The Official Halo Movie Thread

[Farlander]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/media_microsoft_halo_dc

So is this new or did everyone know about this and I just missed it?

I can't think of a way this could possibly be a good movie, but it makes good sense from a business perspective - a hugely popular game with kids and (young) adults, so put out a movie at what is probably the height of its popularity.

[Nacho]

I've known avout this for some time now. The good thing about it is the developers are making sure the story is not changed.

I'll have to wait to see if this goes in the right direction.

[Imfamous]

Now here's one movie that can't be worse than the game.

[Karthik]

Now they only need Ron Pearlman to play Master Chief!

[Simon Charles]

Imfamous said:
Now here's one movie that can't be worse than the game.



Wanna bet?

[Ajaxx]

I just hope they include a significant amount of the back story from the novels in this movie. They're pretty bitchin'.....and it would be nice to actually see the Fall of Reach in a scene rather than just hearing/reading about it

[Karthik]

Remember how Toho gave Centropolis guidelines on the dos and don'ts of making the American Godzilla movie? And how they broke everything in the guideline and ended up with a mediocre movie?

[Tang Lung]

Vin Deasel or a Wrestler playing master cheif? Bets start at 5 dollars.

[big fat lazy]

Imfamous said:
Now here's one movie that can't be worse than the game.


Oh burrrrrrrrn. That's what I was thinking.

[FireFly]

Of course it can. Halo was a commercial and critical success - this movie is guaranteed neither.

[widowmaker]

Imfamous said:
Now here's one movie that can't be worse than the game.



I wouldn't bet on that. They could just reuse the Street Fight crew. That movue turned out to be even worse than I had expected it to be. And I expected crap. Sheesh. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Will they never learn?
Popular Game <> Good Movie

[Nacho]

Street Fighter was so bad it was good.

[Daveman]

"I'm going to go down there, and kick Bison's ass!"

This movie will suck as hard as the game did.

And I liked Super Mario Bros., as little in common as it had with the games.

[Hudson]

Daveman said:
And I liked Super Mario Bros., as little in common as it had with the games.



http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/1039/smbsupershow4om.gif

[Daveman]

I remember that. And the cartoon they used to air on Saturday mornings on USA. And the Kraft macaroni and cheese shaped like Mario characters. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[I-Ninja]

Hudson said:

Daveman said:
And I liked Super Mario Bros., as little in common as it had with the games.



http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/1039/smbsupershow4om.gif



WHOOO! Great TV show


Now here's one movie that can't be worse than the game.



Yes and No. If the movie plays like the (first) video games, were it is more action less talking, then yes, I think that it won't be a half-bad movie, but if it just a bunch of idiots talking, then I can ALMOST garantee the movie will be bad

[KillerByte]

Tang Lung said:
Vin Deasel or a Wrestler playing master cheif? Bets start at 5 dollars.



The Rock would probably snap this one up. Not that it matters since you never see Master Chief's face. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

This movie is going to be really bad. It will just end up being another alien invasion action movie.

In my opinion they should pump the money back into Halo 3, and make a sequel much more worthwhile than Halo 2.

[Simon Charles]

I'd see Marina Sirtis as Cortana. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif

[LeadBullet]

I just wonder how good it would work in a movie having the main character be someone in a space suit who never takes off the helmet. It worked for Darth Vader but he wasn't in nearly every scene.

[Karthik]

Sounds bad then!

[Hudson]

Considering both games are mainly an enormous rip-off of "Aliens" (one of the best sci-fi films [u]ever</u>) and Master Chief's suit is basically the one from Doom.. it's going to be hard for it to come off as anything other than that (at least visually).

I think the Doom movie stands a better chance at being non shitastic.

[Simon Charles]

LeadBullet said:
I just wonder how good it would work in a movie having the main character be someone in a space suit who never takes off the helmet. It worked for Darth Vader but he wasn't in nearly every scene.



Well, Vader has personnality and when I watched Halo's cutscenes, I thought the Master Chief had some personnality too. It's just a matter of pulling it off on the screen. And here comes in the eternal question : will the filmmakers take the time to make it work, or will they churn out another crap game-to-movie turd? We'll see.

Personnaly, you couldn't pay me to watch either Doom or Halo movies. Why would I want to just sit there and watch a story unfolding in a world I already visited myself, gun in hand? I've already been in the Warthog's driving seat, so to speak. The game has already been more interesting than the movie could ever be, unless there's some miracle movie making at work, which I doubt.

We could be surprized, but I'm not holding my breath.

[Imfamous]

Hudson said:
Considering both games are mainly an enormous rip-off of "Aliens" (one of the best sci-fi films [u]ever</u>) and Master Chief's suit is basically the one from Doom.. it's going to be hard for it to come off as anything other than that (at least visually).





Aliens should not be mentioned in the same sentence as Halo.

[widowmaker]

Correct me if I am wrong but isn't MC supposed to be like nine feet tall or something? I am sure I read that in the stuff with Halo 1.
The game story itself was a pile of refuse. That aside Hollywood has made some really terrible Game to movie translations. Games with characters that have no "character" (Halo / Doom / Half Life) do not strike me as good source material for movies.
It is time someone in Hollywood had a reality check and stopped wasting money on crap projects.

[Hudson]

The game story itself was just a retelling of Marathon.

[FireFly]

That's a bit of an exaggeration. The only real similarities I can see are: A.Is exist in both games (but there's only one in Halo and there's no rampancy) and the player is fighting an alien race that can board ships. Also, the end of the universe theme is preserved.

Otherwise they're different stories.

[SyntaxN]

Halo´s story is damn great, much better than most other video game storys^^
But for a movie, I don´t know... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Logic Bomb]

http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=937394&page=0&vc=1

5th paragraph

- LB

[widowmaker]

Logic Bomb said:
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=937394&page=0&vc=1

5th paragraph

- LB



Your allowed to like Halo, and we are allowed to dislike it. But honestly was there enough meat to base a movie off of it? And what do you think Hollywood is going to do to it?
-Me cringes with fear at another game to movie conversion.

[Scream]

widowmaker said:

Logic Bomb said:
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=937394&page=0&vc=1

5th paragraph

- LB



Your allowed to like Halo, and we are allowed to dislike it. But honestly was there enough meat to base a movie off of it? And what do you think Hollywood is going to do to it?
-Me cringes with fear at another game to movie conversion.



There is as much "meat" as there is for any other piece of crap Hollywood action movie, if not more.

If I had to bet, I'd bet the movie will be at best a decent summertime action movie. That's if they really put some dollars and effort into it. Nothing wrong with the source material as a sci-fi story, and nothing particularly special about it either.

At worst it could be a complete piece of shit. Either way, it'll make some money.

[Logic Bomb]

widowmaker said:

Logic Bomb said:
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=937394&page=0&vc=1

5th paragraph

- LB



Your allowed to like Halo, and we are allowed to dislike it. But honestly was there enough meat to base a movie off of it? And what do you think Hollywood is going to do to it?
-Me cringes with fear at another game to movie conversion.



Doom is getting it's own movie and that's about the dullest "story" a game has ever had. Research station on mars, enemies flood in, kill them all.

Halo's story is well fleshed out between the games and the books. The books are actually going to be used as a form of reference material as well for the movie if i understand right. Also, bungie has made a little halo bible for everyone to reference when theres ANY question regarding how x or y should look/act/feel.

Besides, my link wasn't about whether or not i liked it or not, it's about how every thread about it throws itself into the flames because it seems like there are designated trolls that hunt out and flame halo threads. It's like "oh look, someone mentioned halo, time to talk about how much it sucked regardless of thread topic".

But i digress...

- LB

[LeadBullet]

With good talent, time and funding you could probably make any crappy game with enough substance to it into a movie. I think they just need to find a balance between keeping with the game theme, but not trying to copy the game too much and make it corny as hell, but not so far off that its like Alone in the Dark where it has nothing at all to do with the game other than the name of the main character.

I thought Halo was an ok game, and as long as its not halfassed, it could actually be a pretty good movie. I think they should follow the general idea of the story but not try to match the game too much, because often times in games events happen only for gameplay reasons and don't really advance the story much at all.

[Cerberus_e]

Logic Bomb said:

widowmaker said:

Logic Bomb said:
http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=937394&page=0&vc=1

5th paragraph

- LB



Your allowed to like Halo, and we are allowed to dislike it. But honestly was there enough meat to base a movie off of it? And what do you think Hollywood is going to do to it?
-Me cringes with fear at another game to movie conversion.



Doom is getting it's own movie and that's about the dullest "story" a game has ever had. Research station on mars, enemies flood in, kill them all.



http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif
that's too simplistic, doom 3 has a good story.

[Boo Boo Juice]

IMDb info (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464037/)

Fantastic news!


(fat sarcasm by the way)

Thanks for the headsup. link works now.

[Synti]

Your link is pretty fuxored. Here is the correct one:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464037/

And what the hell!?
I'm not a Halo fan, but I was waiting for this movie because I was sure it would be the first good video game movie. In several interviews the team said that they would not let any incompetent fool do the movie. That they would get the best man to do the script. Granted the script writer is AAA quality. But Uwe Boll directing?! What the hell were they thinking?!

[Karthik]

Awesome, I dedicate this toast to.....
*gets smacked by some tables and chairs*

[SyntaxN]

Synti said:
Your link is pretty fuxored. Here is the correct one:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464037/

And what the hell!?
I'm not a Halo fan, but I was waiting for this movie because I was sure it would be the first good video game movie. In several interviews the team said that they would not let any incompetent fool do the movie. That they would get the best man to do the script. Granted the script writer is AAA quality. But Uwe Boll directing?! What the hell were they thinking?!


I don´t know which idiot has written on imdb that Uwe Boll will be the director, but in fact he won´t do the job because they haven´t a final director yet http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
But Alex Garland did the script, sounds good so far...

[IgWannA]

well it could get a lot worse than alex garland - he did the script for 28 days later (awesome movie) and the beach (still quite a good movie).

[Roger]

Synti said:
What the hell were they thinking?!



Actually the question should be IF they were thinking.

[JackpotDen]

PWNED!

[Dr.Dude]

I reeeally doubt that Uwe Boll's actually directing the movie.... there's been no press releases about it, and the direction every thing else seemed to be going in implied the movie wasn't taking that sort of direction (though admittedly I haven't been following it that closely, since I'm not really a Halo fan). Also worth mentioning is that this "fact", which given Boll's extremely negative reputation and Halo's popularity would be a pretty big news item, is not stated on any other movie news site.

I'd say this completely seems like another one of those infamous user-submitted imdb pranks. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif These often plague the site's pages for upcoming movies, so I'd be pretty sure it's basically some guy who thought it'd be funny as hell to scare everyone by listing Uwe Boll as the director.

[Kev_Hectic]

^ Heh, yeah, I don't buy it either. IMDB doesn't exactly do a very good job of screening their user submitted data for inaccuracies, so don't be surprised if it's fake.

Anyway, there's no way they would ever pair up a writer like that with Uwe f**king Boll... at least I hope not... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

...Oh, and Happy Birthday Dr. Dude. \o

[Dr.Dude]

Thanks!

[Syph]

Come on, Uwe Boll is the shit!


No, wait. He's just shit.
Maybe someone's playing a joke
"Oh, man. Check out the reactions I got for putting Boll in as director!!!"

Smells like BS to me too.

[cheeseboy]

I'm no Halo fan, but I wouldn't wish Uwe Boll upon anyone.

[MentalSentinel]

Haha. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Halo got what it deserves. :P

[SyntaxN]

MentalSentinel said:
Haha. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Halo got what it deserves. :P


Cameron hasn´t agreed yet http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Please realize that the movie has no director yet, but I´m sure it won´t be Uwe Boll.

[abnormal]

i declair this movie officially "FUC**D"

[Kalki]

Damnit, I distinctly remembered some "name" helming the project. Who was it? Oh yeah- Ridley Scott. (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/567/567654p1.html) http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif </googling>

Frankly I don't think that Microsoft, with the ruckus they caused over selling the script and film rights to studios is going to settle for the Bolls of the B-movie industry.

[Sayantan]

Is Boll that of a bad director? I mean he's also directing Far Cry and Bloodrayne. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Kalki]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/

Bloodrayne seems to be missing the Nazis.

[LeadBullet]

http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=14056

[Karthik]

LeadBullet said:
http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=14056


http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

[Paroxysm]

Sayantan said:
Is Boll that of a bad director? I mean he's also directing Far Cry and Bloodrayne. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif



I would say Boll is probably the worst director working today and up there with the worst of all time. His incompetance trully cannot be understoof until you expreience it. No technical elements of his films have been so bad compared to how bad they can get, it trully comes down to unbelievably horrendous direction that ruins his films. He doen't make trash. He makes crimes.

[Sayantan]

Paroxysm said:

Sayantan said:
Is Boll that of a bad director? I mean he's also directing Far Cry and Bloodrayne. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif



I would say Boll is probably the worst director working today and up there with the worst of all time. His incompetance trully cannot be understoof until you expreience it. No technical elements of his films have been so bad compared to how bad they can get, it trully comes down to unbelievably horrendous direction that ruins his films. He doen't make trash. He makes crimes.



I see......
I must see....
one of his film .......
to realize the realm. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Paroxysm]

They are not bad in a fun way either.

[avatar_58]

Can someone tell me why everyone hates uwe boll so? I've never seen his work...and by the looks of this:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/

He hasn't made that many movies.

[Zztx]

avatar_58 said:
Can someone tell me why everyone hates uwe boll so?


House of the $%#*ing Dead and Alone in the $%#*ing Dark. Gamers don't like him solely for the horror that is the aforementioned movies, and the fact that he's going to work on adaptations of even more games is a disturbing fact to many.

Was watching this behind-the-scenes preview of the House of the Dead movie on the HotD III game, it was quite depressing. Lame usage of bullet-time, and OW!, my head hurts all of a sudden just thinking about it.
It was like some twelve-year-old twerp was commissioned to make the movie.

avatar, let's just say there's a VERY GOOD reason that you've heard nothing but bad things about him and his movies.

[big fat lazy]

Sayantan said:
Is Boll that of a bad director? I mean he's also directing Far Cry and Bloodrayne. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif


Yes he is, and no, he's not directing, he's raping Far Cry, Dungeon Siege, and just recently Bloodrayne. Then he's gonna take a crap on them and eat week-old cheese dip and vomit it over them.

[Tetsuro]

I found a rant on something awful, written by a guy who *tried* to write a screenplay for the Alone in the Dark-movie. He eventually gave up since Uwe Boll is just as an incomprehensible piece of crap as his movies are, and walked away from the project. Anyone wanna read it?

[clayasaurus]

Uwe Boll: Modern Day Ed Wood or Biggest Hack in Hollywood? (http://www.smart-popcorn.com/articles/321/)

This is for anyone who doubt's the suckness that is Boll.

[Karthik]

I saw this on another forum, very funny:


Oh, how I wished that Uwe Boll would direct this movie and finally killing the whole Halo-franchise.



Maybe they can get Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer to tag team this bitch. The final scene would have a destroyed space colony with the remaining survivors looking all teary eyed and the tattered American flag waving in the background while Heath Ledger gives a speech. Doesn't that just warm your heart?



Hah, that would own hard. And since it's Michael Bay, throw in some lame advertising: make Master Chief use MSN Search to get the adress to the Covenant's secret bases, and make the Warthogs use Xbox processing engines.

[SyntaxN]

uhm, what, someone said Uwe Boll and Halo in the same sentence...no we´re talking about Peter Jackson (http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=biggorilla&p=4955829) f*ckers http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Scream]

SyntaxN said:
uhm, what, someone said Uwe Boll and Halo in the same sentence...no we´re talking about Peter Jackson (http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=biggorilla&p=4955829) f*ckers http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif



Wow.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5888567.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed

[Water12356]

Holly crap.... M$ must have paid him a shitload. The movie has a chance of not sucking under his command. lol (and a good soundtrack to boot.)

[Boo Boo Juice]

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/655/655700p1.html

http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=biggorilla&p=4955829

I think that is pretty spiffy news. I'm not the biggest fan of the game, but I had fun with part two. I am the only one of all my friends that thinks part one is trash.

Edit: Heh, just realized it was mentioned in the current Halo movie thread. MY BAD!

[SyntaxN]

So, Halo got what it deserves http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Syph]

I felt exactly the opposite. I liked part 1 because it was a pure FPS. Run around, shoot aliens... Fun!

I hated in 2 when It switched over to the Arbiter for the first time. It destroyed the game for me. I hated playing as him http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mryuck.gif

But Jackson producing sheds some light on an otherwise dark outlook for the movie (only since there hasn't been a good game to movie transition yet)

[Simon Charles]

Interesting news. Wish he'd direct himself though. Naming an executive producer sounds more like a publicity stunt than anything else. Or am I underestimating the role of an executive producer?

[Paroxysm]

Simon Charles said:
Interesting news. Wish he'd direct himself though. Naming an executive producer sounds more like a publicity stunt than anything else. Or am I underestimating the role of an executive producer?



Depends. The producer is the person in charge of the film and controls everything. When you put executive in front of it, sometimes they just do it as a name attachment or to appease an investor.

[ZuljinRaynor]

Hope that in this case:
Movie > Game
cause the game sucked IMO.

[Rgw20014life]

Halo still blows...

[Paroxysm]

As do you http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Scream]

Hehe. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Xgthug]

Halo is a great game.
A bit overrated, but still great.
I have a feeling this movie will be a masterpiece. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Logic Bomb]

Regardless of your like of the games, i'm betting Halo will make a great movie with jackson behind it as long as he's not in it for the money alone. I think even non-sci fi fans might see it just because it's a jackson movie and should have some pretty high expectations.

- LB

[bert123]

I might see it as long as it doesn't have 12 year olds going "WOAH ITS MASTERCHIEF! OMFG!" every scene.

[Twin]

just because peter jackson is going to direct (or produce it or whatever) doesn't mean it'll be a great movie...

i mean there's certain things you have to realise:

1) master chief has never taken his helmet off...nobody knows whether he is human or a cyborg or what.

2) obviously any actor isn't going to go through the whole movie with a helmet on unless master chief is done in CGI...but then i still think they'll make him take his helmet off in the movie at some point which will ruin it in a way...

3) there's also the point that peter jackson may make the movie into his own and not for the fans....there's always the thing that he'll have to cater for not only the fans but for people who have never heard of or played halo...

4) there's only been 2 games....with movies like spider-man, hulk, ghost rider etc, the directors have had over 20 years of comics to work with...even with games like doom and resident evil there's been almost 10 years of different games to work with (i think more than 10 years for doom)...i just don't think there's enough of a story built around halo for a movie to be made at this time...

all i'm saying is not to your hopes up...he may be a great director and has made great movies (pretty much every one he's made...although i'm not fan of lord of the rings, but it was still a hit) but there's still a chance of it not living up to promises for the fans....

[FireFly]

1) master chief has never taken his helmet off...nobody knows whether he is human or a cyborg or what.


Master Chief is a real person, named John. He had a normal childhood until about the age of six when he was covertly captured by the military, along with many other 'gifted' children, to train to be a Spartan, a new breed of supersoldier.

As part of this training his bones were enhanced, for increased strength and durability, as was his neurological system. Special injections were given to increase his muscles' mass and density.

So he is a supersoldier even without his MJOLNIR suit, which effectively doubles his strength. Now there's a huge amount of fiction associated with this period, going to into the minutest details of how he grew up with the other Spartans on the facility, what his role was, personal conflicts and so on. This is all dealt with throughout the three Halo books and provides the necessary foundation for the Master Chief character. On top of this Bungie have a many hundred page story bible.

There will be no shortage of reference material for the movie to draw from.


2) obviously any actor isn't going to go through the whole movie with a helmet on unless master chief is done in CGI...but then i still think they'll make him take his helmet off in the movie at some point which will ruin it in a way...


Why not? Actors already don full body suits, they already undergo intensive conditioning to prepare for films, losing or putting on weight, conditioning their body and in some cases undergoing very unpleasant experiences to prepare for the role - even living in prisons for weeks! I don't see why a helmet would be a deal breaker. I mean films are acted in individual scenes so the actor would just have to wear the helmet for his scene.


3) there's also the point that peter jackson may make the movie into his own and not for the fans....there's always the thing that he'll have to cater for not only the fans but for people who have never heard of or played halo...


Well they have one of the story writers onboard to ensure everything is faithful to the universe, and both Microsoft and Bungie should be keeping close tabs on the movie. Also Jackson loves and plays Halo for himself - that's why he was interested in the project.


4) there's only been 2 games....with movies like spider-man, hulk, ghost rider etc, the directors have had over 20 years of comics to work with...even with games like doom and resident evil there's been almost 10 years of different games to work with (i think more than 10 years for doom)...i just don't think there's enough of a story built around halo for a movie to be made at this time...


I think you're underestimating just how much story there is. Bungie are very big on story - with the three Halo books only a fraction of what's in that mythological story Bible has been revealed. The books themselves are very dense and crammed full of references to the universe and its technologies, races, and cultures. And with still more information residing in the minds at Bungie I don't think they'll be any shortage of ideas.

In fact I believe there's a lot of potential in the fiction. I enjoyed the third Halo book, First Strike, more than most of the acclaimed science fiction novels I read. It was just much more real and appreciable, having an almost movie like structure.


all i'm saying is not to your hopes up...he may be a great director and has made great movies (pretty much every one he's made...although i'm not fan of lord of the rings, but it was still a hit) but there's still a chance of it not living up to promises for the fans....


Of course, that's always a possibility. However I do think the fiction has a lot of promise, as does its focal point, Master Chief.

[Karthik]

FireFly said:


3) there's also the point that peter jackson may make the movie into his own and not for the fans....there's always the thing that he'll have to cater for not only the fans but for people who have never heard of or played halo...


Well they have one of the story writers onboard to ensure everything is faithful to the universe, and both Microsoft and Bungie should be keeping close tabs on the movie. Also Jackson loves and plays Halo for himself - that's why he was interested in the project.



Well Mortal Kombat Annihilation had John Tobias as one of the script writers and it still sucked. Then there's Chris Roberts with Wing Commander which sucked. And finally there's that FF movie which had the creator attached to project which also sucked.

[Twin]

Karthik said:

FireFly said:


3) there's also the point that peter jackson may make the movie into his own and not for the fans....there's always the thing that he'll have to cater for not only the fans but for people who have never heard of or played halo...


Well they have one of the story writers onboard to ensure everything is faithful to the universe, and both Microsoft and Bungie should be keeping close tabs on the movie. Also Jackson loves and plays Halo for himself - that's why he was interested in the project.



Well Mortal Kombat Annihilation had John Tobias as one of the script writers and it still sucked. Then there's Chris Roberts with Wing Commander which sucked. And finally there's that FF movie which had the creator attached to project which also sucked.



True (although i liked all the mortal kombat movies http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif )

But what works in a game or book or comic might not always work in a film...there;s also that to consider http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[FireFly]

Right, but it should at least be faithful to the Halo universe.

[Logic Bomb]

Everyone working on the halo movie has a "halo bible" which details everything from how characters look, their attributes, what they do and do not do, their role in the hierarchy of their society, etc. Also every weapon is detailed to this extent as well.



First, our community team (along with some great folks in Microsoft's Franchise Development Group) assembled an exhaustive "companion" that will accompany the script during the film's production. We built this universe bible/style-guide to inspire and inform the filmmakers as well as serve as a point-of-reference for all parties in the event of creative disagreements.

Here's One (http://www.bungie.net/images/news/inlineimages/hmc.jpg) of the companion's reference pages. Imagine this level of specificity for every character, weapon, vehicle, environment - you name it - in the known Halo universe. That's a lot of inspirational and argument-settling goodness.




Do i expect the movie to follow the games 100%? No of course not. I don't expect it to follow the exact story at all. I just want to see a good plot set in the halo universe that doesn't break any critical aspects of the lore. Don't make the cheif to be a robot for example...

[Karthik]

Maybe they could make Halo a love story similar to True Lies or Titanic...

[Logic Bomb]

Karthik said:
Maybe they could make Halo a love story similar to True Lies or Titanic...



I think i prefer the epic battle to save the universe.

- LB

[IgWannA]

here is what ain't it cool has to say (http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21758)
and latino review (http://latinoreview.com/scriptreviews/halo/review.html)
and 1up have a bit on it too (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3145495)

it sounds like it could be awesome http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[psst, anyone know where i can get the script? http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif ]

[Imfamous]

It sounds like it could be cool if it was any game other than Halo. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dopefish.gif

[ZuljinRaynor]

As much as I hated HALO, I hoped for the movie to be better. I guess I won't get my wish. :/

[Xgthug]

I think it's brilliant, will probably be the best game/movie adaption ever. This is exactly what they need to do.
Instead of changing the story (like they did in Doom),
they need to add on to it to make it more interesting.
Show what the game didn't.
I really think this movie will turn out if done right.
I'm not a huge Halo fan, but it's a fairly decent FPS game
when playing Split-screen with a friend.
I'm looking forward to this. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Cleric]

I find it very cool that they're actually gonna follow the game's story instead of tearing it apart, like most other adaptations have been like.

Very nice find!

[Logic Bomb]

Didn't take long for the halo haters to get into this thread did it?

I think it sounds good. With the talent, money and effort behind this movie it will more than likely be the best game to movie adaptation ever created.

- LB

[IgWannA]

ZuljinRaynor said:
As much as I hated HALO, I hoped for the movie to be better. I guess I won't get my wish. :/



uh, hello, did you read any of the links i posted? all 3 say the movie will rock. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif

[SyntaxN]

lol, reminds me on the "leaked" Halo 3 story http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[ZuljinRaynor]

IgWannA said:

ZuljinRaynor said:
As much as I hated HALO, I hoped for the movie to be better. I guess I won't get my wish. :/



uh, hello, did you read any of the links i posted? all 3 say the movie will rock. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/doh.gif


I read it, but didn't like what they said. Can you not understand that?

I wonder what will the HALO fanboys do IF the movie flops.

[LeadBullet]

I didn't think Halo the best game ever or anything, but the PC version seemed ok. I didn't like having to backtrack and do through the same few rooms over and over again but I still thought it had an ok story and good atmosphere to it. So I actually think it could make a pretty good movie provided the people making it are any good.


Logic Bomb said:
Didn't take long for the halo haters to get into this thread did it?



Well its a forum for discussion afterall. Its not like each individual thread is a fanclub to whatever the topic is.

I can see why people jump on it, because I think while its good its just way overrated. Way back in the day the only reason anyone even talked about it in the first place was because it had outdoor terrain and bump maps which was a big deal at the time. Then the final was fairly well done but had rough spots and wasn't exactly the best thing ever, so people who aren't huge fans are just that much more eager to jump on it and get annoyed for some reason whenever it gets any praise.

[Logic Bomb]

As a halo fan, if the movie flops i'll treat it like i do most other movies - if it REALLY sucks i'll never watch it again, if it's "meh" i'll watch it for a mindless shut-off-my-brain movie, if it's amazing it'll go into my short stack of great movies.

Peter jackson is really holding my interest with this movie though. I REALLY hope they didn't just pay him for his name to be on the credits.

[Kristian Joensen]

Logic Bomb said:
Didn't take long for the halo haters to get into this thread did it?

I think it sounds good. With the talent, money and effort behind this movie it will more than likely be the best game to movie adaptation ever created.

- LB



So if people disagree with you about HALO then they are HALO haters ?

[Logic Bomb]

Kristian Joensen said:

Logic Bomb said:
Didn't take long for the halo haters to get into this thread did it?

I think it sounds good. With the talent, money and effort behind this movie it will more than likely be the best game to movie adaptation ever created.

- LB



So if people disagree with you about HALO then they are HALO haters ?



Like the game or hate the game, i don't care. It just annoys me to see the first couple posts in EVERY halo thread to be "God the game was an overhyped piece of garbage" regardless of the origonal intent of the thread. You never seem to see a halo thread without a large portion of it being dedicated to whether or not the game sucks.

- LB

[Kalki]

Can't really tell much from the reviews. All that's described are large action set pieces. Which is good for the visual impact of any movie but I'm still curious about the storyline.

[KaiserSoze]

Just found this:

Check out the links below to see his work. Alive in Joburg is very cool.

I'm happy as he obviously likes sci-fi and the scenes looked very well done. I actually got a "Halo 2" type vibe from the Alive in Joburg short film.

With Peter Jackson producing and Weta Digital doing the special effects, Halo is shaping up pretty nicely.


Halo Director Announced

Are you busy in the summer of 2008? Because someone, somewhere, is getting in line right now to buy a ticket to the motion picture adaptation of Halo®. This exciting project, which will be produced by geek gods and Academy Award® winners Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh under their WingNut Films banner for Universal Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox, has finally announced a director.

The Halo motion picture will be helmed by Neill Blomkamp, making his feature film debut. Blomkamp is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and original artists currently working in short films and commercial advertising. Halo will be distributed domestically by Universal and internationally by Fox. Visual effects, miniatures, and creature design and creation will all be handled by Jackson's award-winning Weta Digital Ltd. and Weta Workshop, Ltd., most recently known for their Oscar-worthy work on The Lord of the Rings films.

A native of South Africa, Blomkamp directed the acclaimed 2005 short film, Alive in Joburg, that depicted a future in which extraterrestrials have become refugees. Last year, Blomkamp also received three Clio Awards and a Visual Effects Society Award for his television commercial Citroen-Alive with Technology. In 2004, Blomkamp was recognized as "One of the Top Five Directors to Watch" at the First Boards Awards and was a featured artist at the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase at Cannes. He has also been nominated for an Emmy award for his work on an episode of James Cameron's Dark Angel.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iNReejO7Zu8

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1845016404760165806

[Zztx]

There, it's not Uwe Boll.

Happy? No? Tough.

:p

[Evil Angel]

This is interesting. The Citroen commercial is very eyecatching and fresh and with Peter Jackson keeping an eye on things this could be very good indeed.

[Foxy]

Fingers crossed for a first in game-to-film conversions: a good film! :D

[Mongorian]

I love the short he directed. Thanks for posting it.

[Kalki]

Yep those shorts were great. Loved how he turned apartheid around in the alien context.

He knows how to handle his special effects. I hope they start filming soon.

[Dogy]

The LOTR team is working on this?

Ok, now that means that the game's "Highlights" won't suck.

[Vivi]

I think this will be an amazing movie.

[December Man]

Best wishes.

[Assault]

Here is small update about the upcoming Halo movie.

It's like Fantasy was before LORD OF THE RINGS. Everybody was saying, "These films aren't any good." In a sense, everybody's saying "You can't make a good film out of a game." Well, that's all crap. Good films just need good characters, good storyline and a great director to bring it to life and make a film that you've never seen before. That's what it needs. It doesn't matter a damn whether it's based on a game, a book or a piece of chewing gum, you know? That's irrelevant. It's what actually ends up on the screen that's important.

Click here http://www.aintitcool.com/node/30050 for the full update.

[jimbob]

Halo Movie: Peter Jackson Talks
Oh My God, he talks? is there anything jackson can't do?


in all seriouslyness though, i have little hope for this movie personally. but thats most likely because i dont like halo at all. maybe the movie wil be fine though, and it has potential simply because it lacks uwe boll.

[kong235]

i heard theres a sex scene between mastor chief and cortana lol

[Kalki]

On making movies based on games:
"It doesn't matter a damn whether it's based on a game, a book or a piece of chewing gum, you know?" -- Peter Jackson
"... I'm all outta gum!" -- Duke Nukem

:p

Anyway yeah, the script review I read for the Microsoft draft wasn't that great. All they could talk about was the special effects and the epic battle scenes.

[Hudson]

i heard theres a sex scene between mastor chief and cortana lol

Hell, there was enough damn hidden references in the games!

[avatar_58]

I love some of the comments on that page. Someone likened the Halo universe to LOTR in depth and story.......I honestly can't say that without laughing hysterically. Do people honestly think theres a complex story here?

This movie, regardless of any names like Jackson, will most likely crash and burn like every other game movie. Only this time I simply don't care because its Halo.

[Joe Siegler]

I moved the about 6 or 7 existing Halo movie threads into this one. We don't need that many of them running around.

[Assault]

I don't know if this is true:
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/20/game-over-for-halo-movie/

Nothing said on Bungie yet.

[Ecmaster76]

Slight exaggeration of title.

More accurate to say that Halo movie looking for new studio.

[Needle]

They should ask Boll for the money.

[Joe Siegler]

Indeed. Nowhere in any of the stories I've read does it say "cancelled" at all.

[Kalki]

Not cancelled but the Bolltures must be circling.

[Damien_Azreal]

Oh well. Knowing the hype behind the series it'll get picked up again.

[Hudson]

Microsoft hasn't made things much easier, demanding an upfront fee of five million for the rights and 10% of the profits

Heh, wow.

[Kevin Wolff]

Ten percent of the profits? Movies don't make profits. Apparently Microsoft hasn't heard of Hollywood Accounting.

[IwantMORE]

Ten percent of the profits? Movies don't make profits. Apparently Microsoft hasn't heard of Hollywood Accounting.

http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1475482,00.html

Worldwide revenues from cinema tickets, videos and DVD sales, as well as television rights, reached a whopping $44.8bn (£24bn) last year, up 9% from 2003. (2004 figures)

[Taril]

I have a feeling it wont get picked up. If I remember correctly at the beginning when they started searching for studios. Most turned it down. I dont know what other studios are left that would be willing to spend the money if Universal, and Fox dont want to.

[kylemf88]

I hope to god this is true... Video game movies are just a waste of money.

[psyborg]

i could give a **** less about Halo, but that shortfilm by that director they hired gave it much promise. i was actually looking forward to the movie and i hate halo.

[Steve]

It's not cancelled. I'm also looking forward to the movie even though I'm not a big fan of halo.

[Hyperactive Slob]

The only reason I looked forward to the Halo movie to succeed would be so other games that do deserve to be made in to movies would get a chance by the popularity of it. Ex: Max Payne etc.

[Foxy]

Damn. This movie actually had a chance of being good.

[MeatWagon]

Microsoft are rolling in cash, they should fund it themselves,then they get all the profits

[Nessus]

American Pie Presents: Halo!

[Assault]

American Pie Presents: Halo!

This will hit a new box office record.

[Mblackwell]

http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1475482,00.html

Worldwide revenues from cinema tickets, videos and DVD sales, as well as television rights, reached a whopping $44.8bn (£24bn) last year, up 9% from 2003. (2004 figures)

Revenue != Profit, matter of fact.

http://beginnersinvest.about.com/cs/investinglessons/l/blnetprofitmarg.htm

[Joe Siegler]

Indeed. Nowhere in any of the stories I've read does it say "cancelled" at all.

Ahem.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=69005

[avatar_58]

Damn. This movie actually had a chance of being good.

Not really, the only thing seperating this from every other crappy game movie is Peter Jackson's name. He isn't even the director/writer so it means nothing. Its going to suck much like Doom, at least this time its a game I don't care about.

[Assault]

Ahem.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=69005

Yeah, I read that somewhere else.

[NetNessie]

Too many game to film franchises have been bastardised in the past. I'm hoping that if Halo is made properly the same will go for Max Payne. I would hate to see the same retardation Doom received happen to Max Payne.

[Tang Lung]

Not really, the only thing seperating this from every other crappy game movie is Peter Jackson's name. He isn't even the director/writer so it means nothing. Its going to suck much like Doom, at least this time its a game I don't care about.

I've still yet to see a video game movie that not only is worthy of the game it's based on, but worthy as a film itself. The last straw for me was probably the Silent Hill film, huge disappointment.

[Karthik]

Ahem.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=69005
Yup, in fact if the movie doesn't get through SciFi channel and Roger Corman might pick it up and turn into a mini series. Of course, it'll be a low budget one with recycled props and footages from various scifi movies. But hey, who cares, as long as it gets made everyone's happy, right?

[wayskobfssae]

Microsoft hasn't made things much easier, demanding an upfront fee of five million for the rights and 10% of the profits

They're living in a dreamworld to expect that kind of pay for a film adaptation. If one could make that kind of money for selling film rights... eesh.

Ask any screenwriter how much they REALLY get when they sell something.

[Kalki]

The screenwriter who wrote the script for Microsoft got $1 million. MS then went and auctioned it for 5 iirc.

[shiranui]

They should cancel both the movie and Halo3.

Tha, that's what I think...

[KaiserSoze]

The Halo movie has been placed on "hiatus" (in other words: cancelled for the foreseeable future)

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/30560

[Foxy]

Bugger.

[avatar_58]

The Halo movie has been placed on "hiatus" (in other words: cancelled for the foreseeable future)

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/30560

Good, now cancel the Postal movie and anything else game related and get back to your senses.

[Tang Lung]

They should cancel both the movie and Halo3.
Good, now cancel the Postal movie and anything else game related and get back to your senses.

Aye....

[Kalki]

Good, now cancel the Postal movie and anything else game related and get back to your senses.

Duke Nukem too? :tinyted:

They're just stories. I don't see why the jump between media can't go both ways. People don't do them right, that's all.

[avatar_58]

I don't see why the jump between media can't go both ways. People don't do them right, that's all.

You just answered your own question. People don't do them right, which is why I wish they would simply stop trying. Leave the games alone and write original stories or adapt novels.

The only game movie I can watch is Street Fighter and thats only because it is painfully obvious that the director/writers were in on the joke and purposely made it cheesy fun.

[FireFly]

You just answered your own question. People don't do them right, which is why I wish they would simply stop trying. Leave the games alone and write original stories or adapt novels.
So it's fine to adapt the Halo novels ;)

[Kalki]

You just answered your own question. People don't do them right, which is why I wish they would simply stop trying. Leave the games alone and write original stories or adapt novels.

The only game movie I can watch is Street Fighter and thats only because it is painfully obvious that the director/writers were in on the joke and purposely made it cheesy fun.

You just preached a Homer Simpson. :doh: "Kids, you tried your best, and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try."

[Altered Reality]

http://creativity-online.com/?action=news:article&newsId=120925
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. Basically, it was a combination of; there were two studios involved that weren't getting along in the process of making it, Universal and Fox. That kind of stuff happens, it's a fragile industry. So the film collapsed at the end of last year, and it's been dead, ever since then. I'll be curious to see what happens.

[Llama Gibbz]

Every game movie sucked.(except mortal kombat) :p

So why not just hand it over to uwe boll?
Should be done in 2-3 months.

[Twin]

:nelson:

[LeadBullet]

I'm surprised. I figured if anything given that Halo 3 sold more money on its first day than Spiderman 3 or whatever they were comparing it to that it would have made them more likely to try to get it made. I suppose its to be buried in the same place as that live action Evangelion movie that Weta wanted to make.