Larson or no, there's absolutely no way they can make a good Gears movie in 2023. Even in 2006, it would have been difficult. Gears came out at just the right time, and lasted long enough, that you can watch the West lose the last embers of primal masculinity as the series progressed. What started as an indulgence in unbound violence and fraternity turned into just another personal drama for women.
If you wanted to make Gears in its original spirit, you have to start with the rule that no woman will so much as raise her voice at a man, let alone hold a weapon. In the primal spirit Gears originally drew on, violence is solely in the world of men. Since that's never going to happen, it's doomed before you've put the first word of the script to paper.
Larson or no, there's absolutely no way they can make a good Gears movie in 2023. Even in 2006, it would have been difficult. Gears came out at just the right time, and lasted long enough, that you can watch the West lose the last embers of primal masculinity as the series progressed. What started as an indulgence in unbound violence and fraternity turned into just another personal drama for women.
If you wanted to make Gears in its original spirit, you have to start with the rule that no woman will so much as raise her voice at a man, let alone hold a weapon. In the primal spirit Gears originally drew on, violence is solely in the world of men. Since that's never going to happen, it's doomed before you've put the first word of the script to paper.