Tag: Dave Bautista

  • Dave Bautista pitches himself to play the lead in Gears of War  

    By Express News Service

    Dave Bautista has put his name forward for involvement in Netflix’s recently announced Gears of War movie, which is currently in development. And he has expressed his interest to play the main character, Marcus Fenix.

    Taking to Instagram, the actor uploaded an old promo clip of himself wearing the signature armour of the game’s lead character, Fenix, and shared the video to Twitter as well for maximum exposure. He captioned the video: “I can’t make this any easier.” Bautista has a long relationship with Gears of War, previously lending his likeness to Microsoft to allow players the chance to unlock a character based on him for the sequel’s multiplayer modes, while players can use the character as part of the current instalment, Gears of War 5.

    Bautista’s relationship with the franchise goes even beyond lending his likeness and being a fan. The actor had previously revealed that he turned down a role in the blockbuster Fast and Furious franchise during a meeting, to pitch a Gears movie to Universal instead.

    But, sadly, the studio didn’t go for it then, but it looks like it is finally happening. Bautista has a strong working relationship with Netflix. He will next be seen in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery for the streamer, having previously filmed Army of the Dead for them. Furthermore, he was reported to be in talks to star in Unleashed, a cop-and-dog story.

    The Gears of War adaptation is part of a spate of other video game adaptations Netflix is currently working on. They have a movie based on Bioshock, an Assassin’s Creed series planned, and an adaptation is currently in development for the stunning Horizon Zero Dawn series.  

    Dave Bautista has put his name forward for involvement in Netflix’s recently announced Gears of War movie, which is currently in development. And he has expressed his interest to play the main character, Marcus Fenix.

    Taking to Instagram, the actor uploaded an old promo clip of himself wearing the signature armour of the game’s lead character, Fenix, and shared the video to Twitter as well for maximum exposure. He captioned the video: “I can’t make this any easier.” Bautista has a long relationship with Gears of War, previously lending his likeness to Microsoft to allow players the chance to unlock a character based on him for the sequel’s multiplayer modes, while players can use the character as part of the current instalment, Gears of War 5.

    Bautista’s relationship with the franchise goes even beyond lending his likeness and being a fan. The actor had previously revealed that he turned down a role in the blockbuster Fast and Furious franchise during a meeting, to pitch a Gears movie to Universal instead.

    But, sadly, the studio didn’t go for it then, but it looks like it is finally happening. Bautista has a strong working relationship with Netflix. He will next be seen in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery for the streamer, having previously filmed Army of the Dead for them. Furthermore, he was reported to be in talks to star in Unleashed, a cop-and-dog story.

    The Gears of War adaptation is part of a spate of other video game adaptations Netflix is currently working on. They have a movie based on Bioshock, an Assassin’s Creed series planned, and an adaptation is currently in development for the stunning Horizon Zero Dawn series. 
     

  • Action star Dave Bautista in talks with Netflix for ‘Unleashed’ movie

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Netflix is in final negotiations with action star Dave Bautista to lead its upcoming film “Unleashed” from director Jeff Tomsic.

    According to the entertainment website Deadline, the film is written by “Blockers” scribes Jim & Brian Kehoe.

    Bautista is in talks to star and produce with his partner Jonathan Meisner alongside Good Fear’s Chris Bender and Jake Weiner. He will essay the role of a police officer who is best friends with a canine partner that can sniff out any crime.

    When Boomer dies on the job, the cop pledges no more pooch partners, until he is teamed with Zeus.

    The former WWE star will next be seen on Netflix in “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”. The film will have its premiere next month at TIFF.

    He has also wrapped “Knock at the Cabin” for Universal and is shooting “Dune 2” for Warner Bros.

    LOS ANGELES: Netflix is in final negotiations with action star Dave Bautista to lead its upcoming film “Unleashed” from director Jeff Tomsic.

    According to the entertainment website Deadline, the film is written by “Blockers” scribes Jim & Brian Kehoe.

    Bautista is in talks to star and produce with his partner Jonathan Meisner alongside Good Fear’s Chris Bender and Jake Weiner. He will essay the role of a police officer who is best friends with a canine partner that can sniff out any crime.

    When Boomer dies on the job, the cop pledges no more pooch partners, until he is teamed with Zeus.

    The former WWE star will next be seen on Netflix in “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”. The film will have its premiere next month at TIFF.

    He has also wrapped “Knock at the Cabin” for Universal and is shooting “Dune 2” for Warner Bros.

  • Dave Bautista to feature in M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Knock at the Cabin’

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Hollywood star Dave Bautista is teaming up with the king of twists and turns, M. Night Shyamalan, for the director’s new film ‘Knock at the Cabin’.

    As per The Hollywood Reporter, Shyamalan will write and direct the Universal film which will release in theatres on February 3, 2023.

    ‘Knock at the Cabin’ continues Shyamalan’s lengthy partnership with the Hollywood studio Universal, which has released ‘Old’ (2021), ‘Glass’ (2019), ‘Split’ (2017) and ‘The Visit’ (2015).

    Shyamalan will also produce the upcoming project with Ashwin Rajan under the filmmaker’s Blinding Edge Pictures banner alongside Marc Bienstock and Steven Schneider. However, no other details regarding the movie are currently known.

    Since transitioning from the world of wrestling, Bautista has become a go-to actor for a number of auteurs. James Gunn brought him into higher public awareness by casting him as Drax in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ (2014), while Denis Villeneuve tapped him for a small role in ‘Blade Runner 2049’ (2017) before putting him in ‘Dune’ (2021).

    In March, Bautista debuted his biggest role to date when he led Zack Snyder’s ‘Army of the Dead’.

    Bautista is currently shooting for Gunn’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’, which may be his final film in which he plays Drax, after reprising the role for ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, ‘Avengers: Endgame’ and the upcoming ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’.

    He is also slated to appear in ‘Knives Out 2’ and is attached to a buddy cop film also starring Jason Momoa and set up at MGM. 

  • Wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista boards cast of ‘Knives Out 2’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: WWE wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista has joined the cast of filmmaker Rian Johnson’s upcoming sequel to “Knives Out”.

    The news comes over a month after Netflix bought the rights to the sequels of “Knives Out” for a whopping USD 450 million, with British star Daniel Craig set to return in the two follow-ups of the murder mystery franchise.

    According to Deadline, plot details for the second movie have been kept under wraps, though it is expected to feature another A-list actor.

    “Knives Out” follows a family gathering gone horribly awry, after the family patriarch’s death leads master detective Benoit Blanc (Craig) to investigate.

    The 2019 whodunnit also features Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, and Christopher Plummer.

    The film was produced by Media Rights Capital (MRC) and was distributed by Lionsgate.

    It earned USD 311.4 million on a USD 40 million budget, with Johnson garnering a nomination for an Oscar for best original screenplay.

    It’s unclear if any other stars from original ensemble will be returning for the upcoming follow-up.

    Production on the new movie is set to begin this year in Greece.