New Line cinema has bought the rights to the very succesfull game, Gears of War. Stuart Beattie, script writer of the Tom Cruise movie collateral, has been hired to do the script.

CAA auctioned off a 21-page treatment by Beattie, reports Variety, with New Line getting the winning bid. The game, which has sold over 3 million units and is the most successful title on Microsoft's Xbox Live, is about a world called Sera that has been invaded by aliens called the Locust. A group of military types, led by one Marcus Fennix, battle the invaders for the sake of humankind.

"I'm not a gamer, but what blew me away about Gears was how it captures the mythology of a war mission and how high the stakes are," says Wyck Godfrey who is producing the film with partner Marty Bowen. The movie has been put down for a summer 2009 release date.

Featured Video: The trailer to the very succesfull xbox360 game, gears of war

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