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'Halo' Movie Completely Dead

Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Monday, October 08, 2007 11:26 AM

According to the man who was hired to direct it, the Halo movie is completely dead. Neill Blomkamp, who has been working on the project for the past few months, says that it's all due to the fact that the two studios, Universal and Fox, that are putting the film together are too far apart  to make the project work.

In addition, Blomkamp has put to rest rumors that the short films that are part of the Halo 3 ad campaign have anything to do with a potential film. They don't. He maintains that nothing in those shorts bear any resemblance to the work he has done for the film.

Sorry, Halo fans.

GamerNode: Halo director says movie is dead




Comment(s)

Posted by ManOfTeal - Monday, October 8, 2007 12:25 PM

Good, the movie probably would have sucked anyway.....all video game movies do....

Posted by 360sucksass - Monday, October 8, 2007 12:31 PM

The movie would only suck because its based off a game that sucks.
and as for the good games with horrible movies thats on the game creators to keep a hand in the process and then the movies could be decent.

Posted by youowned - Monday, October 8, 2007 12:34 PM

halo doesnt suck u loser in fact it is one of the best games ever

Posted by PyreFlame - Monday, October 8, 2007 12:34 PM

They also denied they were working on Halo 3 for a long time too. Yet look what we're all playing now

Posted by phoenixfire360 - Monday, October 8, 2007 12:42 PM

@360sucksass

if halo sucks then y was it the biggest release in entertainment history u dumbass

Posted by EliteWiitard - Monday, October 8, 2007 12:43 PM

Oh well........

Posted by jman03 - Monday, October 8, 2007 12:44 PM

I don't really care either way, as long as they don't over hype it.

Posted by MasterKiller64 - Monday, October 8, 2007 12:44 PM

what could they have filled in for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours anyway

Posted by JDarkley - Monday, October 8, 2007 12:55 PM

Dammit, this could have been a decent video game adaptation. This is unfair to the fans.

Posted by Will993 - Monday, October 8, 2007 12:56 PM

Aw... It probably was going to be awesome all that planing for nothing!

Posted by Wes_Borland64 - Monday, October 8, 2007 1:04 PM

I like halo, but making a movie out of it probably would of been horrible. I dont see how they would fit all 3 games and having all the same storyline in a 2 hour movie. They would of destroyed Halo's reputatition just because all other video game movies has been horrible. Now if they got the director from mortal kombat...maybe but i cant see Master Cheif doing some Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon type fighting in the movie XD.

Posted by Jubilantgravestone - Monday, October 8, 2007 1:11 PM

I agree w/ Wes_Borderland64 because I am a Halo fan, I have all 3 games and beaten them all, and creating a movie out of it would just make the punk ass PS3-only fans make fun of what the movie would be.

Posted by Archonic20 - Monday, October 8, 2007 1:28 PM

360sucksass.

Thanks for your OPINION. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean a damn thing.

I didn't get the game because of hype. I bought the games because I enjoy how simple it is, and because I find it fun.

A lot of people love Gears of War, but I can't stand it. It is a personal preference.

Just because you do not like the game does not give you the justification to spew sh*t out of your mouth.

Posted by ManOfTeal - Monday, October 8, 2007 1:34 PM

@Archonic20

Please don't encourage 360sucksass, he gets his jollys by coming in here and pissing people off with his ridiculous comments.....please like the rest of us, just ignore him and hope that he dies a horrible and agonizing death at the hands of a flying Xbox 360.

Posted by hightall - Monday, October 8, 2007 1:37 PM

guys a halo movie would be great, i mean look at the digital short clips if they made the movie like that it would be cool you have to agree with me on that

Posted by freeway8989 - Monday, October 8, 2007 1:45 PM

Wow, 360suckass,

You SERIOUSLY must be a loser if you actually made your name that.

Seriously, I think you have psychological problem and should get that looked at before you develop brain cancer...


...on second thought, don't.

Posted by liquisoft - Monday, October 8, 2007 1:50 PM

I'm only a bit sad for the director. As I understand it, this was to be his first "big" film. I can't imagine the sort of pressures he felt, though. He was basically tasked with doing something he's comparatively new to (directing films, if you compare him to other more established directors), and he was supposed to be doing this to an Intellectual Property practically akin to Mario in terms of American popularity.

I imagine the paycheck would've been nice, too. I hope he finds a nice film to work on instead.

Posted by Warheart1188 - Monday, October 8, 2007 2:06 PM

Thank god it's not coming. Halo is a great game but a movie....nah. If the movie looked like those short films, I would puke. The only way I would ever see a Halo movie is if I made it. I actually made a screenplay for Halo(not because Im a nerd, but because I love the story) and I believe my version would make a decent if not good film. But, hey,I'm no filmmaker........yet.

Posted by banodyne - Monday, October 8, 2007 2:07 PM

I'm a huge Halo fan but after reading the director vision in the interview I'm glad they didn't make it. He wanted to make a gritty, jarring sci-fi movie saying how the shorts looked like what he wanted to do. Skakey cam, weird filters, quick cuts. Sounds like it would've been a sci-fi Bourne movie. Ugh.

If this ever comes back I want Paul Verhoven.

Posted by banodyne - Monday, October 8, 2007 2:09 PM

@ManOfTeal

The Resident Evil movies have been good and I didn't mind the first Mortal Kombat.

Posted by jamez9 - Monday, October 8, 2007 2:31 PM

I love halo. But a halo movie......

..I don't think so

Posted by capthavic - Monday, October 8, 2007 2:38 PM

*sigh* and so dies the hope of a good videogame movie.

Oh well better to not make one at all then one that is shit.

Posted by Nemesis_X - Monday, October 8, 2007 2:58 PM

@banodyne
the RE movies sucked major, you probably havnt even played an RE game so your opinion on the movie doesnt count.

anyways...well they could have made the movie about "the fall of reach" you know...the book that takes place before all the games??, and you all call yourselves halo fans

Posted by Damocles74 - Monday, October 8, 2007 3:12 PM

Hey Nemesis i have played all the Resident Evil games and i dont think a game with the line "since you are the master of unlocking" instead of just saying Lockpicking can do better than the first movie. The second movie did suck though.

Posted by Damocles74 - Monday, October 8, 2007 3:14 PM

As for the Halo movie. im bummed but not to broken up about it. maybe bungie will put out a DVD with all the cut-scenes and some filler to bring out the story all together.

Posted by wannabe_gamer - Monday, October 8, 2007 3:27 PM

this is bull i wanted to c if this game movie woul be good or at least better then the other game movies

Posted by tays014 - Monday, October 8, 2007 3:35 PM

Dis is obvious Tme Cruise didnt want to wear that Master Chief helmet so dats what happened trust me

Posted by darkmystic1239 - Monday, October 8, 2007 4:27 PM

awww i was looking foward to the movie....oh well someonell do it eventually...hopefully till then*gets halo 3* time to pwn some n00bs

Posted by Archonic20 - Monday, October 8, 2007 4:45 PM

I wish the guys at RvB would make an hour long movie or something.

Posted by charley_m - Monday, October 8, 2007 5:00 PM

This is great Halo news!

Now if the project Gears Of War and Metal Gear Solid would be killed off. That would be cool.

Seriously, has anyone seen a good video game live-action film adaption? I Ignore anything coming from Uwe Boll, and Paul W.S. Anderson. Silent Hill could of been better. Then there was Dooom which totally blows just by the first 20 mins.

Posted by cerberus_manifesto - Monday, October 8, 2007 5:29 PM

Halo is great, heck it's freaking awesome...on a console. Let Hollywood keep their cash,let the Xbox keep Halo, and let this movie idea die. RIP

Posted by Jnes - Monday, October 8, 2007 8:41 PM

I dont know if i should be happy or sad...

Posted by Jawa_Hero - Monday, October 8, 2007 11:52 PM

@ phoenixfire360,Archonic20 and ManOfTeal

why did halo 3 have the biggest release of all time? because you are sheep who buy whatever G4 tells you you need to buy.

but the movie would have blown anyway, so it's a moot point to argue.

Posted by Jedihunter15 - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 4:28 AM

I pwning n00bs now, but im glad they stopped the idea...

Posted by The_Juno - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 12:27 PM

Bwahahahaha....Eat that fanboys!

Posted by Kensuke - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 1:02 PM

Dommed to start with...

Posted by Kensuke - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 1:09 PM

The movie would have only made more, and more people disappointed because they set the bar way to high and the director was new. But if they got the director from 300, the movie would have been kick ass!

Posted by SemiSarcastic - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 1:56 PM

Now if only they replaced Halo movie with Evangeion and/or Metal Gear Solid movie I'll be even happier.

Posted by Meazels - Tuesday, October 9, 2007 7:09 PM

the movie was going to be a prequel the the first halo game therefore based on a book not a game...

Posted by culshadow23 - Thursday, October 11, 2007 12:44 PM

F*CK!

Posted by Bansheeflier1015 - Wednesday, December 5, 2007 5:54 PM

just going out on a limb here but i herd that they were coming out with a Gears movie also.......




...but halo would be better go halo

Posted by WiCkEdLyInSaNe - Thursday, December 6, 2007 9:23 AM

All the Halo's were good games but a full movie about all of them hell no but maybe if they made all of them sepratly like halo, halo 2, and halo 3.I think that would be a good trilogy because first it was a book then a game and maybe a trilogy movie that alot of people just might fall in love with.

Posted by turnstylen - Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:51 PM

have we even proven that blomkamp is telling the truth. now i know i don't know the guy but maybe he was fired and just got really pissed off and told lies. maybe they hired a new directer. maybe diffrent comapanies will endorse the Halo name.

Just MAYBE

Posted by knight4618 - Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:07 PM

:(

Posted by Jooge - Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:17 PM

Than check out this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=d6g1yyWEfks&feature=related

it the first 8 min of the movie so i dont think its dead

Posted by gorack23 - Tuesday, January 6, 2009 4:56 PM

im a die hard halo fan if they dont make this movie soon im going to be pissed

Posted by gorack23 - Tuesday, January 6, 2009 5:01 PM

god i wish all you noobs out there would stop makeing BAD comments about halo its an alsoom GAME!!!!! :(

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