Netflix introduced earlier this week that it is making a live-action Gears of Battle movie (opens in new tab), and the predictable response from far and vast was, “Get Dave.” That will be Dave Bautista, former wrestler and present actor, who many followers assume could be good for the function of Gears hero Marcus Fenix. Amongst these followers is none aside from Bautista himself.
It is no shock that Bautista desires in. He mentioned in 2019 that he is “tried the whole lot” to make a Gears film occur, and he really appeared in Gears 5 as himself—which is not as a lot of a stretch as you would possibly assume, as a result of he is one of many few individuals on the planet who is definitely bodily formed like a COG soldier. He bears greater than a passing resemblance to Marcus Fenix, too.
It has been a number of years since Gears 5, and Bautista’s appearing profession has blossomed (opens in new tab): He is had notable roles in Blade Runner 2049 and Dune, headlined a big-budget zombie flick on Netflix (which sucked, however he was good), and located a enjoyable residence within the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Drax the Destroyer.
Nonetheless, his curiosity in headlining a Gears of Battle movie doesn’t seem to have waned.
I can’t make this any simpler. @gearsofwar @netflix #marcusfenix #GearsofWar pic.twitter.com/SzDpiT2rNANovember 10, 2022
24 hours after it went up, Baustita’s tweet has attracted practically 128,000 likes, a quantity that can little doubt proceed to climb, reflecting actual curiosity (amongst followers of Gears and Bautista, a minimum of) in seeing him get the job. A kind of followers is none aside from authentic Gears of Battle designer Cliff Bleszinski, who mentioned that Bautista is his “first selection” for the function.
In earlier tweets, Bleszinksi mentioned he might additionally see Karl Urban (opens in new tab) within the lead function, that Ryan Reynolds (opens in new tab) could be “good” as Baird, and that Ice T (opens in new tab) might step in as Aaron Griffin. He was considerably much less enthusiastic concerning the prospects one other near-ubiquitous actor who’s set to star in a special videogame film subsequent 12 months, nonetheless:
Oh and maintain Chris Pratt away from the Gears franchise, please, FFS.November 7, 2022
I actually do not assume we will discover anybody higher than Bautista to play Marcus Fenix (Karl City is an effective shout, however solely as a result of Karl City is an absolute chameleon), however the remainder of the solid I believe is open to debate. So, that is the query: If Dave is Marcus, who will get the remainder of the roles? Give us your picks within the feedback.
