With the massive success of the Halo franchise (and the record-breaking sales of Halo 3), it would seem like a no-brainer to cash-in with a major motion picture. Don't hold your breath, says director Neill Blomkamp, once tapped to helm the project.
"Whatever happens with that movie, assuming that movie gets made," Blomkamp tells Creativity Online, "will be a totally different configuration. It's not so much me as the entire vessel sank."
The film, a partnership between Universal and Fox, was ultimately killed by disagreements between the studios. Par for the course, says Blomkamp, in the "fragile" film industry.
Halo and sci-fi fans have every reason to grieve -- the rich history of the Halo universe (from books, comic books, and the videogame) could have given birth to a sci-fi masterpiece in the right hands.
"I wanted it to feel like the most brutal, real version of science fiction in a war environment that you've seen in awhile," Blompkamp says of the "dirty, organic" film he had been poised to helm.
But hey, we've got Resident Evil: Apocalyse, and that was pretty good ... right?
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5:49 PM on 10.08.2007
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But on the bright side, it can't suck if it's not released. :D
You can easily buy talent and creativity, they wouldnt have needed to do things half arsed here.
Two Words: UWE BOLL!
He could easily come in and make this film, hell he would do it without a script and with unknown actors! Oh and just for good measure he would prolly make Master Chief a Vampire...he would make it work, hes uber director BOLL
Oh crap!
/hides
Bungie could make the movie on their own if they wanted, completely CGI, and let the movie studios line up at their doorstep for distribution.
Here's to hoping Hitman is decent.
I don't care what any of you say. The plan and talent they had lined up for this thing would have made this an awesome movie. Hearing from Blomkamp that it would have been brutal and realistic just makes it sting even more.
That's one of Blomkamp's shorts called Alive in Joburg which you can watch [url="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1185812222812358837"]HERE[/url]. Blomkamp is the one who would have directed the halo movie.
then Hollywood wonders why it's dying a slow, agonizing death....
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It sucks, but hey, at least the film won't have a chance to suck! :)
Halo fucking sucks. And a movie would have been a suck topping on top of a huge pile of suck.
No! You Suck!
OMG! NO U!
thanks for the link dude, that was really awesome
What a shame, that movie would have been something special.
it was jsut a test or something. and i though it looked awesome.
I almost crapped my pants when i saw that video.
I was like " OMFG This shit looks like Blade runner man!!1 TEH AWESOME!!111" but now I know if it ever gets made it probably wouldn't be made by neil blockhamp(sp?) and it would totally suck.
and you know as well as I do that there is going to be a halo movie.
but now it's going to be a real suckfest. because they're going to use some shitty lame ass director like micheal bay. and gay ass hollywood teens.
anyway, seriously, aside from all the blindingly pathetic halo hate, this movie could have been fanfuckingtastic. even if you don't like halo, the rich universe coupled with people of peter jackson's pedigree would've probably produced something amazing and epic. and you're kidding yourselves if you don't think blomkamp is a huge talent.