20 Most Exciting Movies Announced In 2016

17. Gears Of War

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Epic Games

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The movie rights to the popular shooter video game franchise were originally acquired by New Line Cinema just months after its 2006 release, but word on the adaptation's progress quickly stalled, and things went totally dark over the last few years.

Mere days before Gears of War 4 released back in October, The Coalition's studio head Rod Fergusson confirmed that Universal is developing a Gears movie, though no talent or release date has been announced yet.

This is such a natural fit for a movie adaptation that, with due care, it could easily be a smash hit and finally help break the dreaded video game movie curse.

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