Halo movie...

[Pepoke]

As it says, the are going to create a Halo movie!! Great neh?
Its going to be released around 2007, and it being produced by Peter Schlessel[Stay Alive] and the script is being worked by Alex Garland[28 days later]. Bill gates says he wants it to be released around the same time PS3 comes out, which is around this year maybe. :animesmil

[Darth Vectis]

[SIZE=1]I hope its good, usually movie based games suck. Lets just hope it doesn't happen the other way around.[/SIZE]

[Dodeca]

[quote name='Pepoke']Bill gates says he wants it to be released around the same time PS3 comes out[/quote]

[SIZE=1]Roughly translated as; "**** you, Sony!"

Really though, I wouldn't generally have much hope for this. Game-based movies, especially shooter-based movies, have a particular tendency to be a mindless mix of blood, guns and very, very bad cliches. It may turn out to be something special, but I seriously doubt it.

(Though, since this is about a potential movie and not the game itself, shouldn't this be in another forum?)[/SIZE]

[Final Remix]

*cough* DooM *cough*.

"If it breathes, kill it." (Dwayne's trademark googlie-eyes, and forehead-vein-popping-action)


Oh, and lest we forget BloodRayne.

I don't see Halo going anywhere movie-wise. I've not even played the game, and I know this won't end well.

[Albert Flasher]

[FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=Sienna]Well, it doesn't involve Uwe Boll so that's already a point to its credit... but it'll probably turn out to be, well, nothing. Some mindless action that'll sell well because the game has so many followers. Hey, I'll go see it, but it won't win any awards.[/COLOR][/FONT]

[Stuart]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS]Well, to put an end to any and future uncertainty, and to add to the discussion:

[B]Halo movie[/B]

"It is official, there is a story doing the rounds that Hollywood is preparing a movie about the world of Halo. If a rumor hierarchy did exist, this particular one would be on its way to college to start a 3-year course to become a rumor but considering the current buzz around anything Halo, we just had to report on it.

The story does go into some detail however and if any of the names associated with the movie are correct then the chemistry sounds perfect for the job. Which Halo fan would say no to having Ridley Scott, (Blade Runner, Alien), direct, Ed Harris appear as Captain Keyes and Samuel L. Jackson as Captain Johnson. It appears that Bungie has been in talks with Warner Brothers regarding a movie but has insisted that it will only consider handing over the movie rights if the original Alien director and writer are involved, something which may throttle the project since Ridley Scott is not very easy to get.

According to insider information, appearing on ain't-it-cool-news, Scott has, apparently, been offered the script, storyboards etc. before and passed on doing a Halo movie but that was all before Halo 2 started breaking all sorts of sales records.

The idea of Ridley Scott directing a Halo movie seems the perfect match of high-tech effects with a traditional tense directing style and the thought of large epic-scale battles from the game appearing on the big screen under Scott's direction is definitely pleasing. It will be however, extremely disappointing if the entire project fails to take off due to one person's refusal. There is no doubt that Ridley Scott is the perfect man for the job but there has to be some other director who can handle the project; possibly a European movie directed by Mike Leigh so that we can discover the social aspects of Master Chief's career and the personal journey he has to take in order to reconcile his differences with his ageing and sick father.

Since everything is at the speculation stage for the time being, we will leave you with one thought of a Halo movie directed by Ridley Scott in which tense Black Hawk Down battles are followed by claustrophobic psychological tension in the style of Alien and where breathtaking photography is accompanied by epic orchestrated vibrant music as Hans Zimmer usually creates. Not bad is it?

Who would you like to see directing and starring in a Halo movie?" - [URL=http://www.megagames.com/news/html/movies/halomovieintalks.shtml][B][U]Megagames[/U][/B][/URL].com <-- Link. [/FONT]

[Lv.12Wizard]

Yeah, they started writing it Spring '04, with Bungie watching quality. They delivered scripts to potential production companies with people wearing full Master Chief armor. It was picked up by Universal, and is now being directed by Del Toro(Hellboy) and executive produced by (the) Peter Jackson, with SFX by WETA(LotR). Don't really know what direction it's taking the plot, but I assume it will have the Flood.

More details [URL=http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=biggorilla][U]here[/U][/URL]

The PS3 thing was actually about Halo 3. I don't even think Gates explained why he said that.

[Rhym]

[FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=DarkSlateGray]This seems like it might just be something great. Then again, it could end up about as good as the countless other video game-movie adaptions.

I guess that means that Ridley Scott isn't directing. That's a bummer. But Guillermo Del Toro's good. I enjoyed Hellboy. Then again, with all these names being thrown out, who can say if it's final or not?

Heh, can you imagine a Halo movie directed by Quentin Tarantino? I think that would be the only way to make the MC any more badass.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[Pepoke]

[QUOTE=Rhym][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=DarkSlateGray]
Heh, can you imagine a Halo movie directed by Quentin Tarantino? I think that would be the only way to make the MC any more badass.[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]

MWAHAHAHAHA!!

That would be awesome! Instead of having a play plasma sword, he'd have a plasma katana, and he would have uber samurai skills.

But if it was implemented that into the game, it wouldnt matter....Grrr FPS...

[kumkuat14]

I'm perfectly happy sticking with the Red Vs. Blue series uhh the idea of a halo movie thats just a big no from my point of view...