With his involvement in both Avatar and Alien vs. Predator, he certainly has enough experience in the sci-fi-action genre to have plenty of ideas about what should and should not work for Gears of War the movie.
Salerno is no stranger to the kind of militaristic humans-vs.-aliens sci-fi action featured in Gears of War, being heavily involved in writing James Cameron’s planned four Avatar sequels.
Salerno’s list of movie credits also includes Michael Bay’s disaster flick Armageddon, the 2000 remake of Shaft, and both Alien vs. Predator and its sequel Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.
Perhaps Salerno will be the one who finally cracks the code for crafting a story based on a video game that really works as a film.