The Halo Movie

Is this a Halo movie trailer ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUcreY0X33k

Benhacker 😎

Well something that could've been

but now development on the movie has been dead for a while now.

they're focusing more on the Halo Legends manga - probably not manga but i use the word loosely. and of course, Halo Reach

I saw some short clips of Halo: Legends on GTTV Presents Halo 3 ODST Countdown to Launch and they look totally wicked.

Here they are(all in one video) :
Halo: Legends sneak peak

Benhacker 😎

Originally posted by Benhacker
Is this a Halo movie trailer ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUcreY0X33k

Benhacker 😎

No, that was just viral marketing for Halo 3.

Man, this thread brings back memories...

I played Halo game and it was very good. Looking forward t o watching Halo movie.

i cant wait till halo movie comes out it looks like it would be like real.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=64907

The same team that was supposed to do it before better doing it again.

so there making a Halo movie?

i prefer Half Life

I'm not a gamer, but my friend was telling me the premise for the Halo books, and it sounds like it would make a pretty cool movie. So what's holding this up exactly?

Budget i'm guessing

would'nt be surprised if that was the case for alot of games to movies if they actually went and did a good job of it.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I'm not a gamer, but my friend was telling me the premise for the Halo books, and it sounds like it would make a pretty cool movie. So what's holding this up exactly?

The plug got pulled at Universal because even with Peter Jackson & Neill Blomkamp attached to make it (they would go on instead to make District 9), there was a fear that even they couldn't solve the jinx of the video game to movie adaption curse. It has never worked, to date. And for the giant budget Halo would require...

Originally posted by roughrider
....And for the giant budget Halo would require...

But Halo has a gigantic following, doesn't it? That + Peter Jackson would sell a shitload of tickets, I would think.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
But Halo has a gigantic following, doesn't it? That + Peter Jackson would sell a shitload of tickets, I would think.

Jean Claude Van Damme once claimed the same thing for Street Fighter, and that his movie of it would be an assured success. He was wrong both artistically and commercially.

Hey, don't talk shit about Street Fighter... hahaha laughing

Fair enough. 😐 But there's still the Peter Jackson factor, and Street Fighter was just a silly fighting game; whereas, it sounds like Halo has as fairly in-depth plot. My friend says the books are actually pretty good.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech

and Street Fighter was just a silly fighting game; whereas, it sounds like Halo has as fairly in-depth plot. My friend says the books are actually pretty good.

So does Street Fighter it too has a "In depth" plot....just maybe not as much as Halo.

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It's funny how Hollywood hasn't figured out how to adapt a video game into a good movie yet. Is creating a proper narrative that much of a challenge?

I mean, Pirates Of The Caribbean is a monstrously successful movie franchise, and that's based off a theme park ride!

Hmm... yeah, that is an interesting point. I think it might have a lot to do with the fact that most of the directors that they get to direct videogame adaptations are mediocre at best. Paul WS Anderson, Uwe Boll 'o' Shit.. (they're the only two that come to mind right away). Perhaps the writers are of similar quality. I actually rather like the Silent Hill movie, but not because it's an incredibly well-told narrative, but because I think the atmosphere, visuals, and performances are really strong. I dunno... I like it. *shrug*