Overview

• Producer Kelly McCormick says the film will miss the 2026 game’s window and pursue timing that “feels relevant” rather than a simultaneous debut.
• Jon Spaihts is currently scripting, with active support from Netflix and Gears of War studio The Coalition.
• 87North, the company led by David Leitch and Kelly McCormick, is producing the live-action adaptation for Netflix.
• No casting has been announced, though Dave Bautista has continued to lobby publicly to play Marcus Fenix.
• Reporting indicates the movie is unlikely to arrive before 2027, with Leitch preparing to shoot Amazon MGM’s How to Rob a Bank in 2026.