Halo Movie Confirmed!

[Solid Snake]

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June 10, 2005 - Two Hollywood studios are joining forces with Microsoft to bring Halo to the big screen. Today's Hollywood Reporter broke the news claiming that 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures are in negotiations to presumably split the production costs and divide the distribution rights for a flick based on the smash hit videogame franchise. Universal would release the movie in North America and Fox would handle overseas distribution.


Word of the deal comes just a few days after the script was delivered to studios by messengers dressed as Master Chief. Microsoft had developed the project in-house, hiring 28 Days Later screenwriter Alex Garland to pen the script. They were originally asking for $10 million up-front and a percentage of the film's gross, but that deal was reportedly too much for the studios to stomach. No details on the new deal have been announced. Part of the original deal that may have remained intact is an agreement that the studio adhere to strict guidelines that have been set by the developers.

No directors have been linked to the project since the initial rumored involvement (or disinterest) of filmmaker Ridley Scott. Scott was said to have been approached with the idea of a Halo movie and upon further review said that he "didn't see a world for a story." But this was before Halo 2 was released and made oodles of money (and well before Garland's script was written), so it's possible Mr. Scott has adjusted his perspective. We'll let you know as soon as there are new developments.

-- IGN FilmForce

Sounds pretty cool I hope the movie is a prequel to the games and gives a story on the orgins of spartans and the orgins of Master Chief.

[Crash]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

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Sounds pretty cool I hope the movie is a prequel to the games and gives a story on the orgins of spartans and the orgins of Master Chief.

oh man yeah.... that'd be the only way the movie would be cool

[MuGen]

The origin of master chief is in Halo.....the game... they said they wanted to create a super soldier to combat the invading menace....a la Master Chief.

I'll probably shell out $10 to see this, it's a good plot to go about to make a good action flick.

[Crash]

Originally Posted by Sony

The origin of master chief is in Halo.....the game... they said they wanted to create a super soldier to combat the invading menace....a la Master Chief.

I'll probably shell out $10 to see this, it's a good plot to go about to make a good action flick.

no he means the real story... the story of reach and spartan 1.0's and spartan 2.0's ...kidnapping children and turning them into spartans... covenant attacking reach, and master chief escaping... and have it END at the beginning of the halo 1 game.... that'd be the best


basically make the fall of reach into a movie..





but they'll probably just make it about some crap mystery and the flood and probably forget the covies all together...

[Jonbo298]

This will become like all other 'FPS Movies' (bad comparison or whatever). Typical shootem up alien move that stars The Rock as badass Master Chief! grrrrr! YEAH!

[Acebot44]

He'll probably be the chief though....

I'd love to see the fall of reach on the big screen though. Good Book.

[Professor S]

I see a LOT of changes being made to the story to allow for this to be a movie. The biggest will be that Master Chief will NOT be wearing a helmet, or at least he won't be for the majority of the film. In a video game world you can relate to your characters by playing through their perspective. In a movie it will be too hard for the audience to relate to the emotions and ordeals of a character when they can't see their face.

Besides, you know that this movie will have a big name star in it, and why would a studio pay a big name to hide under a bunch of armor and a helmet? I'm also eagerly awaiting the love scene between the Chief and hot-ass-hologram-babe-o-the-year Cortana.