The gears are turning for David Leitch.
The Fall Man director is in negotiations to helm Gears of War, Netflix’s big-budget adaptation of one of many largest online game franchises on the Xbox platform.
Jon Spaihts, who’s working with Denis Villeneuve on adapting Frank Herbert’s Dune books for Legendary, is writing the script for the function for which Netflix has partnered with The Coalition Studio, the Canadian recreation developer behind the franchise.
Leitch and his spouse and producing companion, Kelly McCormick, will produce the function through their 87North banner together with The Coalition.
Netflix had no touch upon the dealmaking.
The sport is about on a planet getting ready to societal collapse when a monstrous menace within the type of underground creatures often known as the Locust take humanity to the verge of extinction. Delta Squad, a ragtag fireteam led by disgraced sergeant Marcus Fenix, is now charged with main humanity’s final stand.
Netflix picked up the rights to the favored online game franchise in November 2022 with grand ambitions. It hopes to first adapt the sport as a function, then observe that up with an grownup animated sequence. Extra work would observe in success.
Popping out of the stunt world, Leitch is slowly crafting a wide-ranging résumé whilst he stays within the motion lane. Fall Man, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, was a kiss to the stunt and moviemaking neighborhood. The Brad Pitt-led Bullet Practice was a contained, twisty murderer thriller, whereas Quick & Livid Presents: Hobbs & Shaw was a franchise play. Additionally on his checklist are comedian e-book film Deadpool 2 and interval spy thriller Atomic Blonde.
Leitch is now in prep on Tips on how to Rob a Financial institution, a heist thriller for Amazon MGM that can star Nicholas Hoult and Anna Sawai.
He’s repped by CAA and Johnson Shapiro.
