Halo film: Difference between revisions

While the movie was intended to be handled by 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures, both pulled out of the deal for unknown reasons in October 2006 - postponing it indefinitely until new distributors could be found. It would have been a live-action movie, but with a heavy amount of CGI. Wingnut Films, the team behind ''Lord of the Rings'' and ''King Kong'', was also working on the movie. Before it was delayed, the new film was revealed that it would have been shot in Wellington, New Zealand, and was slated for a summer 2009 release.<ref>{{cite news |author=comingsoon.net| url=http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=15944 | title=''Halo'' Director Announced! | publisher=ComingSoon.net | date=2006-08-10 | accessdate=2006-10-01 }}</ref> To keep the film's producers true to the ''Halo'' Universe, Bungie prepared an exhaustive encyclopedia known to some as either the "Halo Compendium" or the [[Halo Story Bible]], describing nearly every topic in the ''Halo'' games and novels including graphics of characters, species and vessels. The ''Halo 3'' promotional ''Landfall'' series has been considered a test of viewer interest in a possible ''Halo'' film.<ref name="Part1">{{cite news | first=Joseph | last=Staten | url=http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=greathollywoodjourney1&p=4542384 | title=The Great (Hollywood) Journey, Part One | accessdate=2006-10-01 }}</ref>