Halo Movie Still on Hold
By Krystal Clark
Here’s another installment of the constant battle between Microsoft and Hollywood. Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’re familiar with the long developing film adaptation of the popular video game, Halo. We recently posted an article highlighting screenwriter Stuart Beattie’s take on the film, and whether or not it will happen. According to Firstshowing, Microsoft is stating that all plans for a big screen Halo have been put on hold.
There was a huge rumor going around last week that Steven Spielberg would direct the Halo movie, instead of Peter Jackson. After word of that heavy development reached Microsoft via the gaming site Kotaku, they put out this reply:
“We’re glad there’s still a lot of enthusiasm in the entertainment industry surrounding the idea of a Halo movie. That said, the Halo feature film remains on hold as we focus on projects like Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach.”
Boo! That sounds kind of lame, just like the outlandish rumors we’ve been hearing. I definitely don’t believe the hype surrounding Spielberg’s involvement, but I’d love to hear from someone on the movie side of things. Perhaps a direct response from a producer themselves.
Even with this vague statement, there is one thing I can take from this. The movie’s not dead. Microsoft isn’t stupid, they know they are sitting on a fortune with this property. I don’t have a problem with them waiting it out, as long as it’s for the right studio/director who can adapt Halo to it’s fullest potential.
What do you think about Microsoft keeping the Halo movie on hold?
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 7:41PM
Personally, i think that while i will be excited to see this movie when/if it comes out, it would have been better to release it with the hype and excitement following halo3 when their fan base was larger. Dont get me wrong, they would still have a ton of people go see it, but its just been one disappointment after another when they're releasing other stuff before it. It pains me to see that this movie might flop imo, because they're releasing it years after halo was the talk of the year sort of thing.
Thursday, August 13, 2009 12:04AM
i cant wait for this movie to come out and i think steven speildberg directing/producing the movie would be perfect. just as it seems the movie is being dropped, here comes speilberg to save the day haha. i love the storyline of halo and it would make a great movie. i would definately pay to see a halo movie. they should make more than one movie though. no doubt about it.
Saturday, September 19, 2009 5:23AM
I think its great what they are doing, they are probably getting the whole story outlined first then putting it all into the movie, i think it would be great