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Great Scott!!! HALO the Movie'!'!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with an interesting rumor, or at least a slice of what could be, pertaining to the possible big screen adaptation of the super-selling monster of a videogame HALO. Personally, I think if all the below comes to pass we could have an amazing movie on our hands. The first truly great video game adaptation. Anyway, here's the rumor:

Hey guys. Love the site. Been a long time reader. Always wanted to be able to contribute something.

I work at Warner-Bros. We recently had a meeting with Ronald Shusett and Daniel Alter over doing the video-game adaptation for this upcoming movie they're producing called 2176. It's an epic space opera that's essentialy a futurisitc retelling of the revolutionary war. WBIE used to be monolith, which developed the ALIEN Vs. PREDATOR games. Shusett co-created the ALIEN franchise and co-wrote the story for AVP.

Anyway, it turns out one of our senior execs here has been trying to ankle and move into film producing and approached Bungie back at E3 about the HALO movie rights. The word from the company was that unless you got the writer and director of the original ALIEN, everyone can go fish. So with the writer/producer of ALIEN sitting in (someone')s office, I guess he who shall remain nameless thought it was his time to strike.

Now the tricky part is, apparently Ridley Scott has seen the materials before. And subsequently passed on doing it. But, with HALO 2 sales having been astronomical, Shusett and Alter's camp has been in-touch with Scott Free about it. What's more, upon reviewing the game, Shusett commented that it reminded him of STARSHIP TROOPERS, which apparently Ridley and him had considered collaborating on 20 plus years ago after ALIEN came out. Funny, considering Shusett's TOTAL RECALL director Paul Verhoeven went on to bastardize Heinlein's classic.

Don't know if Ridley's budged. Or how serious Bungie is about licensing the movie rights. But a HALO movie from the creative team behind ALIEN, and who also toyed with STARSHIP TROOPERS, would seem to be a great fit. What I wonder is if these parties can't come to an accord, why wouldn't Bungie be open to somebody like James Cameron?

You can call me the WB Informant!

OK, back again. My mind is tingling just trying to imagine what a Ridley Scott HALO movie would be like. Think of the atmosphere of, say, the darker parts of LEGEND for the Flood, the claustrophobia of ALIEN during the rescue of Keyes from the Covenant ship and the crazy military action of BLACK HAWK DOWN during the round-up of the crash survivors at the beginning of the first game.

Keep in mind that this is a long way from becoming a reality. In the above email our source says that even Shusett himself is now just warming up to the idea. I think the best thing about this bit of information is Bungie's reluctance to give the film rights to anybody but a master. The last thing I want to see is Uwe Boll's HALO, which would undoubtedly take place modern day, without any mention of either the Flood or the Covenant and starring Ben Affleck as Master Chief and Tara Reid as Cortana.

As for our spy's speculation on James Cameron... no doubt he'd make a hell of a HALO movie, but didn't he kinda already make that movie with ALIENS? You can't deny that HALO borrows very, very heavily from that film... Hell, that's probably a big reason why I like the game so much.

The biggest question for me now is what story would they use? I'd prefer they use the storyline from the first game, where you're just kind of crazily dropped into the action as your ship is being attacked than go for some new introduction to Master Chief and Halo. The second game's storyline just wouldn't fit for a first movie, but I would love to see a GLADIATOR-esque battle on the city streets of Earth from the beginning of the second game.

Anyway, the above is a damn interesting rumor and at least it puts my mind to rest. Bungie knows what a valuable property they have and realize that it'd be better to never have a HALO movie at all than to give the rights over to someone who hasn't proven their worth in a big, big way. What do yo folks think?





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And in the end...
by moviemaniac-7
Nov 18th, 2004
05:33:04 AM
Just as long as it's not ...
by Shan
Nov 18th, 2004
05:34:24 AM
Still Waiting for Yar's Revenge: The Movie
by stlfilmwire
Nov 18th, 2004
06:03:10 AM
Will the movie last longer than Halo 2?
by vikingkitty
Nov 18th, 2004
06:15:55 AM
rofl
by Spacesheik
Nov 18th, 2004
06:18:54 AM
Halo 2 is not so good.
by Some Dude
Nov 18th, 2004
06:35:23 AM
What does Halo 2 have that the first didn't?
by minderbinder
Nov 18th, 2004
07:58:06 AM
FUCK halo 2, make a HALF LIFE MOVIE
by Rcamacho2278
Nov 18th, 2004
08:00:15 AM
Bungie's reluctance
by ZaphodBB
Nov 18th, 2004
08:07:04 AM
Wario's Revenge!
by Lone Fox
Nov 18th, 2004
08:37:20 AM
Yars Revenge
by c4andmore
Nov 18th, 2004
08:58:35 AM
Halo could be a fun film, if done correctly
by The PimpDragon
Nov 18th, 2004
09:03:09 AM
Halo is an ordinary run-and-gun game. It's a hit only because o
by FrankDrebin
Nov 18th, 2004
09:30:59 AM
The only way Halo would work...
by PushTheButton
Nov 18th, 2004
09:31:02 AM
Dead Or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball: The Movie!
by FrankDrebin
Nov 18th, 2004
09:56:03 AM
A new Halo storyline would be better
by SuperTooth
Nov 18th, 2004
10:02:08 AM
Grand Theft Auto film is more likely than a Halo film...
by Kampbell-Kid
Nov 18th, 2004
10:39:43 AM
I hope its as good as Wing Commander
by Itchy
Nov 18th, 2004
10:59:25 AM
Word to your crowbar.
by Nocturnaloner
Nov 18th, 2004
11:05:52 AM
HELL, YEAH!!!! -- A-list Director or die!!!! James Cameron wo
by JDanielP
Nov 18th, 2004
11:28:03 AM
James Cameron could EASILY make a "HALO" movie to be worthy of h
by JDanielP
Nov 18th, 2004
11:39:21 AM
Yeah, this is my third posting here ... but an A-List directed b
by JDanielP
Nov 18th, 2004
11:50:03 AM
Another bad idea in a long list of bad ideas.
by RainJacket
Nov 18th, 2004
12:15:55 PM
There already is a HALO movie...
by Yossarian
Nov 18th, 2004
12:40:51 PM
Halo 2 was frigging shit
by Brody77
Nov 18th, 2004
12:42:02 PM
About the whole "GTA is more the focus over Halo 2" thing
by The PimpDragon
Nov 18th, 2004
12:48:18 PM
What we need is for Hollywood to make a movie based on the (argu
by Floyd Gondolli
Nov 18th, 2004
01:11:24 PM
Psssh
by Dragonfire
Nov 18th, 2004
01:11:39 PM
This will suck just like all the others!
by Rogue_Leader
Nov 18th, 2004
01:19:37 PM
I agree, Zaphod.
by Durendal
Nov 18th, 2004
02:14:40 PM
Aliens 2... errr, I mean Halo 2
by RoomOnFire
Nov 18th, 2004
02:45:13 PM
"Bastardize Heinlen's Classic"
by JonQuixote
Nov 18th, 2004
02:52:52 PM
Its about 20% excitement for a HALO movie and 80% excitement for
by Tall_Boy
Nov 18th, 2004
03:17:29 PM
Bungie attackers crack me up
by The PimpDragon
Nov 18th, 2004
03:24:15 PM
I masturbate over Cortana.
by Fitzcarraldo2
Nov 18th, 2004
03:26:10 PM
HOMEWORLD
by Lolthien
Nov 18th, 2004
03:32:23 PM
Just want to point out something about Halo 2 saves versus GTA:S
by Holly_Wight
Nov 18th, 2004
03:39:09 PM
JDanielP
by Psyclops
Nov 18th, 2004
03:56:11 PM
Starship Troopers is a great movie.
by MyNameDoesn'tFit
Nov 18th, 2004
04:26:16 PM
Tetris - The Movie
by vicious_bastard
Nov 18th, 2004
04:26:20 PM
Starship Troopers without the politics ridiculing Bush policy an
by watashiwadare
Nov 18th, 2004
04:51:46 PM
PimpDragon ... Durendal
by ZaphodBB
Nov 18th, 2004
05:04:59 PM
The game of "HALO" (and "HALO 2") should only be the inspiration
by JDanielP
Nov 18th, 2004
06:10:44 PM
Buncha idiots
by Briannicus
Nov 18th, 2004
06:32:28 PM
HALO 2 Rules and All of You who are complaining about it are Pus
by Atomica
Nov 18th, 2004
07:48:30 PM
Halo Prequel
by DustoMan
Nov 18th, 2004
08:14:04 PM
Why does Master Chief sound like 47 from Hitman?
by ZeroCorpse
Nov 18th, 2004
10:26:42 PM
Cameron would be ideal
by WONKABAR
Nov 18th, 2004
10:27:25 PM

by proper
Nov 18th, 2004
10:56:07 PM
Fuck That!! Make a CounterStrike movie, with Hulk hogan as the b
by AshesOfDonnie
Nov 19th, 2004
01:26:43 AM
Fuck That! Bring bacl Bob Hoskins and make Super Mario Bros 2
by AshesOfDonnie
Nov 19th, 2004
01:29:23 AM
Forget a HALO movie.
by DANTE CUBIT
Nov 19th, 2004
02:01:39 AM
"Bastardize Heinlen's Classic"
by The Killer-Goat
Nov 19th, 2004
02:01:53 AM
All this talk of an A-list directed "HALO" movie has put me in a
by JDanielP
Nov 19th, 2004
02:13:54 AM
"Grrl gamers got over FPS games..." WTF?
by The Killer-Goat
Nov 19th, 2004
02:20:06 AM
Spielberg?
by SpoonmanJack
Nov 19th, 2004
02:39:45 AM
The_ZeroCorpse: The Master Chief also sounds suspiciously like.
by JTylor
Nov 19th, 2004
09:07:59 AM
Halo, a movie?
by The UnGod
Nov 19th, 2004
10:31:52 AM
"So for an X-Box exclusive game to outsell a PS2 exclusive game
by minderbinder
Nov 19th, 2004
10:51:02 AM
About VG adaptations...
by BigTed
Nov 19th, 2004
12:42:25 PM
The Master Chief...
by PoopsMcGee
Nov 19th, 2004
01:25:47 PM
Halo 2 is Rated M, yo!
by The PimpDragon
Nov 19th, 2004
04:29:38 PM
Lets get the Metal Gear movie series going...
by MisterBlonde
Nov 19th, 2004
04:43:59 PM
The PimpDragon is...
by Mister Grieves
Nov 19th, 2004
06:24:41 PM
Thanks, Mister Grieves!
by The PimpDragon
Nov 19th, 2004
07:30:16 PM
And one more thing for Sony fans...
by The PimpDragon
Nov 19th, 2004
07:35:47 PM
XBOX RULES
by WONKABAR
Nov 19th, 2004
11:44:09 PM
Fuck XBox and Sony. it's all about the ATARI Jaguar!!!
by AshesOfDonnie
Nov 20th, 2004
01:26:41 AM
Durendal and Zaphod are both right!
by warp11
Nov 20th, 2004
10:21:49 AM
Jaguar FOR LIFE, fools!
by The PimpDragon
Nov 20th, 2004
11:27:19 AM
halomovie
by fallingfrag
Jun 7th, 2005
03:18:10 AM
Halo movie
by sist
Jun 7th, 2005
10:10:42 AM
halo movie story
by h2phreak
Jun 14th, 2005
04:09:42 AM
It Would Be Like A Dream...
by Stinger_96
Jun 27th, 2005
01:31:55 PM
Addition to h2phreak's Halo movie Storyline
by Ayane+Ryu=?
Aug 15th, 2005
09:47:47 AM
More on the Halo Movie
by Ayane+Ryu=?
Aug 15th, 2005
09:54:59 AM
They should base the movie on
by kuabarra
Aug 17th, 2005
11:56:14 AM
HALO Movie
by John 117
Aug 25th, 2005
05:43:07 AM
HALO Movie
by John 117
Aug 25th, 2005
05:52:28 AM
HALO Movie
by John 117
Aug 25th, 2005
06:33:48 AM

by John 117
Aug 25th, 2005
06:36:45 AM
animation
by halo_fanactic
Oct 22nd, 2005
12:15:27 AM
animation
by halo_fanactic
Oct 22nd, 2005
12:17:05 AM
Halo Movie
by Weps
Oct 23rd, 2005
03:05:05 AM
halo
by lextron
Feb 6th, 2006
04:40:32 PM
halo
by lextron
Feb 6th, 2006
05:04:19 PM
halo movie
by blb_81
Mar 24th, 2006
12:51:01 AM
halo movie
by blb_81
Mar 24th, 2006
12:54:41 AM

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