I was massively disappointed when the proposed Halo movie, produced by Peter Jackson, buckled under the weight of budget expectations, but now – as reported on HBO - rumours are circulating that Steven Spielberg is set to revive the project.
Halo.fr are apparently reporting that they were sent a press kit for the new book Halo: Cryptum, and a phrase at the end of said press kit stated the following…
A film adaptation is set in 2012. It will be conducted jointly by two heavyweights of American cinema: Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks.
Our guess is this is just a huge misunderstanding. If a Halo movie ever gets made, I doubt it will be based on a spin off book set the universe – surely it’ll be focused on the original game, and most likely it won’t get announced via a random press kit.
More news as we get it.
James Mac
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 9:19 AMYeah… I’m not buying.
I’d love a Halo film though.
Bill
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 9:21 AMAlready confirmed not happening for now.
Chuloopa
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 9:28 AMEven though i’m not much of a Halo fan, i think they shouldn’t mess with it.. Movies always tend to be underwhelming – just keep releasing games that the fans love, and books to fill in the blanks… save people the disappointment
Plus, if Spielberg gets his hands on it, he’ll just replace all the guns with walkie-talkies
Glenn
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 9:45 AMHalo: Saving Sargeant Buck
Braaains
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 9:51 AMMaster Chief will be the head of a family of international antiquities dealers travelling ahhh f*** it.
Aidan
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 11:46 AMlol
AerintheADEQUATE
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 9:52 AMThis’ll come out the weekend after the Splinter Cell movie comes out…
Pixel the Ferret Viking
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 10:04 AM*sigh* this again?
1. “so halo movie?”
2. “sure”
3. “really?”
4. “no”
5. goto 1
PuppyLicks
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 10:26 AMHALO
REACH
THE MOVIE
C’mon it’d work great. Epic set pieces, diverse cast of flawed characters, sexual tension between Carter and Kat, it has everything you need for a hollywood blockbuster.
Pixel the Ferret Viking
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 10:28 AMwait spartan sex scene? *clank**clank**clank**clank**clank**clank**clank**clank* *bebebebebebebe* F**K my shields are down *bwoooooooooooooooooob* there we go *clank**clank**clank**clank**clank**clank**clank**clank**clank*
Woods
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 12:14 PMCrysis sex scene;
Maximum intercourse.
I'm Prison Mike
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 2:27 PMI laughed out loud. Funniest comment all week haha
thxultra
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 11:57 AMTom Cruise as Master Chief…
thxultra
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 11:59 AMSpielberg is actually making Jurassic Park 4 anyways, while George Lucas Re-Edits his Star Wars – I think they’ve both gone senile…
Hayden
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 12:24 PMCryptum came out around the beginning of this year. So it’s definitely not new.
Rumour= debunked
Brendo
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 2:09 PMAfter Pixar makes the Ratchet & Clank movie first
Joshy206
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 5:20 PMWhen Pixar makes a Ratchet and Clank movie, the stars will have aligned in such a way that the world will instantly become a better place to live in.
Also, I think, if true, this’d be more of a Spielberg funding it thing than directing it. He’s currently doing/going to do the TV shows Smash, Falling Skies, Terra Nova, The River and the movies Tintin (and the inevitable sequel), War Horse, MIB3 and Cloud Atlas.
That said, if true, it’ll definitely have some sort of broken family. Spielberg loves him some broken families.
djmcbell
Friday, October 7, 2011 at 5:26 PMMaster Chief: “I… am your father!”
Arbiter: “Nooooooooooo!”
Master Chief: “Now do your homework like a good little boy.”
Arbiter: “I hate you. I blame you for mum having all her affairs and running off with that floating robot thing. I’m going to join the Covenant army JUST to spite you!”
NegativeZero
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 3:46 PMBut the Peter Jackson Halo film didn’t die, it became District 9 and was probably better as a result.
Taylor
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 4:54 PMPersonally, if they did a Halo film, I’d love for it to be based on the character relations in ODST. Don’t want just a full blown shoot’em up film, Halo has the opportunity to be rich in story and character conflict.
Otherwise, we’d just be watching Avatar 2. Shallow, but the guns look nice.
Joshy206
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 6:32 PMODST and Reach both had very moving storylines, but I would think they would base it moreso on the books. Something closer to “Contact Harvest”.
Stu
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 9:39 PMAt least Spielberg can’t balls up this one by adding aliens into the story…