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Halo Movie
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
Produced by Peter Schlessel (Executive Producer)
Peter Jackson
Written by Alex Garland
D.B. Weiss
Language English

Rumors of a Halo movie had been heard for a while, but in 2005 it was officially confirmed by Bungie. While the movie was intended to be handled by 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures, they have since pulled out of the deal, however, after a delay 20th Century Fox has decided to go on. It would have been a live-action movie, but with a heavy amount of CGI. Wingnut Films, the team behind Lord of the Rings and King Kong, was working on the movie. However, in October 2006, the movie was postponed indefinitely until new distributors can be found (see timeline below for more details). Before the movie was shelved it was revealed that the film would have been shot in Wellington, New Zealand and was slated for a summer 2008 release.[1] To keep the film's producers true to the Halo Universe, Bungie prepared an exhaustive encyclopedia known to some as either the "Halo Compendium" or the Halo Story Bible, describing nearly every topic in the Halo games and novels including graphics of characters, species and vessels.[2]

[edit] Plot

A website called Latino Review has posted a script review of the upcoming Halo movie; Rampancy.net asserts that it is credible. However, Bungie has said the story is not yet complete.

Joseph Staten has stated that what would have been the "final" script for the film would have had the Master Chief as a secondary, though still important, character, taking a back seat to others for story telling purposes.[3]

[edit] Background

  • Summer of 2002 - With the success of Halo: Combat Evolved, Hollywood producers voice interest about making a Halo movie. Concerns over creative control sink the idea, "thanks but no thanks" said Joseph Staten [2].
  • 2004 before Halo 2 launch - A Hollywood player, Peter Schlessel starts to meet with Bungie staff to discuss movie plans. He proposes that instead of leaving it up to Hollywood, "Finance the script yourselves, Hire a writer, have him write something you love, then bring it to Hollywood with a simple message: ‘This is the movie we want to make. Who wants to make it with us?'". On the list of Schlessel approved writers is Alex Garland who Bungie pick for reasons listed in above article.
  • February 3, 2005, Creative Artists Agency confirmed that Microsoft had completed a million-dollar deal with Alex Garland to write a screenplay based on the video game series Halo, which would then be offered to studios.[4]
  • June 7, 2005 Microsoft released Garland's completed screenplay to various Hollywood studios on June 7, 2005, looking to be paid a $10 million fee as well as the studio's agreement to adhere to guidelines set by the game's developers.[5] Microsoft also wanted the studio to seek approval over the director and cast. In addition, Microsoft sought full merchandising rights for itself, a minimum $75 million budget, and company representatives' full access to the film's rough cuts in Los Angeles. Studios like Paramount, DreamWorks, Sony, and Warner Bros did not want to cede creative rights to the film and passed over the project.[6]
  • June 2005 - 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios entered negotiations with Microsoft to divide the distribution rights of Halo. The original $10 million deal was reduced based on the studios' negative response to the exorbitant price tag. In the negotiations, Universal Studios gained rights to release the film in North America, where Fox would distribute the film overseas. On August 22, 2005, Microsoft's deal with the studios was announced to be finalized, with summer 2008 as the target release date.[7]
  • October 4, 2005, Bungie Studios announced that director Peter Jackson was signed onto the project as an executive producer.[8]
  • July 13, 2006, author D.B. Weiss revealed in an interview that he was writing the screenplay for Halo. At the time of the interview, Weiss said that he was working on his second draft of the new script, which contained elements of the project's original screenplay by Alex Garland.[9]
  • August, 2006 - Neill Blomkamp is picked by Jackson as the director of the Halo movie.
  • In late October, 2006, Variety magazine reported that screenwriter Josh Olson (A History of Violence) was working on the latest rewrite.[10]
  • October 20, 2006 - Universal Studios and Fox pull out of deal. Universal, on behalf of both studios, asked for a meeting with the filmmakers just prior to the due date of a significant payment. Basically, they said that in order to move forward with the film, the filmmakers had to significantly reduce [the percentage of profits they would receive from the film]. They waited until the last minute to have this conversation. Peter and Fran, after speaking with their producing partners and with Microsoft and Bungie, respectfully declined.[11]The project lives on and Peter Jackson's Weta Workshop is continuing to work on the film while Microsoft locks down another partner.
  • October 31, 2006 - Producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with Microsoft, are putting the much-anticipated Halo movie into production hell, or where a film has stopped in the production stage. Following recent reports that development of the film would continue in spite of studio backers Fox and Universal Studios dropping out, a press release being distributed by Jackson's WingNut Films today confirms that Halo is being indefinitely postponed. Here's their statement regarding the film, sure to be greeted with howls of discontent by fans:
    • As was previously confirmed, 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. At this time Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with their partner, Microsoft, have mutually agreed to postpone making a feature film based on the Halo video game universe until we can fulfill the promise we made to millions of Halo fans throughout the world that we would settle for no less than bringing a first class film to the big screen. We are fully supportive of Director Neill Blomkamp's vision of the film. Neill is a tremendously gifted filmmaker and his preliminary work on Halo is truly awe-inspiring. 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.
  • May 21, 2007 In an interview with "cinematical.com", Peter Jackson stated that he expected the project to continue soon, once the movie studios "catch a glimpse of the Halo hype first-hand" (with the release of Halo 3) [12].
  • July 5th, 2007 Unconfirmed rumors began to circulate that 20th Century Fox] would pickup rights with the movie, however they were never confirmed, putting the development of the Halo movie in question, once again.
  • October 4th, 2007 Halo Movie is announced dead by director Neill Blomkamp.[13]
  • October 5th, 2007 Frank O'Connor says in an interview with Game Informer that "nobody can declare it [the film] dead except for the owner of the IP Microsoft" in response to Blomkamp's statement.[14]
  • October 29th, 2007 Ken Kamins, Peter Jackson's representative, has confirmed in an interview that the Halo film is still in pre-production phase. "What happened was this: Universal, on behalf of both studios, asked for a meeting with the filmmakers just prior to the due date of a significant payment," says Kamins. "Basically, they said that in order to move forward with the film, the filmmakers had to significantly reduce their deals. They waited until the last minute to have this conversation. Peter and Fran, after speaking with their producing partners and with Microsoft and Bungie, respectfully declined." According to Kamins would-be director Blomkamp has not been dropped either, in spite of his earlier statements:
    • Everybody is supremely confident in Neill. Part of what excited Peter and Fran was Neill's vision. We're very confident this film will move forward with the creative partners intact, who will take the film to production.}}[15]
  • January 18th, 2008 Bungie mentions in its weekly update that the halo movie is still on hold, but they post pictures of armor and weapon replicas made by Weta's Workshop that were used in the Halo: Arms Race short films.[16]

[edit] Rating

In an interview with Peter Jackson it was discussed that the aim most likely to be set by the studio would be PG-13 or higher, although discussions have been planned on the possibility of an R version for the "hardcore" fans. The game itself is rated Mature.

[edit] Other

There are also many props that suggest a halo movie will be made. Some may be used for the "Halo: Landfall" video, but it gives you an idea as to what a Halo movie would look like.

[edit] External links

  • IMDB Page - Note that information there can be just as fallible as any wiki.
  • A fully functioning functional Warthog has been produced by WETA workshop as part of the Halo: Arms Race short films by Neill Blomkamp.

[edit] References

  1. ^ comingsoon.net. "Halo Director Announced!", ComingSoon.net, 2006-08-10. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  2. ^ a b Staten, Joseph. "The Great (Hollywood) Journey, Part One". Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  3. ^ Staten interview.
  4. ^ Brodesser, Claude; Fritz, Ben. "Halo, Hollywood", Variety, 2005-02-05. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  5. ^ Linder, Brian. "Halo Movie Script Delivered", IGN, 2005-06-07. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  6. ^ Grossberg, Josh. "Hollywood's Halo Effect", E! News, 2005-06-10. Retrieved on 2007-02-19. 
  7. ^ Fritz, Ben. "'Halo' makes a date", Variety, 2005-08-22. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  8. ^ Staten, Joseph. "The Great Hollywood Journey, Part II", 2005-10-04. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  9. ^ "GameSetInterview: Halo Screenwriter DB Weiss", GameSetWatch.com, 2006-07-13. Retrieved on 2006-10-01. 
  10. ^ http://www.variety.com/VR1117953031.html
  11. ^ http://palgn.com.au/article.php
  12. ^ Erik Davis (2007-05-26). Peter Jackson on 'Halo', 'Hobbit', and 'Dambusters'
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