Our new Video Producer Craig has been over on the Pure Xbox YouTube channel laying out some of his top casting suggestions for the upcoming Gears of War movie, which is being produced by Netflix.
You can check out his picks in the video above, which include a perhaps surprising choice for Marcus Fenix; a character many are pipping to be played by Dave Bautista.
Indeed, the famous WWE star and actor has repeatedly expressed his interest in any such role - he even features as a character skin in Gears 5! For now, it's unconfirmed whether the star will feature in the Netflix movie at all.
Another shout for Marcus, or even possibly Dominic Santiago for that matter, could be Pedro Pascal. The actor's portrayal of Joel Miller in The Last Of Us seems to be going down incredibly well right now - his stock price is certainly going up for future video game adaptations!
However, we want to know your suggestions! Who would you cast as the members of Delta Squad in the upcoming Gears of War movie?
Let us know your casting choices in the comments down below!
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I would cast the late and great Robin Williams as his Mrs Doubtfire. 😂
Marcus Phoenix - Triple H
Dominic Santiago - Dave Bautista
Cole Train - Terry Crews
“Don’t worry Mrs Doubtfire is coming” 😂
I just want to see Marcus tell Fahz to STFU again. That was my favorite.
@Kaloudz pretty decent body types for COGs too
@MarcianoMD Terry Crews for this is a must
Not too worried about the cast, just wish it follows the source material a little better than what they did to Halo. (My personal opinion, of course)
Dave as Marcus, Scar Jo as Anya, and their boots by Uggs
Chris Pratt and The Rock.
I think Batista would make a better Dom than Marcus but he should definitely be cast.
I’d have David Harbour as Baird, just dye his hair 🤣
I would have loved Michael Ironside as Marcus but he’s too old now so no idea.
Marcus Fenix - Josh Brolin (looks the part & more than believeable as leader of the team, great presence on screen)
Cole Train - Jonathon Majors
Baird - Anthony Starr
Dom - Jon Bernthal
Haven't noticed anyone mention that guy who stars in Reacher on Amazon Prime, Alan Ritchson, for Marcus, so I'll throw it out there. Let's be honest, we need competent actors, but mostly we need them to be the size of silverback gorillas, so they can convincingly square off with a locust. Hopefully they go practical with the effects as much as possible, and don't hold back with the gore.
Ralph Macchio - Marcus
Rob Schneider - Dom
Tracy Morgan - Cole Train
Steve Buscemi - Baird
@NEStalgia Chris Pratt is Anya Stroud and the Hammer of Dawn
Damon Baird—Michael Cera
Marcus Fenix—Adam Sandler
Augustus Cole—Tyler Perry
Dominic Santiago—Taylor Laughtner
Lieutenant Kim—Alec Baldwin
Carmine—David Spade
Anya Stroud—Julia Roberts
General RAAM—Matt Damon
@Solidchief I like the way you think and the approach you took to making Gears better
@HelloCraig He also needs to be the voice of the guns. Because Marcus will talk to his guns in the film adaptation because that's in with the kids these days. Ask PJ.
The Rock, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillen
Bill Goldberg, Batista, John Cena and Terry Crews
Marcus: Dave Bautista
Dom: Victor Ortiz
Baird: Zack Efron
Cole: Terry Allan Crews
@somnambulance Thanks a lot. These actors were born to play the delta squad. I like your list too, especially Matt Damon as General RAAM.
@helbertpina Hope you’re ready then for a movie about Marcus “Fenix” Carmine, a struggling artist who takes up arms with his Carmine brothers during the Locust attack. Together with his family, Fenix is in a race against time to collect all of the mystical and mysterious “gears of war” before the Locust do to activate the Hammer of Dawn and stop the war forever.
@Kaloudz It's hard to do an Elder Scrolls series. You'd spend 3 episodes of just silent walking in the open plains, then in episode 4 you'd arrive at a city where everyone's voice is Chris Pratt and their faces don't move. One of the Chris's would suddenly launch into the sky but you'd still hear him finish his conversation. Then the camera would drop inside the floor and stay there for the remainder of the series and you'd just hear all the Pratts' talking to themselves in repeating phrases for the rest of the series. Fin.
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