Wednesday, October 31

• Signs of life for a Halo flick

  The oft-discussed Halo flick, once dismissed as "entirely dead" by its own director, Neill Blomkamp, has apparently been upgraded to "mostly dead." According to CVG.com, a representative for Peter Jackson has confirmed that Jackson's FX studio Weta Workshop recently restarted pre-production on the videogame adaptation, with producers shopping the project to potential distribution partners.

  Hopes for a Halo flick appeared completely quashed a just few weeks ago, when Fox and Universal, the two studios who'd partnered to bring the project to the big screen, backed out of the deal, citing mounting costs as the primary reason.

  Could Halo hero Master Chief finally be ready for his close-up? We're not holding our breath.

  
  

  Posted 10/31/2007 by Thomas

  Related: Peter Jackson | Halo

Friday, October 5

• Halo movie "entirely dead," says director

  Hot on the heels of the record-breaking release of Halo 3 comes bad news for the long-gestating Halo movie. Neill Blomkamp, the relative unknown tapped to helm the videogame adaptation, recently told Creativity Online that "The film is entirely dead. In the configuration it was in. Whatever happens with that movie, assuming that movie gets made, will be a totally different configuration. It's not so much me as the entire vessel sank. Basically, it was a combination of; there were two studios involved that weren't getting along in the process of making it, Universal and Fox."

  Blomkamp went on to say that he was aiming for "the most brutal, real version of science fiction in a war environment that you've seen in a while," which gave the studios pause.

  I hate to say it, but I think we dodged a bullet here. Given horrendous reputation enjoyed by videogame adaptations, the odds against a Halo movie being anything but crappy were overwhelming.

  Hmmmmm...perhaps the folks at Fox and Uni caught a glimpse of my recent article, Five Reasons a Halo Movie Will Suck, and came to their senses. Good on them.

  Source: Creativity Online via Joblo.com.

  
  

  Posted 10/05/2007 by Thomas

  Related: Halo

Tuesday, September 25

• Five reasons a Halo movie will suck

  Yeah, we know you're probably sick in bed with the "Halo Flu," but tear yourself away from your Xbox for a moment and check out our article on the long-rumored movie adaptation.

  
  

  Posted 09/25/2007 by Thomas

  Related: Halo