You would imagine the suits at Hollywood close movie deals in top-secret meetings, but Jeff Katz, Vice President at New Line Cinema, has revealed he put together the Gears of War movie deal over Xbox Live. Katz told
MTV:
"I do business on Xbox Live. When I was at New Line, I put the ‘Gears of War‘ deal together for the movie over Xbox Live,” said Katz. “It’s been good to me, so I’m loyal to it."
The Gears of War film is being co-financed and co-produced by Legendary Pictures. Len Wiseman is directing with Chris Morgan writing the script. First draft was penned by Stuart Beattie.
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