My thoughts on…the death of the Halo movie
Before I begin, let me apologize for my near week long absence. A killer combination of work and blogger’s block crippled my regular blogging routine. But things are back to normal, and so is this blog.
The world is feeling Halo 3 fever right now. The game has made a whopping $300 million in its first week. Seems like there are plenty fanboys eager to see the ending of Master Chief’s epic adventure. I feel that I should give the Halo 3 release its own post, but it doesn’t interest me all that much. I recognize the awesomeness of the game, but I’m not that familiar with Halo. I played it once, and that was when I borrowed a game from a kid at a game shop. Plus I wasn’t very good. But I digress.
However, in the midst of all this Halo hullabaloo, a Halo spinoff has gotten the proverbial Plasma Sword. The highly anticipated Halo movie, that was set for release next year, is officially dead. To quote filmmaker Neill Blomkamp, “the film is entirely dead.” The falling apart of the movie in 2006 was a dead giveaway, but fans were still hoping that things would be ironed out. But it looks like 20th Century Fox and Universal’s bickering doomed the project. This is very disappointing. I’m not much of a Halo fan, but I would loved to have seen it on the big screen. All the fun of Halo, without the steep learning curve of driving a Warthog. But I guess that’s all a fanboy’s dream now. But who knows? Hollywood’s running out of ideas. Why else would they make Taxi? And Blonkamp says there may be hope for it yet, just not in the foreseeable future. Let’s hope they come to their senses and pick up the project before the Halo hype dies.
I still can’t believe that no Hollywood studio is jumping on this.
Films like these are in demand now I think…ooh well…I guess we can look forward to a movie with my favorite gaming heroine Samus Aran?
That movie would have some unreachable expectations to live up to — how could it not disappoint? For me, it’d prob’ly be like another Ghostrider wid all de why’s (Why Eva? Why not Jessica? etc.)
Totally out of the loop on this one. I’m gone to see what this Halo thing is all about.
I played Halo a couple of times, I didn’t enjoy it that much, maybe because I “low key” sucked at it.
I doubt I would watch a Halo movie and I doubt it would get good reviews - it would make money though.
frigging idiots man.. but then again.. the real issue was not why the cancelled it.. but did they have any other choice. Could they really remake the halo vibe on film..
I’m calling you out 20 century… and universal.. you guys didn’t have the talent.. yeh.. you cant see creativity.. you cant see colors… you cant see the colors of the american flag…….. comi.
@ Melody : I have a Nicholas Cage movie right hereso to watch too, this one has in Jessica Biel and Julianne Moore.
@ Leon : I have the same issue, I just can’t play the game, man!
MB, a Alba mi luv — altho Biel is cute as well. MayB that’s what’d make Halo’s movie succeed: 2 Jessica’s.