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{{Title|''Halo'' film}} | {{Title|''Halo'' film}} | ||
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[[File:Halofilm.jpg|thumb|150px|right|The image released alongside Bungie's announcement of the ''Halo'' film in 2004.]] | [[File:Halofilm.jpg|thumb|150px|right|The image released alongside Bungie's announcement of the ''Halo'' film in 2004.]] | ||
{{Quote|If we ever make a Halo movie, who would you want to write it?" I asked [[Martin O'Donnell|Marty]] as we exited the theater, "I bet that Garland guy would be all over the [[Flood]].|[[Joseph Staten]], after watching ''[[wikipedia:28 Days Later|28 Days Later]]''.<ref>[https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=6403 '''Bungie:''' ''The Great (Hollywood) Journey'']</ref>}} | |||
The '''''Halo'' film''', officially confirmed in [[2005]],<ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4181000.stm '''BBC News:''' ''Halo game set for silver screen'']</ref> was a film project in development until its ultimate cancellation in [[2006]].<ref name="IGN1">[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2006/10/31/halo-holding '''IGN:''' ''HALO HOLDING'']</ref> The film, intended to be produced by [[Peter Jackson]] and [[Fran Walsh]] and directed by [[Neill Blomkamp]] was postponed indefinitely when funding studios [[wikipedia:20th Century Fox|20th Century Fox]] and [[wikipedia:Universal Studios|Universal Pictures]] pulled out due to monetary concerns.<ref name="IndieWire">[http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/it-was-a-clusterfuck-from-day-one-6-things-about-neill-blomkamps-failed-halo-movie-20120419?page=1#blogPostHeaderPanel/ '''IndieWire:''' ''"It Was A Cluster**** From Day One": 5 Things About Neill Blomkamp's Failed 'Halo' Movie'']</ref> | The '''''Halo'' film''', officially confirmed in [[2005]],<ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4181000.stm '''BBC News:''' ''Halo game set for silver screen'']</ref> was a film project in development until its ultimate cancellation in [[2006]].<ref name="IGN1">[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2006/10/31/halo-holding '''IGN:''' ''HALO HOLDING'']</ref> The film, intended to be produced by [[Peter Jackson]] and [[Fran Walsh]] and directed by [[Neill Blomkamp]] was postponed indefinitely when funding studios [[wikipedia:20th Century Fox|20th Century Fox]] and [[wikipedia:Universal Studios|Universal Pictures]] pulled out due to monetary concerns.<ref name="IndieWire">[http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/it-was-a-clusterfuck-from-day-one-6-things-about-neill-blomkamps-failed-halo-movie-20120419?page=1#blogPostHeaderPanel/ '''IndieWire:''' ''"It Was A Cluster**** From Day One": 5 Things About Neill Blomkamp's Failed 'Halo' Movie'']</ref> | ||
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==Production timeline== | ==Production timeline== | ||
===Script, director and financial arrangement=== | ===Script, director and financial arrangement=== | ||
*In '''February, 2005''', Creative Artists Agency confirmed that [[Microsoft]] had completed a $1 million deal with [[wikipedia:Alex Garland|Alex Garland]], the British screenwriter of ''28 Days Later'', to write the ''Halo'' screenplay, which would then be offered to studios.<ref name="Wired"/><ref>[http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=story&articleID=VR1117917399&cs=1&p=0&s=h '''Variety.com''': ''Halo, Hollywood'']</ref> | *In '''February, 2005''', Creative Artists Agency confirmed that [[Microsoft]] had completed a $1 million deal with [[wikipedia:Alex Garland|Alex Garland]], the British screenwriter of ''28 Days Later'', to write the ''Halo'' screenplay, which would then be offered to studios.<ref name="Wired"/><ref>[http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=story&articleID=VR1117917399&cs=1&p=0&s=h '''Variety.com''': ''Halo, Hollywood'']</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Cinematics]] | [[Category:Cinematics]] | ||
[[Category:Film]] | [[Category:Film]] | ||
