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3 days ago, Netflix announced the production of aGears of Warlive-action and adult animated series on the streaming platform. Soon after, Dave Bautista was nominated by theGears of Warvideo game series creator, Cliff Bleszinski, to be cast as Marcus Fenix. Although the nomination itself comes as no surprise, it is somewhat unfortunate that Bleszinski has been kept out of the loop — in creative as well as executive authority — by Netflix while adapting his game series.
Meanwhile, the fan casting of Dave Bautista has been taking off with immense enthusiasm among the fans as the actor himself has made it abundantly clear where he stands with aGears of Waradaptation.
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Dave Bautista Responds to theGears of WarAdaptation
Released in November 2006,Gears of Waris a media franchise based on the eponymous video game series created by Epic Games and owned by Xbox Game Studios. For years, since its rising popularity, Hollywood starDave Bautistahas been drumming up his wish to star in a cinematic adaptation of the series and had claimed it was his“destiny”to do so. As such, when Netflix announced the development of aGears of Warlive-action movie, Bautista hadn’t wasted a second putting one foot in the door with a short teaser featuring himself as one of theGoWcharacters.
I can’t make this any easier.@gearsofwar@netflix#marcusfenix#GearsofWarpic.twitter.com/SzDpiT2rNA
— Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista)June 27, 2025
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This recent development aligns with Hollywood’s obsession with adapting video game franchises into live-action films. Some of the most popular ones in recent years that have been subjected to the big screen areFar Cry(2008),Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time(2010),Assassin’s Creed(2016),Warcraft(2016),Resident Evilseries,Hitman,TombRaider,Werewolves Within(2021),Mortal Kombat(2021), andUncharted(2022). Other adaptations likeThe Angry Birds Movie,Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros., andDetective Pikachuare less gritty and more inclined toward a PG-13 rating than the aforementioned.
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Gears of WarNetflix Adaptation: What Can You Expect?
Although not much has been revealed about either the live-action film or the adult animated series adaptation, Netflix’s announcement aboutGears of Warhas the fans racing to put on their best Sorting Hat to finalize their casting of the lead roster. Cliff Bleszinski stands front and center of that narrative and he has specified Dave Bautista by name as fit for Marcus Fenix and wants a Latino actor to be cast as Dominic Santiago. According to Bleszinski,Chris Prattshouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the franchise whileRyan Reynoldswould make a great Baird.
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Given how vocal Bautista has been about his intent to star in theGears of Warlive-action movie, it would certainly be interesting to cast an actor already invested in the existing franchise. The practice of allowing actors familiar with their characters has played out for the benefit of production as was proved byHenry Cavillin Netflix’sThe Witcherseries. Incidentally, ifGears of Wardoesn’t work out, theGuardian of the Galaxystar always has Kratos to fall back on, yet another character that the actor wishes to portray in case a production decides to adapt PlayStation’sGod of Warseries into a live-action movie.
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Diya Majumdar
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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.
