So who is New Line bringing in to replace Wiseman? Slow down, tiger. You’re assuming the studio is still moving full steam ahead on the project. They’ve slashed the budget from a proposed $100 million to something far more modest and have scaled back the epic feel of the original script by Chris Morgan (WANTED) for something more straight-forward and simple. (While this wasn’t spelled out, I’m guessing they saw DISTRICT 9 and thought, “Hey we can do that!”)
Meanwhile the budget isn’t the only thing being scaled back. The LA Times’ sources said any work on the film has “really slowed down” and they have yet to even find a writer or director to work on their new vision for the film.
As GEARS OF WAR sinks deeper and deeper into development hell, I can only hope it’ll say hello to friends HALO and BIOSHOCK, other classic games of the 2000s that were unable to get their movies off the ground.