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Still No Director For Halo Movie
Via 1up.com, an interview with Halo movie Producer Peter Jackson about his upcoming King Kong feature and the film adaptation of the Bungie game. As of yet, he has not selected a Director. From the article: "Question: You're still producing Halo? Jackson: Yeah. Question: What attracted you to Halo? Jackson: I'm a fan of the game. Question: But video game movies suck. Jackson: They do. Question: So what will be different? Jackson: Hopefully it won't suck. "
He's remarkably direct. Doesn't beat around the bush much does he?
Fingers crossed that its' Guillermo Del Toro.
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wait, so he plays the game or he's seen people play the game and thinks "hey that's pretty neat"???? damn it that interviewer sucks at asking questions.
Look at every video game movie ever made and make sure to not hire any of those directors. If you do this you can move on to step 2, hiring good actors.
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I hope they get Uwe Boll, he's my favorite.
Why would they need to re-adapt something to the same format (unless they want to boast of its billion-dollar production cost)? My head a splode...
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He directed Hellboy, Blade 2, and Mimic... he's notorios for underground scenes and the actor Ron Perlman. So good chance those two things will be in the Halo movie if he directs.
The Halo movie has had a director for a few years now. It's all right here.
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What do you mean, "Stop being an ass!" That's not a Halo movie??
(Oh, come on. You knew that someone had to do it!)
I have to give Peter Jackson credit, though. He doesn't want to direct because he wants to take a break. After what he's done over the past few years, I certainly grant him that a break is deserved. I still wonder what a Halo movie would be like under his direction, but that might also come down to a possible difference between passion (like he had with LotR and KK) or just being a fan.
Hey, let's get George Lucas to do it! At least then we'd be assured of a quality movie! *cough* Of course, if that's the case who wants to bet that red fires first theatrically then blue fires first in the DVD with GL stating "That's how I wanted it from the beginning."
Oh, well. It's only karma.
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Just so y'all know, Peter Jackson was made an Exec Producer because he is allowing the movie to use Weta Digital and Weta Workshop for all their graphic needs and knowing that it will be a video game adapt, there will likely be lots of rendering needed. Also, by making Jackson an EP, they can slap Wingnut films on it (his banner) and give it instant credibility. Jackson probably won't have much in terms of creative input but then again this is normal for an EP. Just thought I would weigh in for those folk who don't know much about the film buisiness.
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Instead of making a 200 million dollar spectacular...just hire the guys at Rooster Teeth Productions to make a high-rez, full length Red vs. Blue movie using the Halo 2 engine...or perhaps even the Halo 3 engine.
There ya go, save some cash. Oh, I'll expect my consulting fee within the next few days.
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They will most definately need to have a Red vs. Blue reference somewhere in the movie, Like someone named Tex, Chruch, Dougnut or Sarge. Of course that is assuming thet Peter Jackson even knows about Red Vs. Blue in the first place. It would be a nice nod to internet Halo fandom and all it would have to be is a charachter named or having a callsign of someone from R vs. B.
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