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Subject: Thoughts On How a Halo Movie Should Be Handled

Professionally, how do you all think the impending Halo movie should be handled, in terms of production, direction, casting, and plot? It's a big endeavor, and it truly needs consideration. Also, try to go and sign the online petition for a Halo movie. Public attention really helps..

  • 01.03.2012 1:31 PM PDT

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I'd like it to be true to Halo and not "Hollywood-ify'd" which is close to impossible to do if you look at most books that've been made into movies.

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  • 01.03.2012 1:39 PM PDT

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Posted by: SEAL Sniper 9
I'd like it to be true to Halo and not "Hollywood-ify'd" which is close to impossible to do if you look at most books that've been made into movies.
Yep. I pray that one is never made. Hollywood cannot handle Halo.

  • 01.03.2012 1:48 PM PDT

MY friend and I actually spent months from February to September with 1 or 2 hour phjone calls everyday to flesh out a screenplay. The screenplay is for a 3 hour movie and is 50 pages long. We tried contacting 343 Industries, but to no avail. The way we see it, a HALO movie is a long time coming.

  • 01.03.2012 1:51 PM PDT

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If Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell handle the movie in the same manner as District9, then yes.
Otherwise NO!

  • 01.03.2012 1:57 PM PDT

I think there should be no Halo movie...

  • 01.03.2012 2:26 PM PDT

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Posted by: daves got H1N1
If Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell handle the movie in the same manner as District9, then yes.
Otherwise NO!


Wasn't district 9 a "test" for the halo movie before it got canceled?

  • 01.03.2012 2:54 PM PDT

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Good idea, but in the first place you're contacting the wrong people. Microsoft owns the rights to the Halo franchise. Studios like Bungie and 343 simply produced some of the best video games currently known to man, second only to Pac-Man and Mario. Aside from that, Microsoft might already be engaged in a script negotiation as we type. Regardless of such endlessly frustrating complications, props to you guys for your dedication.

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  • 01.03.2012 7:10 PM PDT

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  • 01.03.2012 7:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: daves got H1N1
If Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell handle the movie in the same manner as District9, then yes.
Otherwise NO!


Wasn't district 9 a "test" for the halo movie before it got canceled?

Actually District 9 was what happened when the Halo movie fell through. I am glad that they failed because District 9 was great.

  • 01.03.2012 8:24 PM PDT

I would have much preferred a Niell Blompkamp and Peter Jackson Halo movie that they were doing those live action clips to prove how it could be done. Those were awesome for their showstring budget

  • 01.03.2012 8:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: Urban GFX
I would have much preferred a Niell Blompkamp and Peter Jackson Halo movie that they were doing those live action clips to prove how it could be done. Those were awesome for their showstring budget

Indeed they were. My fear is that if they do make it they will stay too faithful to the source material and alienate possible newcomers or Hollywood-ize it and alienate existing fans.

  • 01.03.2012 8:50 PM PDT

Okay, my turn.

In my opinion, the one Halo game that would be the easiest to make a movie based off of it would be Halo 3: ODST. It takes place in a city, the time span is less than 8 hours approximately, the characters aren't super-humans, and it wuld still be really creepy.

Now I know this is off topic, but if we're going to discuss games turned into movies, then why the F*** haven't we seen a Twisted Metal movie? Seriously, of all things, that should have come out a long time ago!!!

  • 01.03.2012 9:46 PM PDT

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If it is made, the most important thing to me would be that it is directed my a halo fan, or at least somebody who cares about the story as much as I do.

  • 01.03.2012 9:48 PM PDT


Posted by: Grimick
If it is made, the most important thing to me would be that it is directed my a halo fan, or at least somebody who cares about the story as much as I do.


That's why I want Peter Jackson to direct! He's a fantastic director, and a self-professed Halo fan. The only issue I would see is the fact that he would be an expensive choice.

  • 01.03.2012 10:16 PM PDT

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Posted by: SEAL Sniper 9
I'd like it to be true to Halo and not "Hollywood-ify'd" which is close to impossible to do if you look at most books that've been made into movies.
Yep. I pray that one is never made. Hollywood cannot handle Halo.

  • 01.03.2012 10:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: RigZ Boi
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You spelled Joss Whedon's name wrong.

  • 01.03.2012 11:39 PM PDT

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Posted by: RigZ Boi
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You spelled Joss Whedon's name wrong.

  • 01.04.2012 6:12 AM PDT

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Plenty of you will probably think I'm a crazy person, but I think the best place to start off a Halo film franchise is Contact Harvest. Before you pull out your torches and pitchforks, hear me out.

The problem all movies based on video games seem to have is mass appeal. If you make it too true to the source material, it many times wont appeal to general audiences, wont bring in enough money, and kind of defeats any studio's incentive to fund it. If you water it down for general audiences, you alienate your core fans.

Anyway, I like to think that we get the latter of those two options more often than not, and the movie just ends up sucking.

To be successful, a film adaptation has to be true enough to its source, and at the same time not make movie executives take their money and run for the hills. There has to be some sort of compromise.

In my opinion, Contact Harvest wouldn't need all that big of a compromise. The beauty of CH is that, while it does take place in the future, it doesn't drop you right into a world of genocidal alien collectives and generically-enhanced super soldiers. Contact Harvest puts you in the shoes of Avery Johnson; while he is later revealed to have undergone some augmentation during the ORION Project, it's not pivotal to CH's plot. Hell, I don't think it's even mentioned.

Anyway, the story starts off with this above average/elite solider who is being deployed fighting who? Terrorists! That's right, terrorists! Can modern audiences sympathize with that without a massive stretch of the imagination? Sure they can! The situation alone sets Johnson up to be a sympathetic character.

Contact Harvest eases the audience into the Halo Universe. It introduces those unfamiliar with Halo without overwhelming them. If successful, it would would likely allow sequels to explore the full depth of the plot without having to compromise as much.



[Edited on 01.04.2012 7:07 AM PST]

  • 01.04.2012 7:04 AM PDT

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  • 01.04.2012 8:01 AM PDT

Posted by: Primo84
Plenty of you will probably think I'm a crazy person, but I think the best place to start off a Halo film franchise is Contact Harvest. Before you pull out your torches and pitchforks, hear me out.

The problem all movies based on video games seem to have is mass appeal. If you make it too true to the source material, it many times wont appeal to general audiences, wont bring in enough money, and kind of defeats any studio's incentive to fund it. If you water it down for general audiences, you alienate your core fans.

Anyway, I like to think that we get the latter of those two options more often than not, and the movie just ends up sucking.

To be successful, a film adaptation has to be true enough to its source, and at the same time not make movie executives take their money and run for the hills. There has to be some sort of compromise.

In my opinion, Contact Harvest wouldn't need all that big of a compromise. The beauty of CH is that, while it does take place in the future, it doesn't drop you right into a world of genocidal alien collectives and generically-enhanced super soldiers. Contact Harvest puts you in the shoes of Avery Johnson; while he is later revealed to have undergone some augmentation during the ORION Project, it's not pivotal to CH's plot. Hell, I don't think it's even mentioned.

Anyway, the story starts off with this above average/elite solider who is being deployed fighting who? Terrorists! That's right, terrorists! Can modern audiences sympathize with that without a massive stretch of the imagination? Sure they can! The situation alone sets Johnson up to be a sympathetic character.

Contact Harvest eases the audience into the Halo Universe. It introduces those unfamiliar with Halo without overwhelming them. If successful, it would would likely allow sequels to explore the full depth of the plot without having to compromise as much.



Actually, I agree with this. They can simply call it Halo. Or Halo: Harvest. Then they can come out with a sequel to it, Halo: Combat Evolved. ;)

  • 01.04.2012 9:51 AM PDT
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I don't think it should be handled at all. I don't think it should expand anymore at all. We've got the games, the books, the toys, the well done Live action trailers before a game launch, and all kinds of other stuff.

Besides, I just can't think of anyone who could pull it off, and what would they make the movie about? I feel like, if the movie were to be any good, it would likely have to be something along the lines of a trilogy, aka LoToR movies.

  • 01.04.2012 10:17 AM PDT

Why are you here?

You know, it was almost made by Neil Blomkamp (lol spelling) and Peter Jackson, but due to legal issues it never happened. They have props and everything locked away in New Zealand. So the Halo movie became District 9.

  • 01.04.2012 10:24 AM PDT


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Posted by: Primo84
Plenty of you will probably think I'm a crazy person, but I think the best place to start off a Halo film franchise is Contact Harvest. Before you pull out your torches and pitchforks, hear me out.

The problem all movies based on video games seem to have is mass appeal. If you make it too true to the source material, it many times wont appeal to general audiences, wont bring in enough money, and kind of defeats any studio's incentive to fund it. If you water it down for general audiences, you alienate your core fans.

Anyway, I like to think that we get the latter of those two options more often than not, and the movie just ends up sucking.

To be successful, a film adaptation has to be true enough to its source, and at the same time not make movie executives take their money and run for the hills. There has to be some sort of compromise.

In my opinion, Contact Harvest wouldn't need all that big of a compromise. The beauty of CH is that, while it does take place in the future, it doesn't drop you right into a world of genocidal alien collectives and generically-enhanced super soldiers. Contact Harvest puts you in the shoes of Avery Johnson; while he is later revealed to have undergone some augmentation during the ORION Project, it's not pivotal to CH's plot. Hell, I don't think it's even mentioned.

Anyway, the story starts off with this above average/elite solider who is being deployed fighting who? Terrorists! That's right, terrorists! Can modern audiences sympathize with that without a massive stretch of the imagination? Sure they can! The situation alone sets Johnson up to be a sympathetic character.

Contact Harvest eases the audience into the Halo Universe. It introduces those unfamiliar with Halo without overwhelming them. If successful, it would would likely allow sequels to explore the full depth of the plot without having to compromise as much.



Actually, I agree with this. They can simply call it Halo. Or Halo: Harvest. Then they can come out with a sequel to it, Halo: Combat Evolved. ;)


That IS interesting... naturally, it would set up for further movies fairly well. My only worry is the fact that it could be TOO far back before the actual events on Installation 04. If they made a Harvest movie, logic dictates that a Fall of Reach movie would follow. And including the battle for Installation 04 as the third movie seems a bit far-minded, considering the trouble that went through LOTR becoming a trilogy. Furthermore, there would also have to be Halo 2 and 3 movies as well, making a grand total of five movies. And that's assuming the first one does well, AND the second one. I hate to be so pessimistic, but I've seen too many failed movies modeled after books and video games to count my chickens before they hatch. Ergo, if they make a Halo movie, they should either just jump right into the main story, or do their absolute damndest to exceed beyond expections with a Harvest movie. Thoughts?

  • 01.05.2012 8:02 AM PDT

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