Halo Movie Returns

[Majestic]

I just found out this exciting news by chance while floating around on the web. Posted here for all Halo and sci-fi fans to see.

HALO, the wildly popular video games that follow Master Chief, a cybernetically-enhanced human super-soldier, and his artificial intelligence (AI) companion, Cortana as they aide future humanity in battling the Covenant, a theocratic alliance of alien races, may be coming to the big screen much sooner than we expected.

IESB has learned exclusively (believe me this is solid and I've confirmed it three times over with studio executives and our close ties to CAA) that one of the biggest producers in Hollywood history is currently in active negotiations to develop the feature film adaptation and no it's not Jerry Bruckheimer or Peter Jackson. It's the man behind Jaws, E.T., Indiana Jones and Transformers, Mr. Steven Spielberg.

Spielberg is blown away by writer Stuart Beattie's take on the game in his script entitled HALO THE FALL OF REACH. This coupled with the fact that his Dreamworks umbrella is looking for a big tent pole to help launch their newly independant studio with distribution over at Walt Disney Pictures after losing Transformers to Paramount in the separation, it's the perfect combination.

The script is, first and foremost, a character-driven story about a soldier named John who was kidnapped or "conscripted" by the UNSC when he was just six years old, and then brutally trained to become an elite Spartan warrior known as Master Chief 117.

The script then takes us through the horrific first contact with the Covenant hordes on the doomed colony world of Harvest, and then climaxes with the spectacular fall of the UNSC forward base on Reach, during which every other Spartan is slaughtered.

The script also gives detailed outlines for the second movie, HALO: RISE OF THE FLOOD, which takes place entirely on the Halo ringworld, and the third and final movie, HALO: BATTLE FOR EARTH, which roughly follows the events of Halo 3, the game.

One cool advantage of this first script is that (like the shark in JAWS) you don't even see the Covenant until halfway through the movie. And because all the creatures are CGI creations, this cuts the budget down dramatically and makes a first Halo movie that much more viable. For Halo fans, it's like the prequel that provides all the answers to questions they've thought about for years. For non Halo fans, it's an exciting action movie that provides a clear, concise introduction to a world five hundred years in the future with relatable characters and a terrifying alien menace.

More to be found here.

This is some awesome news and I am extremely excited about this, more than I ever was for Star Trek XI.

 

[CrazyFrog1903]

This will be cool.

 

[FallenGraces]

About time the got to posting this online (g4,least those of you that get it, has been talking about it for a while now) Apperently they are adapting this and Gears of War...though Gears was though tof a movie before it was put into a game...long story. Though this confirms it LOL cant wait

 

[Jeddy]

call me cynical, but, they have been saying there is going to be a film come out since the first game was released, and all of them were "definatley coming out" so im not holding my breath :/ Although i thoguht eric nylund covered the fall of reach best, would it follow the book or not? (I admit to not having read the entire quote in ur post maj, so apologise if its a null point)

but if it does happen to come out, ill go see it for sure.

 

[Majestic]

call me cynical, but, they have been saying there is going to be a film come out since the first game was released, and all of them were "definatley coming out" so im not holding my breath :/ Although i thoguht eric nylund covered the fall of reach best, would it follow the book or not? (I admit to not having read the entire quote in ur post maj, so apologise if its a null point)

but if it does happen to come out, ill go see it for sure.

It was actually in production, I have seen some of the footage on you-tube but was cancelled for various reason I can't remember now. Now it appears Steven Spielberg wants to do it and he appears to have some sort of good relationship with Bill Gates so the chances are pretty good that it will go ahead.

As for the script, it's anyone's guess, obviously they will have to cut bits out as movies generally have to when it comes to books otherwise the movie will take forever. Lucas had to split Star Wars (the original three) into three movies due to this problem when he wrote it due to it's length and Eragon was trimmed down something shocking due to the time restrain in a movie.

However I am hoping they make it work even if they have to split it up into a couple of movies (doubtful though) as future instalments rely on the success of the first movie, both my what the fans think of it and newcomers as it needs to be easy to follow from people who have never played or gotten into the Halo franchise.

 

[dinosaurJR]

This sounds really promising...

But I think Jeddy is correct - there have been several aborted Halo Movie Projects. But if the big Speil is involved then maybe, just maybe...

Aw who am I kidding, im probably the biggest Halo nut in the universe - BRING IT ON