Peter Jackson to Executive Produce Halo Movie

e03179 writes "According to Reuters, 'the Oscar-winning creative team behind the The Lord of the Rings films, including director Peter Jackson, has been named to run the production of the upcoming film based on Microsoft Corp.'s blockbuster Halo video game, the company said on Tuesday.' The film will be shot in New Zealand and Jackson's production and post-production studios will be used. World-wide release is set for mid-2007 by Fox and Universal. The then rumor was started by Gamespot two weeks ago and was previously covered by Slashdot." Okay, *now* I'm interested. More details available on the Bungie site.

Comments

Yaup

[GoMMiX]

Halo is the perfect example of how Microsoft can buy a great product and put it's name on it like they had crap to do with the development.

Re:Yaup

[Surt]

Same thing with bungie though, bungie just paid some programmers and artists to make the game, and then slapped their name on it.

Re:Yaup

[hambonewilkins]

Um, considering Halo 2 sold $125 mil. in its first day I would have to say NO.

Re:So?

[Mr Guy]

For the exact reason it got posted here. The Exec. Producer's entire job is to raise money and hype. Often, they do that with their name alone.

Re:At least it won't matter if he changes the plot

[mysqlrocks]

Well, if he had not changed anything the movies would have been about 100 hours long.

Halo Movie? Heads up, Snipers out there...

[turtleAJ]

Hmm... the time for a Halo movie would be???.... Before Halo3 ?

Ok, nobody really cares for the Halo2 Campaign... Why? Because playing Halo2 online in xLive completely overshadows any and all efforts by Bungie and MS to make a cool "storyline" for the game.

Nobody really plays the Halo2 campaign... you play online... Why? Becuase anything else and you're wasting your time. Trash talking... Human oponents... Intelligent AND stupid human team mates... Exploring the ping intricacies of the xLive network...


I'm not really sure if I remember correctly how the Halo2 storyline goes... let alone the Halo one... How the heck are they going to cram that into a cool 2 hour movie? By producing a shitty 3hour one.

BUNGIE! MICROSOFT! (hey! I didn't use the $ ;)

Produce a trillogy... or two movies... with trailers in between downloadable to the xBox through xLive... Make it in CGI... no humans... And PLEASE! Take cues from xLive... and listen to the boards @ Bungie.NET, those are your loyal customers.

You have a great opportunity on your hands, don't screw it up. Remember that your target movie is an R rated one... Halo2 is for M = Mature Audiences... Don't pitch it to the kids. You'll end up with a JarJar in your movie.

I'm hoping for the best.

-turtleAJ


BTW: Bungie, can you check the scope of my Sniper? I think it's off or something ;)

Why movies are going down the tubes...

[argent]

This is why the movie industry is going down the tubes. They're making a movie about a bloody video game, one that's basically a bug-shoot from start to end. If this is the kind of thing that gets the big bucks for movie rights, then the industry's loss of imagination has doomed them.

Good Precendent

[Puhase]

Remember an article awhile back that described the difficulties Bungi was having in finding a studio to pick up the movie rights because of all the creative control they wanted? This is the direct result. Tried and true performance being signed on. If only all studios would take such care with their properties to demand that they have a say in its adaptation then we might not have the likes of Uwe Boll at all (Or the Super Mario movie *shudder*). I personally applaud Bungi for actually caring about their game and characters and pushing a studio to do the right thing, instead of the cheap action flop-o-rama on a somewhat shoestring budget. But of course, this is all just the optimist in my talking. And to the above person who quoted the definition of the "producer"; do you really think Peter Jackson is going to involve himself with a movie and take the hands off approach? His track record to this date would say no.

reality check

[circletimessquare]

studio exec: "hey jackson, can we use weta to make a movie out of a video game?"

jackson: "yeah, sure, why not, there's some free time on the servers between king kong wrapping up and us putting 'the hobbit' into preproduction"

studio exec: "ok thanks"

newslines scream: peter jackson, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF HALO THE MOVIE

but the above exchange is about the sum total of his involvement in the movie folks, sorry

the title "executive producer" is like getting the key to the city from the mayor: that key opens about as many real doors as the executive producer is involved in any real movie making work

Re:Seems only appropriate to mention Doom

[Wiwi Jumbo]

Let me stand up for the beating I so richly deserve.

I will submit that there has been one good Video Game movie. And that movie is:

(deep breath)

Mortal Kombat.

Think about it, every charater is introduced in like the first 15 min's with a nice clipped explination of who they are and why they're there. The story fills you in on everything you need to know as to what is actually going on. And it's fun. :) Plus, there is *one* drop of blood in a movie based off of Mortal Kombat! That's pretty funny.

The fights are energetic and the "super moves" aren't stupid.

It's simply the high water mark in VG movies. Tho' I can't say it doesn't need to be surpassed. ;)

I also could have given the first Resident Evil movie, but I never played the game so I don't know just how faithful it stays.

Now, if you excuse me, I'm just going to curl up in the fetal posistion over here and await my abuse... :)

One simple request

[novakane007]

Please for the love of god, don't have the chief take his helmet off. You could save a lot of money by not showing his face. This is IMHO a large part of his character. His voice can be powerful and not show his face. Much the same they did with Darth Vader.

Re:Yet Another Video Game Movie That Will Suck

[geekoid]

No plot is done to death.
A new take, new technology, good writing can make a good movie.

by good, I mean enjoyable.

How does that change you

[Man in Spandex]

What do you care what? they use to make the movie? You must be like the uber linux/oss zealot.

All I ask from Hollywood is movies worth paying for and lately, in general, they are failing. I don't give a shit what equipment or software they use whether its OSS or Microsoft products. I just want to get out from the movie theatre and say to myself "Now that was a good movie!". I haven't had one of those in a long time.

Warcraft, Starcraft... even Grim Fandango

[GI Jones]

There's got to be better game material out there for a movie. I personally think that Warcraft or Starcraft could each make a fantastic special effects film... I always loved watching the cut-scenes in the game. Why HALO? While DOOM might end up being a turkey, there is good video game material out there. I would love for Tim Burton to make the LucasArts title Grim Fandango into a film... it would certainly be entertaining.

But Wait!

[MightyMartian]

Jackson has to butcher, mutilate, massacre and make palatable to simpering twits The Hobbit first!