Dave Bautista Wants to Participate in the Netflix Gears of War Film

Dave Bautista has relaunched his push to play the live-action

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Marcus Fenix in Netflix's Gears of War movie.

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Not shortly after Netflix revealed their intentions to

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create a live-action Gears of War film,

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Dave Bautista relaunched his effort to participate.

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Bautista fought hard for the part for a number of years,

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even going so far as to personally pitch

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a Gears of War movie to Warner Bros.

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As time passed, it appeared as though the former wrestler would never fulfil his dream of portraying

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