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Halo Movie Deal Moves Closer
Universal and Fox are apparently close to coming up with a deal Microsoft is happy with for the in-the-works Halo film. Gamespot reports that the two movie studios will cofinance the hugely expensive movie title. From the article: "while Universal and Fox's offer is now the only game in town, Microsoft is still unsure if it wants to play ball. Variety and the Times say the agreement is held up on two fronts. First, the two studios requested that Microsoft relinquish its demands and that the Halo movie strictly follow a Bungie-penned "bible," which would ensure that it would not deviate from the Halo mythos or conflict with "sequels" to the game (i.e. Halo 3). The second reported sticking point was Microsoft's insistence that principal shooting begin as soon as possible, possibly as early as this fall."
not give in to the studios, Bungies bible is probably the only thing keeping a Halo movie from being made into a huge piece of crap. Game movies flop usually becase they deviate too far from the games storyline and universe. IE not using the same main characters, or changing the main characters, or completely changing the "topic" of the movie. If microsoft does one thing right it should be making sure that bungie gets the final say in how the movie plays out.