“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.

Leitch and Kelly McCormick will produce the Netflix video game adaptation via their 87North banner along with gaming company The Coalition.

V ideo game adaptations continue apace, and Netflix is bringing the "Gears of War" franchise to the streaming service. The popular sci-fi shoot-'em-up series is about humanity fig