'Fall Guy' Director David Leitch in Talks to Direct 'Gears of War' Adaptation at Netflix

"The Fall Guy" director David Leitch is in talks to direct the "Gears of War" video game adaptation at Netflix, according to an insider with knowledge of the project. "Dune" writer Jon Spaihts wrote the current draft of the script. Set on the planet Sera, "Gears of War" is a third-person shooter that follows a former P.O.W. who leads the human resistance against the Locust Horde, a race of creatures who emerge from beneath the Earth's surface intent on eliminating mankind. "Gears of War" is one of the most celebrated sagas in video game history. The franchise defined the . . .