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.

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That works out well

[katana]

By the time he's done with Halo, it should be just about time to start filming Duke Nukem Forever.

So?

[Musteval]

From Wikipedia:
An executive producer of a motion picture is typically a producer who is not necessarily involved in any creative or technical aspects of production. They generally handle business issues, and may be a financier of a movie. Some executive producers act as representatives of the studio or production company that is releasing or producing a film, occasionally being credited as Executive in charge of production.

So, um, why does it matter that he's doing this?

And Spielburg to Direct...

[Anonymous Coward]

Pong.
The touching movie about two lines and the square ball they share.

Has Hollywood run out of ideas?

willie

I'm still waiting for Tetris: The Movie

[SamSim]

Starring Al Pacino as "L"