Legendary Backs Gears Film

Legendary Pictures has picked up the Gears of War movie, according to a report in Variety today. The company responsible for the ultra popular Dark Night film has signed on to co-finance and co-produce the New Line project based on Epic’s popular action game series for the Xbox 360.

The film was set up at New Line last year, with Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey producing through Temple Hill and Gears of War lead designer Cliff Bleszinski is on board as the executive producer and as a consultant representing Epic, which owns the rights.

Len Wiseman is directing Gears, while Chris Morgan is writing the script. New Line is also working on the equally daunting World of Warcraft movie project. Because Legendary is a part of Warner Bros. the movie studio giant now has its fingers in the film as well.

The Gears of War film is pegged for release sometime in the summer of 2009, But Warner Bros. hasn’t given the film an official date.

Source: Variety