Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gears of War (film)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. If you guys want to recreate it as a redirect that's fine.--Wizardman 12:50, 2 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gears of War (film)[edit]

Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ speak ○ see ○ 03:41, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Crystal Balling at it's best. Film is not due out until 2009, according to IMDB. The only indications that the movie might possibly be made is the fact that New Line picked up the rights, which is not even close to an indication that the film might actually be made. There is quite literally no information about this film which is available. It could be summed up within the Gears of War article itself with one sentence, that New Line has optioned the rights to the game. Picking up the rights does not equal actually making a film, otherwise John Woo would have made a Metroid movie. Cheers, Lankybugger ○ speak ○ see ○ 03:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete In the immortal words of one Jim Jones: BAAAALLIN'!!! ♣ Klptyzm ^{Chat wit' me § Contributions} ♣ 05:19, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete until external verification that the movie is in production with imminent release. As said in nomination, what can be verified can be summed up in a paragraph (at the absolute, utter, ridiculous most), located within the game's article. Possibility of redirection to discourage recreation until the movie is imminent? -- saberwyn 06:30, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Transwiki to wikinews or delete. There is nothing in the article beyond an announcement of licensing rights, which might be borderline newsworthy given the success of the game it is based on. It is too early for encyclopedic treatment of the subject. — Kaustuv Chaudhuri 06:33, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. ---Haemo 07:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The only verifiable info is that New Line Cinema picked up the license for it. IF the movie gets made (and I stress IF since many video games have had their movie rights picked up and nothing happened afterwards) and solid info is released, it can be recreated. TJ Spyke 08:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - As above, though a brief one-sentence mention could be made in the main article. Wickethewok 13:59, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete because acquisition of film rights do not equate actual production of the film. Studios often pick up film rights for various kinds of source material, but don't actually produce everything they have into films. I checked Gears of War, and the sole valid citation under the Film section suffices for now. Once a director, a cast, and a production start date is established, then there would be a stronger case for an actual film article. —Erik (talk • contrib • review) - 18:00, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete until production officially announced. If I may comment, though, 2009 is only two years away so it shouldn't necessarily trigger the same red flags as 2009 release dates might have in 2006 or earlier. It's quite feasible for an officially announced -- or widely anticipated -- film release to now have an 09 date. Star Trek XI is only 6 days short of being a 2009 release, for example. 23skidoo 18:58, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment IMDb always assigns some kind of release year to a film, even though none has been announced. This is the same case with Gears of War, so don't let the release years presented by IMDb sway any kind of argument. IMDb even lists Raimi's briefly-announced The Shadow for 2010, as well as Thor (2009) and Sub-Mariner (2008), despite no release date ever suggested for these projects. They even have 300 stuck on 2006 for some reason. The recently deleted Alice has a release year for 2007, which is extremely unlikely with zero production news since 2005. You will never see a (TBA) attached to any of IMDb's films, always a release year. This kind of setup, which I've seen as a major factor in votes to keep articles on future films, should never be relied upon. —Erik (talk • contrib • review) - 21:14, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect the article to Gears of War to prevent re-creation, as saberwyn suggested. Jobjörn (Talk ° contribs) 22:49, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect, with merge of some info as needed. Realkyhick 03:18, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.