbox 360, which follows soldiers of Delta Squad battling the subterranean Locust Horde on the planet Sera in a fight for humanity's survival. Efforts to bring the story to the screen date back to 2007, shortly after the game's debut, when rights were sold for a potential film. Initial attempts by New Line Cinema stalled over the years, leaving the project in...