Halo Film Loses Studio Backing; Fate in Limbo

FReAK · Post by **FReAK** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:37 pm

Barely into pre-production, movie loses financial backing

According to Variety , pricing disagreements pushed both Universal Studios and 20th Century Fox out of their co-financing agreement with Microsoft. The halo film's budget was rumored to top off at nearly $200 Million, though the filmmakers insist that the highest quoted budget was under $130 Million.
The Lord of the Rings filmaker Peter Jackson, attached as an executive producer, later issued a statement confirming that the Halo film is essentially on hold. "We deeply regret that both Universal and Fox did not choose to move forward with financing the Halo film under the original terms of the agreement," The release reads. "At this time, we have mutually agreed to postpone making a feature film based on the Halo video game universe."
But Jackson's announcement ends on a positive note: "While it will undoubtedly take a little longer for Halo to reach the big screen, we are confident that the final feature film will be well worth the wait."

-Source: GamePro Magazine, Issue # 220, January 2007

angry man · Post by **angry man** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:39 pm

That sucks.. but I'll wait

No doubt they will get funding one way or another.. even if Peter Jackson has to pull it out of his own ass.

FleetAdmiralBacon · Post by **FleetAdmiralBacon** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 5:45 pm

Something tells me they are about to get a rather large anonymous donation *cough cough*

(j/k)

inferno · Post by **inferno** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:19 pm

Theyve talked about this on diggnation. i really wish they make this movie soon

but its not gonna happen until im 40 lol.

UntoldLegendxx · Post by **UntoldLegendxx** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:56 pm

Inferno wrote:Theyve talked about this on diggnation. i really wish they make this movie soon but its not gonna happen until im 40 lol.

Well at this rate not even.

Darco · Post by **Darco** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:02 pm

Old.

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/20/game- ... alo-movie/

but wait theres more.

http://movies.ign.com/articles/742/742264p1.html

this was discussed at yayap in october, gamepro needs to keep up.

FReAK · Post by **FReAK** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:27 pm

GamePro sucks t3h b1g 0n3!!!111!11oneoneelveen!!111! anyways, so i'm not surprised that they're ONLY two months behind... but still. I am not too sure about the movie to begin with, because it is being shot with real people, like the DOOM movie. We all know how bad the DOOM movie was. I would MUCH rather have the people that made the MNF ad make the movie completely in CG, it would be eleventy million times better that way.

UntoldLegendxx · Post by **UntoldLegendxx** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:39 pm

FReAK wrote:GamePro sucks t3h b1g 0n3!!!111!11oneoneelveen!!111! anyways, so i'm not surprised that they're ONLY two months behind... but still. I am not too sure about the movie to begin with, because it is being shot with real people, like the DOOM movie. We all know how bad the DOOM movie was. I would MUCH rather have the people that made the MNF ad make the movie completely in CG, it would be eleventy million times better that way.

Yeah i would like to see that movie like it was on the commerical as well.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:46 pm

Although the Doom movie was off storyline, basically, it was a pretty good movie.

I would be pissed if they made it all CGI, it would be like Finding Nemo on steriods. I hate watching fake acting, it is horrible and fails.

Something that I don't get is that the guy; who made Alone in the Dark and is making a newer movie about a game, didn't get any setbacks and he sucks major ass at making movies, yet something as 1337 as Halo is being made into a movie and isn't doing too well right now.

gh0570fchurch · Post by **gh0570fchurch** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:47 pm

We still know next to nothing about it. Is it going to be CG or live-action? Will it cover the plots of just the first game, the first book, or the plot for the whole franchise? Now they're delaying. This is off to a rocky start.

Excal · Post by **Excal** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:15 pm

From what they've said in the updates, it sounds like it would have been mostly live action with some assets like the flood being in CG. I couldn't argue with that...

On a side note, I thought I was reading a bumped topic for the first few posts... hehe.

Darco · Post by **Darco** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:18 pm

wouldnt the covenant also have to be cg to look decent?

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:19 pm

I dunno, theres some pretty advanced ways of using animatronics and such. I'm just not a fan of CG in movies, I mean, the guy they got for the job is really good at it, but meh.

Battery · Post by **Battery** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:17 pm

wow the movie is liek going to roxxors to the maxors, and i am being serious about thjat, it will be sold out quicker than you can say supercalofragileisticexpealidocious 5 times really fast.

angry man · Post by **angry man** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:20 pm

Battery wrote:wow the movie is liek going to roxxors to the maxors, and i am being serious about thjat, it will be sold out quicker than you can say supercalofragileisticexpealidocious 5 times really fast.

I can't even say that once! What message are you trying to convey?

gh0570fchurch · Post by **gh0570fchurch** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 5:09 pm

Battery wrote:wow the movie is liek going to roxxors to the maxors, and i am being serious about thjat, it will be sold out quicker than you can say supercalofragileisticexpealidocious 5 times really fast.

Ok, uhm.... *walks away*

Anywayz, we still don't have an estimated release date.

Battery · Post by **Battery** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:19 pm

uve uve never heard that word, well its not rely a word, i was tired when i qrote tht, so i can see why it looks stupid

.

FReAK · Post by **FReAK** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:29 pm

That first post is more legible and understandable than that second one. :p

angry man · Post by **angry man** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:22 pm

Battery how did you get a computer in your white room with padded walls? Good behavior?

gh0570fchurch · Post by **gh0570fchurch** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:24 am

JK-47 wrote:Something that I don't get is that the guy; who made Alone in the Dark and is making a newer movie about a game, didn't get any setbacks and he sucks major ass at making movies, yet something as 1337 as Halo is being made into a movie and isn't doing too well right now.

Yeah, that's Uwe Boll. He's terrible. He's the like the new Ed Wood.