RIP Halo

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by: James Thoo Oct. 5, 2007

Yeah, we've been hearing this for a while, but we all harbored a secret hope that it might be wrong. But alas, Neil Blomkamp has pretty much confirmed that the HALO movie is dead. The big screen adaptation of the insanely popular XBox title looked to be moving along nicely for a while, but with concerns over an escalating budget, it looks like the studios have finally and ultimately pulled the plug. "The film is entirely dead. In the configuration it was in. Whatever happens with that movie, assuming that movie gets made, will be a totally different configuration. It's not so much me as the entire vessel sank…" Blomkamp told Creativity Online. Which sucks, I thought the work he did on those shorts was fantastic and boded wonderfully for the HALO movie. Blomkamp was also asked about the much more realistic depiction of sci-fi that he was pursuing, saying that "I was going to push that as far as [I could] until the studios kind of threw a noose around me. I was going to go as far with that as I possibly could. I wanted it to feel like the most brutal, real version of science fiction in a war environment that you've seen in a while. And Universal was on board with that. I don't really remember what Fox thought about it, but Universal seemed down with it. It would have been cool, it would have been a unique take on things, science fiction in a dirty, organic way." Click HERE to check out the rest of the interview.

Source: Creativity Online , Filmstalker

Extra Tidbit: Check out all 3 of the HALO shorts HERE.

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AnakinSkywalker
7:45PM on 10/10/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
somehow...
i kinda saw this coming. i know i'm going to get killed for this but...the halo game is good...i just somehow think its overrated. Now, to turn it into a movie?...thats another story. so...im not so shocked bout this.
i kinda saw this coming. i know i'm going to get killed for this but...the halo game is good...i just somehow think its overrated. Now, to turn it into a movie?...thats another story. so...im not so shocked bout this.
 
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Burgerking
4:57PM on 10/08/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
good
I doubt that the movie itself is dead, I think they just canned Neil and will eventually get it back on track. I hated what I saw from the Halo shorts. They looked like the movie Predator, 80's effects and stupid use of thermal vision and all. I know the budgets were low on that, but I think the super-real, 80's style sci-fi would have been the worst way to go. Doesn't capture the Halo feel at ...
I doubt that the movie itself is dead, I think they just canned Neil and will eventually get it back on track. I hated what I saw from the Halo shorts. They looked like the movie Predator, 80's effects and stupid use of thermal vision and all. I know the budgets were low on that, but I think the super-real, 80's style sci-fi would have been the worst way to go. Doesn't capture the Halo feel at all. If they do continue with the project, I'll sleep a lot better without Neil behind it.
 
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mr boejangles
10:14AM on 10/06/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
good. this may very well have saved the franchise!
good. this may very well have saved the franchise!
 
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smok3h
3:00AM on 10/06/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
the real question is though..
I think the real question is what ever happened to that live action Metroid movie! The live action commercial for the first Metroid Prime was tits.
I think the real question is what ever happened to that live action Metroid movie! The live action commercial for the first Metroid Prime was tits.
 
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shelman2392
11:31PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
All I can say is BOOOO!!!
I think it's a shame the film isn't coming to fruition...as yet. But maybe in the long run it will be worth while. I know we are all pissed now, but if the movie stunk, everyone would be pissed and we would never see another Halo sequel. I hope that the filmmakers do it justice when it gets made so we can keep exploring the Halo universe from now until eternity! There are so many stories to ...
I think it's a shame the film isn't coming to fruition...as yet. But maybe in the long run it will be worth while. I know we are all pissed now, but if the movie stunk, everyone would be pissed and we would never see another Halo sequel. I hope that the filmmakers do it justice when it gets made so we can keep exploring the Halo universe from now until eternity! There are so many stories to Halo they just have to get the 1st Halo right, right?
 
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Phatmaster
11:24PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I seriously doubt after making $300M in it's first week of release the idea of making a Halo movie is dead. It's as popular as it's ever been.
I seriously doubt after making $300M in it's first week of release the idea of making a Halo movie is dead. It's as popular as it's ever been.
 
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smok3h
10:20PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
meh
I dont' really care either way. A Halo movie might have been kind of cool but the game is overrated.
I dont' really care either way. A Halo movie might have been kind of cool but the game is overrated.
 
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phantoms5000
7:17PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
You'd think since the game made 300mil in one week that they might reconsider making a movie.
You'd think since the game made 300mil in one week that they might reconsider making a movie.
 
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Movie Slut 666
6:55PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
HALO IS A REMAKE OF PAPERBOY
If you guys can't see that Halo stole all the same premises as Paperboy had you are a bunch of fools
If you guys can't see that Halo stole all the same premises as Paperboy had you are a bunch of fools
 
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sirdan357
6:21PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Too bad
I was really looking forward to it. I think this movie could have been amazing, all the right pieces were fitting into place. hopefully they will reconsider.
I was really looking forward to it. I think this movie could have been amazing, all the right pieces were fitting into place. hopefully they will reconsider.
 
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Hunglowman
2:44PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
now they can put all of their money and energies into that Bezerk video game. I hear the fat guy from Lost is going to play Evil Otto.
now they can put all of their money and energies into that Bezerk video game. I hear the fat guy from Lost is going to play Evil Otto.
 
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StarBolt
1:57PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Good, I'm glad they cancelled it, it would have been a waste of time and money on some boring game on a substandard console. If you so badly want to see the same crap, go watch Doom and move on with your life.
Good, I'm glad they cancelled it, it would have been a waste of time and money on some boring game on a substandard console. If you so badly want to see the same crap, go watch Doom and move on with your life.
 
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Call me Indiana
1:46PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Thank you! As a fan of the games, I must admit that I'm very happy the movie is officially not happening. Sure, I was pretty stoked about it, especially when Peter Jackson came aboard as executive producer, but I still had a feeling that it would have ended up like every other video game adaptation out there. I'm taking this as good news.
Thank you! As a fan of the games, I must admit that I'm very happy the movie is officially not happening. Sure, I was pretty stoked about it, especially when Peter Jackson came aboard as executive producer, but I still had a feeling that it would have ended up like every other video game adaptation out there. I'm taking this as good news.
 
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jbar1026
1:30PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
how in the hell can a game a popular as halo not get made? budget problems i dont understand this in an age when we can make dinousours come to life and spaceships can fly into the sun i would think they could easily make this move on a reasonable budget
how in the hell can a game a popular as halo not get made? budget problems i dont understand this in an age when we can make dinousours come to life and spaceships can fly into the sun i would think they could easily make this move on a reasonable budget
 
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the clever guy
1:29PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
THANK GOD!
i love halo as much as the next person (maybe a little more), but this is excellent news. at least this shows that hollywood is SOMEWHAT thinking (now they just need to axe the escape from new york remake project with brett ratner).
i love halo as much as the next person (maybe a little more), but this is excellent news. at least this shows that hollywood is SOMEWHAT thinking (now they just need to axe the escape from new york remake project with brett ratner).
 
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MusicalPie
1:27PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
A shame...
Well like every videogame movie, if it was done right it would've been awesome. I would have liked to see a Halo movie just out of pure curiosity. Remember a while back when Latino review called an early draft of the script, "The Saving Private Ryan" of videogame movies? That's just the kind of thing the industry needs to gain a different perception and approach to making these things. At l...
Well like every videogame movie, if it was done right it would've been awesome. I would have liked to see a Halo movie just out of pure curiosity. Remember a while back when Latino review called an early draft of the script, "The Saving Private Ryan" of videogame movies? That's just the kind of thing the industry needs to gain a different perception and approach to making these things. At least they had the smarts (or stupidity?) to kill it and not rush it out for the sake of cashing in on Halo 3.
 
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Vong
1:13PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Let it die. Halo doesn't need a movie adaptation. Besides, the movie would run the risk of becoming the next "Doom".
Let it die. Halo doesn't need a movie adaptation. Besides, the movie would run the risk of becoming the next "Doom".
 
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Cezar Pena
12:48PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Agree.
Leave it alone.
Videogame adaptations are indeed a hurt in our eyes and ears...Godspeed Halo movie.
Leave it alone.
Videogame adaptations are indeed a hurt in our eyes and ears...Godspeed Halo movie.
 
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Trendkill24hour
12:44PM on 10/05/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Thats good, I beleive Halo should be left as a game only. Most Video game movies are horrible anyways.
Thats good, I beleive Halo should be left as a game only. Most Video game movies are horrible anyways.