HALO Movie Still A Possibility
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Sep 6 2010, 10:09 AM
Microsoft may be throwing all its energy into marketing HALO: REACH at the moment, but the possibility of adapting the franchise to film has been lingering in the minds of the series' creators for quite some time.
First, some backstory: in 2005, co-partners Universal and Fox were close to greenlighting a HALO film with producer Peter Jackson and director Neill Blomkamp on board. However, the project's budget began to skyrocket out of the studios' comfort zones, and since video game movies were not doing so well at the time, the film was deemed too much of a risk and scrapped.
Frank O'Connor, who oversees the HALO franchise for Microsoft, told Variety that interest in a big-screen adaptation is still quite high.
"We're still interested in making an excellent 'Halo' movie... We've created an awful lot of documentation and materials to support a feature film. We have a good idea of what kind of story we want to tell, but won't move on it until there's a great reason to do it. We're in no particular hurry."
O'Connor added that Microsoft is looking at some scripts and will revive the project when a solid storyline is in place.
[image via mtv.com]
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Microsoft may be throwing all its energy into marketing HALO: REACH at the moment, but the possibility of adapting the franchise to film has been lingering in the minds of the series' creators for quite some time.
First, some backstory: in 2005, co-partners Universal and Fox were close to greenlighting a HALO film with producer Peter Jackson and director Neill Blomkamp on board. However, the project's budget began to skyrocket out of the studios' comfort zones, and since video game movies were not doing so well at the time, the film was deemed too much of a risk and scrapped.
Frank O'Connor, who oversees the HALO franchise for Microsoft, told Variety that interest in a big-screen adaptation is still quite high.
"We're still interested in making an excellent 'Halo' movie... We've created an awful lot of documentation and materials to support a feature film. We have a good idea of what kind of story we want to tell, but won't move on it until there's a great reason to do it. We're in no particular hurry."
O'Connor added that Microsoft is looking at some scripts and will revive the project when a solid storyline is in place.
[image via mtv.com]
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