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unastrike Otaku Knight

Age: 48 Gender:  Joined: 23 Sep 2002 |
Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject: Halo Director Named |
From Gamasutra
An official statement from Microsoft has revealed that the motion picture based on Bungie's Halo franchise will be helmed by Neill Blomkamp, a short film and commercial director making his feature film debut with the movie.
A native of South Africa, Blomkamp directed the acclaimed 2005 short film, Alive in Joburg, that depicted a future in which extraterrestrials have become refugees. Last year, Blomkamp also received three Clio Awards and a Visual Effects Society Award for his television commercial Citroen-Alive with Technology.
In 2004, Blomkamp was recognized as "One of the Top Five Directors to Watch" at the First Boards Awards and was a featured artist at the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase at Cannes. He has also been nominated for an Emmy award for his work on an episode of James Cameron's Dark Angel.
Mary Parent, Scott Stuber and Peter Schlessel will produce Halo. The film is currently targeted for a Summer 2008 worldwide release. Halo will be shot in Wellington, New Zealand, and will make use of the full range of executive producer Peter Jackson's state-of-the-art production and post-production facilities there, including Weta, Stone Street Studios, and Park Road Post.
The release from Microsoft also mentions latest figures for the video game franchise: "Halo and its 2004 follow-up Halo 2 have sold a combined 14.5 million copies worldwide and grossed more than $650 million (U.S.). On November 2004, Halo 2 shattered records with $125 million in first-day sales."
"As a gaming fan, I'm excited to bring Halo's premise, action and settings to the screen with all the specificity and reality today's technology can provide," said Jackson. "Fran and I are intrigued by the unique challenges this project offers, and we're delighted to be working again with our friends at Universal, and with our new ones at Fox and Microsoft. With Neill on board, I'm even more excited by the potential of this project."
I haven't been paying much attention to the notion of Halo on the big screen, but I have to admit that the buzz surrounding this now due to the diretor has got me all wide-eyed and giddy.
Check out some of Neill Blomkamp's previous fan works...
Alive in Joburg
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:28 pm Post subject: |
Watched a bit of Alive in Joburg just now, first minute and a half, seems pretty darn good, very atmospheric, especially for a short, Director looks promising. |
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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Age: 40 Gender:  Joined: 20 Oct 2004 |
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:56 pm Post subject: |
Sorry guys, but looks like Halo The Movie is not gonna happen anytime soon....
Microsoft wrote: | "As was previously confirmed, we deeply regret that both Universal and Fox did not choose to move forward with financing the Halo film under the original terms of the agreement. At this time Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with their partner, Microsoft, have mutually agreed to postpone making a feature film based on the Halo video game universe until we can fulfill the promise we made to millions of Halo fans throughout the world that we would settle for no less than bringing a first class film to the big screen. We are fully supportive of Director Neill Blomkamp's vision of the film. Neill is a tremendously gifted filmmaker and his preliminary work on Halo is truly awe-inspiring. While it will undoubtedly take a little longer for Halo to reach the big screen, we are confident that the final feature film will be well worth the wait." |
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject: |
Hey, i can wait for quality. im just happy they arent trying to squease a giant turd out and make money off of it. |
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:34 pm Post subject: |
Shino wrote: | Darn... I'm... so... upset.
Remember the last movie based on a first person shooter... DOOM! CRAP! |
What are you talking about? Doom was fricken sweet. |
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