In Gears Of War, humanity on an alien planet is threatened by underground lizard-like creatures, the Locust. Brave soldiers declare war on danger in extremely bloody missions. In the foreground is Sergeant Marcus Fenix. The main character of the game series will also likely take center stage in the “Gears Of War” movie and possibly the animated series that Netflix is now producing for its own streaming service. But who plays the muscular tough soldier?
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The name Dwayne Johnson has been circulating very loosely around the project. The star of the Netflix movie “Red Notice” hinted a while ago that he is involved in a major video game project to be announced in 2022. Whether he means “Gears Of War” can only be speculated. The fan favorite is definitely someone else: Marvel star Dave Bautista! And he’s really, really in the role itself.
Dave Bautista makes it clear: I want to play Marcus Fenix!
For years, the Guardians Of The Galaxy star made it clear that he wants to play Marcus Fenix. He even once told the anecdote that the Universal film studio invited him to discuss a role in the “Fast & Furious” series. He went to the meeting, immediately said he was not interested and explained that he would rather talk about “Gears Of War” now. At the time, Universal owned the rights to the video game template. A planned film project was never realized.
Now that Netflix is making a fresh start, Bautista is quickly throwing in his hat. He tweeted a video of himself in Gears Of War gear with the caption: “Can’t make it any easier!”
The video created as part of the advertising campaign for the game “Gears Of War 5” is now a cover letter, which has received a lot of positive feedback. Within a few hours there were more than 72,000 likes, accompanied by numerous positive reactions. You can see from this: the fans want Dave Bautista. And it’s not just the fans who want it.
Then Right after the Netflix announcement, Gears Of War inventor Cliff Bleszinski made a strong case for Dave Bautista in the lead role. A few days later, he still seems to be of this opinion. He retweeted Bautista’s video on his own Twitter account.
It is still unclear when Gears Of War will come to Netflix. So far, the streaming service hasn’t even revealed which creative team will be responsible for the planned live-action feature film and the adult animated series that will follow.