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Subject: Halo Movie Update! From Halopedia, possible The Fall of Reach movie.

Posted by:ScubaToaster
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This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
/slow clap for respect


:)
The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

This info is from Halopedia and states Stuart Beattie is VERY interested in making a Halo movie, just read yourself.

It was widely presumed that Microsoft's plan to mount a movie adaptation of its hit Halo game series died when producer Peter Jackson and director Neill Blomkamp's proposed movie failed to come together.

But that hasn't stopped Pirates of the Caribbean writer Stuart Beattie, an avid gamer, from cooking up his own spec version of a Halo movie, which he wrote during the 2007 writers' strike, based on the "Fall of Reach" storyline from Eric Nylund's Halo prequel novel. Nor has it daunted Beattie, who has been trying fervently to get his Halo movie off the ground, complete with concept art.

"I just think it's an amazing story about this child that no one cares about and who cares for no one else, who kind of ends up saving all of humanity," Beattie said in a phone interview on Thursday while he was promoting G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. "So I just started calling, because I really believe a Halo movie would just be awesome, especially this Halo movie."

Beattie sent his script to Microsoft just because he wants them to make it so badly. Maybe Beattie should do more than just write the script. Microsoft and its studio partner, 20th Century Fox, don't have a director now that Blomkamp is out. For his part, Beattie is still a fledgling director: He makes his feature directorial debut with the upcoming futuristic war movie Tomorrow, When the War Began.

"It's not something I can direct right now, because it's a big $100 million-plus film," Beattie demurred. "Maybe in a few years, if things work with Tomorrow and if Tomorrow finds an audience, maybe one day, two or three movies later, I can get the reins of that and maybe direct that, because I would just love to see a Halo movie up there on screen. It's magnificent."

As a Halo fan, Beattie would be happy to see any other capable filmmaker put his script on screen. "I wouldn't want to stand in the way of it getting made, but I firmly believe that the first Halo movie needs to be the Fall of Reach story, because it sets up all the characters, the world, the Covenant, the big struggle between mankind and the aliens, all that stuff," he said. "So that's where my money is."

Audiences are still waiting to see if video games can actually become great movies. There may have been some arguably good ones, but few would say there has been a great one. Beattie believes it is just a matter of having folks who love video games making movies out of them. Just as Sam Raimi was the right man to make a Spider-Man movie because he loved the comic books, people who play Halo should be adapting the game to the screen.

"Once my generation of filmmakers start to get to that position where they allow us to make these big-budget films based on these video games, then we'll start to get some really great movies based on video games," Beattie said. "I think it's the same as books, [and] it's the same as comic books. I think not every video game should be made into a movie, just like not every book should be made into a movie. Not every comic book should, but certain ones definitely should, because they're so visual, the characters are so rich and the mythology is so vast that they should. Halo is definitely one of the shoulds."

To anyone who hasn't logged onto Xbox Live to fight multiplayer battles as Master Chief, Beattie explained his obsession with the source material. "It's massive," he said. "It's like our generation's Star Wars. The whole Halo nation that's out there, and a 100,000-year history of the Halo universe, it's just breathtaking and so much fun to play in that sandbox. I've read every book, played every game, every graphic novel. It's just a fun world to be in."

Discuss.


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  • 07.20.2009 3:37 PM PDT
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Wrong forum and already read it a week ago but it was still an interesting read and just shows that there will be a Halo movie in the makes some day.

  • 07.20.2009 3:39 PM PDT

Posted by:ScubaToaster
Posted by: HipiO7
This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
/slow clap for respect


:)
The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

Posted by: DorkLord54
Wrong forum and already read it a week ago but it was still an interesting read and just shows that there will be a Halo movie in the makes some day.


I posted it here becouse they say about making the movie about The Fall of Reach, if not i would have put it in The Flood or Bungie Universe.

  • 07.20.2009 3:41 PM PDT
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It's interesting... and exiting :D

But since there is so much about Reach already I think that a movie based on a different book is needed.

  • 07.20.2009 3:58 PM PDT

Posted by: HipiO7
Posted by: DorkLord54
Wrong forum and already read it a week ago but it was still an interesting read and just shows that there will be a Halo movie in the makes some day.


I posted it here becouse they say about making the movie about The Fall of Reach, if not i would have put it in The Flood or Bungie Universe.

good point lol

I've read the news before as i visit halopedia sometimes. I think that the success of Halo:Reach will probably be what decides if there will be a movie being made about the fall of reach. But it would be totally awesome if they release the movie at the same time as the game. (i know it wont happen but one can wish)

  • 07.20.2009 4:01 PM PDT

GRAVITY CAT NOT AMUSED
Process initiated : Attempting to give a damn

Process stopping : Unable to give a damn, stopping

Process failed : Damn not given

Exactly, why couldn't Bungie start with Reach as a movie?

  • 07.20.2009 4:03 PM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

The issue wasn't lack of writers, directors or producers, it was the fact that the movie they were looking to make a couple of years ago was projected to exceed the $200 mil mark. Considering how poor most VG adaptations have done in theatres (screw you Neil Blomkampt) the two production companies involved (Universal and I forget the other) backed out.

If they do the movie right, it will cost a bundle. As long as production studios don't want to foot the bill on an unproven movie franchise, this won't happen. Considering Halo is close to being one of the best selling console brands, I think they need to roll the dice a bit, but the movie needs to be solid, and for gods sake it needs to be accurate.

  • 07.20.2009 4:04 PM PDT
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First the book now the game possibly a movie! Why not Onyx! Or Harvest? Well still it would be cool!

  • 07.20.2009 4:28 PM PDT
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I do not appreciate B.Net Group solicitation. If you ignore this and send me an invitation anyway, I will block communications with you.

Unfortunately, until Beattie actually gets a response from someone, the situation is exactly the same as it was two years ago.

  • 07.20.2009 4:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: SweetTRIX
The issue wasn't lack of writers, directors or producers, it was the fact that the movie they were looking to make a couple of years ago was projected to exceed the $200 mil mark. Considering how poor most VG adaptations have done in theatres (screw you Neil Blomkampt) the two production companies involved (Universal and 20th Century FOX) backed out.

If they do the movie right, it will cost a bundle. As long as production studios don't want to foot the bill on an unproven movie franchise, this won't happen. Considering Halo is close to being one of the best selling console brands, I think they need to roll the dice a bit, but the movie needs to be solid, and for gods sake it needs to be accurate.

What is wrong with Neil Blompkamp? His Halo: Landfall[/i[ shorts were quite good and [i]District 9 looks promising. Also, I filled in the company you were missing.

  • 07.20.2009 4:38 PM PDT
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Hope to someday work at this place! :)

As long as it doesn't do what the Eragon movie did to the seres, I would love to see ANY Halo movie!
Stick to the story! Don't you dare make it cheesy! And when in doubt, turn to Bungie!!!!!!

  • 07.20.2009 5:28 PM PDT
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Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

Posted by: DorkLord54
Posted by: SweetTRIX
The issue wasn't lack of writers, directors or producers, it was the fact that the movie they were looking to make a couple of years ago was projected to exceed the $200 mil mark. Considering how poor most VG adaptations have done in theatres (screw you Neil Blomkampt) the two production companies involved (Universal and 20th Century FOX) backed out.

If they do the movie right, it will cost a bundle. As long as production studios don't want to foot the bill on an unproven movie franchise, this won't happen. Considering Halo is close to being one of the best selling console brands, I think they need to roll the dice a bit, but the movie needs to be solid, and for gods sake it needs to be accurate.

What is wrong with Neil Blompkamp? His Halo: Landfall[/i[ shorts were quite good and [i]District 9 looks promising. Also, I filled in the company you were missing.


Apologies, I didn't mean to put Blompkamp, his name was stuck in my head from the OP. I mean Uwe Bole, that fool has ruined peoples image of game to film adaptations. I couldn''t remember if it was Fox or not, thanks for the fix.

  • 07.20.2009 6:04 PM PDT
Subject: Halo Movie Update! From Halopedia, possible The Fall of Reach movie.

The strongest Rivals are also the strongest allies.

a "ghosts of onyx" movie would be awesome

and who ever does the speical effect in transformers need to be hired aswell

[Edited on 07.20.2009 6:11 PM PDT]

  • 07.20.2009 6:10 PM PDT

Posted by: Deloro501
As long as it doesn't do what the Eragon movie did to the seres, I would love to see ANY Halo movie!
Stick to the story! Don't you dare make it cheesy! And when in doubt, turn to Bungie!!!!!!

God, I went to see the Eragon movie about 5 days after it came out... worst thing I ever saw. Such a disappointment because it was such a good book. Anyway, hopefully Mr. Stuart will not be a liar like one Tobias S. Buckell and will have actually read/played the books/games. If so, I say this movie should be made.

  • 07.20.2009 6:14 PM PDT

sounds cool

  • 07.20.2009 6:42 PM PDT

Me and my ODST we are our own breed, forged from combat and bread from years of battle as ODST. So you can take your -blam!- ODST clan invites and shove 'em. Rookies don't run jack, we do.

Nice find, first time I've seen thins. Thanks for the information. Cheers!

  • 07.20.2009 7:08 PM PDT