Peter Jackson to be executive producer on Halo movie

[studvicious]

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, the creative duo behind the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and the upcoming "King Kong," will serve as executive producers of a movie based on Microsoft's blockbuster "Halo" video game.

Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox, the companies behind the project, hope to be in production in the spring with an eye for a summer 2007 worldwide release. No director is attached, though one is expected to come aboard shortly.

Jackson and Walsh will give creative input on all aspects of the film via their WingNut Films banner. Jackson's New Zealand-based Weta companies will provide creatures, miniatures and visual effects for the production.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051005/en_nm/halo_dc;_ylt=ApRA8XNH84mDJrxN.WAimYa2GL8C;_ylu=X3o DMTA3YXYwNDRrBHNlYwM3NjI-

Pretty sweet! :)

[EricRyan34]

Should they even be making a Halo movie? Seems like all video-game based movies suck? @_@

[IntvGene]

Before we get all excited, typically an executive producer is not involved in the creative or technical aspects of the film, so what does giving "creative input on all aspects of the film via their WingNut Films banner" mean?

I may be skeptical, but I smell some publicity money being thrown around here to give this film some credibility that video gaming movies don't normally have (often rightly so).

[Yamazaki]

I never considered Halo worth to be changed into a movie! 90min of shooting aliens? We already had that in ST.

[esquire]

Should they even be making a Halo movie? Seems like all video-game based movies suck? @_@

That's because 99% of them are directed by Uwe Boll. Thank God he didn't get Halo.

BTW, who did Doom?

[PDorr3]

Cmon jackson get to work on The Hobbit damn it!

[Anthony1]

This is nothing more than PR babble. If he was actually the Director, then I would be pretty impressed.


You know who they should get to direct it?


The guy that did the first Starship Troopers.

[ubersaurus]

Of course as I understand it, this means they get access to Jackson's special effects group, which, as we all saw from LOTR, is pretty damn good.

[crisssybwoy]

Hold on, Peter Jackson that did Bad Taste? If he does it in such a way as that film he is on to a winner :D

One of my all time favorites! Absolutely classic LOL

[TEND]

The guy that did the first Starship Troopers.

Paul Verhoeven, and God please no.

[Mr.FoodMonster]

I may be skeptical, but I smell some publicity money being thrown around here to give this film some credibility that video gaming movies don't normally have (often rightly so).
DING DING DING! We have a winner!

[GaijinPunch]

The guy that did the first Starship Troopers.

Paul Verhoeven, and God please no.

Dude -- Starship Troopers fuckin' rocked!

[Daltone]

That's because 99% of them are directed by Uwe Boll. Thank God he didn't get Halo.

BTW, who did Doom?

Doom is being directed by this fellow (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005647/). His past work as director, and the crummy trailer don't inspire confidence, but let's face it, he's got to be better than Uwe Boll. I can't work out if he should be stopped from making films or actively encouraged, just so I can see how low he can get. I await Bloodrayne with baited breath...

But yeah, untill we see who's directing Halo I'm not getting excited. Sam Raimi - good director, produced some utter crap in his time.

[studvicious]

I'd say most of you didn't even read the story. This isn't just some PR babble or to give the film some legitimacy.


Although his effects houses have been overrun for the past eight years with the "Lord of the Rings" and "King Kong" movies, Jackson had always hoped that other filmmakers would use their expertise. Universal approached Jackson about "Halo," unaware that he was a huge fan of the game. His excitement led him and Walsh to become "creative godfathers" on the film, allowing them to be involved creatively while also securing a major assignment for his studios.

"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," Jackson said. "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. I'm a huge fan of the game and look forward to helping it come alive on the cinema screen."

[jajaja]

They should have made a Warcraft movie instead.

[zerohero]

I'm going to see Doom. It actually looks like it will be decent.
Halo movie, well just how are they going to make the Master cheif apeal to everyone. He's going to be the main character that you never see. And I dunno about you guys, but watching MC run around and do missions for 2 hours might not be that fun.

I guess it all depends on how they are gonna tell this story. Are they gonna make this a trilogy, and have one dedicated to the backstory etc? I dunno, but I'll wait to pass judgement until I see a trailer of some sort.

[esquire]

The guy that did the first Starship Troopers.

Paul Verhoeven, and God please no.

Dude -- Starship Troopers fuckin' rocked!

Maybe so, but did you see "Showgirls"? Also directed by your beloved Paul Verhoeven. Seriously, how can someone who directed Starship Troopers, Robocop and Total Recall do a movie like Showgirls?

[njiska]

The guy that did the first Starship Troopers.

Paul Verhoeven, and God please no.

Dude -- Starship Troopers fuckin' rocked!

Maybe so, but did you see "Showgirls"? Also directed by your beloved Paul Verhoeven. Seriously, how can someone who directed Starship Troopers, Robocop and Total Recall do a movie like Showgirls?

Easy he wanted to expand on the pleasure he felt from shooting the three breasted woman on mars.

[Malon_Forever]

Should they even be making a Halo movie? Seems like all video-game based movies suck? @_@

That's because 99% of them are directed by Uwe Boll. Thank God he didn't get Halo.

BTW, who did Doom?

He is directing it.....

[njiska]

Should they even be making a Halo movie? Seems like all video-game based movies suck? @_@

That's because 99% of them are directed by Uwe Boll. Thank God he didn't get Halo.

BTW, who did Doom?

He is directing it.....

Actually Doom is being directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. He's directed a couple of decent movies including:

- Thriteen Days
- US Marshalls
- The Devil's Advocate
- Species
- Speed
- Falling Down
- Twins
- Terms of Endearment

He's an ok director and should do a good job, but the writer is the one that should be crucified here.

Oh and 99% of all bad VG movies aren't done by Uwe Boll. He's only done Alone in the Dark and House of the dead. SUre he's bastardized Blood Rayne and he's gonna bastardize many other games, but to be fair we should remember other great failures like James Yukich, who directed Double Dragon: The Movie, and John R. Leonetti, who made the craptacular Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.

Oh and Paul W.S. Anderson deserves special credit because he did and amazing job with Mortal Kombat, but then fucked up and rejected a Resident Evil script penned by the legendary George A. Romero (Available here (http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/resident_evil_romero.html), in favor of the crap they shot.

The reason VG movies are so bad is because they people making them aren't familar with the properties and they try to over cheese it. Or they're just arrogant morons like Uwe Boll.

[Malon_Forever]

Should they even be making a Halo movie? Seems like all video-game based movies suck? @_@

That's because 99% of them are directed by Uwe Boll. Thank God he didn't get Halo.

BTW, who did Doom?

He is directing it.....

Actually Doom is being directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. He's directed a couple of decent movies including:

- Thriteen Days
- US Marshalls
- The Devil's Advocate
- Species
- Speed
- Falling Down
- Twins
- Terms of Endearment

He's an ok director and should do a good job, but the writer is the one that should be crucified here.

Oh and 99% of all bad VG movies aren't done by Uwe Boll. He's only done Alone in the Dark and House of the dead. SUre he's bastardized Blood Rayne and he's gonna bastardize many other games, but to be fair we should remember other great failures like James Yukich, who directed Double Dragon: The Movie, and John R. Leonetti, who made the craptacular Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.

Oh and Paul W.S. Anderson deserves special credit because he did and amazing job with Mortal Kombat, but then fucked up and rejected a Resident Evil script penned by the legendary George A. Romero (Available here (http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/resident_evil_romero.html), in favor of the crap they shot.

The reason VG movies are so bad is because they people making them aren't familar with the properties and they try to over cheese it. Or they're just arrogant morons like Uwe Boll.

No, Uwe Boll is directing Halo.

[njiska]

No, Uwe Boll is directing Halo.

Sorry for misreading you i thought you were talking about Doom.

Regardless Uwe Boll is not directing Halo. There has been no announced director for Halo, and i trust all parties involved are not stupid enough to let Uwe Boll be involved. He's a two time flop. Hell one reviewer even compared Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead to Syphillis and HIV.

For proof read here (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3143968), here (http://www.canmag.com/news/4/3/2012), here (http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21334), here (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=60961),
here (http://www.ferrago.com/story/6502), here (http://www.themovieblog.com/archives/2005/09/uwe_boll_not_on_halo_movie.html) and the final nail in the coffin comes here (http://nikon.bungie.org/news.html?item=14056) straight from Bungie.

Lot's of people thought that rumour was true.

Trust me there is no way in hell that Uwe Boll will be involved.

[Malon_Forever]

No, Uwe Boll is directing Halo.

Sorry for misreading you i thought you were talking about Doom.

Regardless Uwe Boll is not directing Halo. There has been no announced director for Halo, and i trust all parties involved are not stupid enough to let Uwe Boll be involved. He's a two time flop. Hell one reviewer even compared Alone in the Dark and House of the Dead to Syphillis and HIV.

For proof read here (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3143968), here (http://www.canmag.com/news/4/3/2012), here (http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=21334), here (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=60961),
here (http://www.ferrago.com/story/6502), here (http://www.themovieblog.com/archives/2005/09/uwe_boll_not_on_halo_movie.html) and the final nail in the coffin comes here (http://nikon.bungie.org/news.html?item=14056) straight from Bungie.

Lot's of people thought that rumour was true.

Trust me there is no way in hell that Uwe Boll will be involved.

My brother a huge movie "buff'", and he said he was sure he's directing it. I'll have to double check.

[whoisKeel]

Actually Doom is being directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. He's directed a couple of decent movies including:

- Thriteen Days
- US Marshalls
- The Devil's Advocate
- Species
- Speed
- Falling Down
- Twins
- Terms of Endearment

He's an ok director and should do a good job, but the writer is the one that should be crucified here.


Umm...no. he did the cinematography for those movies, but not directed them. big difference.

[crazyjackcsa]

I'd say most of you didn't even read the story. This isn't just some PR babble or to give the film some legitimacy.


Although his effects houses have been overrun for the past eight years with the "Lord of the Rings" and "King Kong" movies, Jackson had always hoped that other filmmakers would use their expertise. Universal approached Jackson about "Halo," unaware that he was a huge fan of the game. His excitement led him and Walsh to become "creative godfathers" on the film, allowing them to be involved creatively while also securing a major assignment for his studios.

"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," Jackson said. "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. I'm a huge fan of the game and look forward to helping it come alive on the cinema screen."

That quote has PR babble written throughout it "Creative Godfathers"??? What exactly does that mean? Excited about Halo's premise? Like shooting aliens hasn't been done before! "Intrigued by the unique challanges" Huh? PR Babble through and through.

[studvicious]

That quote has PR babble written throughout it "Creative Godfathers"??? What exactly does that mean?

Look at it like this - it's like you making a movie and George Lucas becoming the Exec Producer. For this movie you will use ILM for your effects and whatnot. Thus making him a creative Godfather because you get his definitive creative direction as an Exec Producer and you get to use his effects studio.


"Intrigued by the unique challanges" Huh?

Maybe that meant that in his eyes nearly every single movie about a video game sucked. Thus creating a "unique challenge". How to make a good VG movie without becoming overly cheezy.

[njiska]

Actually Doom is being directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. He's directed a couple of decent movies including:

- Thriteen Days
- US Marshalls
- The Devil's Advocate
- Species
- Speed
- Falling Down
- Twins
- Terms of Endearment

He's an ok director and should do a good job, but the writer is the one that should be crucified here.


Umm...no. he did the cinematography for those movies, but not directed them. big difference.

You're right i misread his bio. Thanks for the correction.

[Haoie]

Who wishes VG movies ended with SMB?

[crazyjackcsa]

That quote has PR babble written throughout it "Creative Godfathers"??? What exactly does that mean?

Look at it like this - it's like you making a movie and George Lucas becoming the Exec Producer. For this movie you will use ILM for your effects and whatnot. Thus making him a creative Godfather because you get his definitive creative direction as an Exec Producer and you get to use his effects studio.


"Intrigued by the unique challanges" Huh?

Maybe that meant that in his eyes nearly every single movie about a video game sucked. Thus creating a "unique challenge". How to make a good VG movie without becoming overly cheezy.

Hey, I agree, all I mean is this: You filled all that in yourself. They've really come out and said nothing at all and left it up for people to assume for themselves, there is no clear cut info there, all references to vague ideas. Did they say: "We have here the guy that made Lord of the Rings and King Kong (which isn't even out yet) to direct our movie"? No. Did they say "He is going to be the Executive Producer"? No. They Said "Creative Godfather," I doubt you'll see in the credits, Peter Jackson: Creative Godfather. The title has zero concrete meaning to it. What it means to you is obvious and is totally acceptable as an explanation, but I could easily say that this line means he will be at the movies christening and should anything happen to the proud parents, well then, he'll look after it. And Of Course "Unique Challenges" Has always meant trying to keep it from sucking. If anybody here has ever dealt with a consultant they all talk like this without saying a damn thing.

[studvicious]

Did they say "He is going to be the Executive Producer"? No.

*Sigh*


Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, the creative duo behind the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and the upcoming "King Kong," will serve as executive producers of a movie based on Microsoft's blockbuster "Halo" video game.

[crazyjackcsa]

Okay, so you got me, I missed those two little words. I stand by everything else I say. I'm not even saying it won't be good, I hope it is. I'm not saying the brilliant mind that put Lord of the Rings on the screen won't be heavily involved. All I'm saying is that the timing of the article, the info in the article and the way in which the article is written is short on substance and long on flash.

[zerohero]

No-name directing delayed Halo
Xbox.com announces that South African special-effects tech and ad man Neill Blomkamp will helm the eagerly anticipated blockbuster, film now due in 2008.
By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot
Posted Aug 9, 2006 11:29 am PT

Ever since it was announced that antipodean auteur Peter Jackson would not be directing the movie adaptation of the Halo games--he's executive-producing instead--speculation has run rampant as to who would.

For a while, Guillermo Del Toro (Blade II) was linked with the project, with the director saying publicly he was in talks with Universal and Fox, the co-distributors of the film. However, after he stated he'd rather make a sequel to his comic-book adaptation Hellboy, the rumors surrounding the Mexico-born filmmaker died down.

Today, a newsflash on Xbox.com announced that Halo finally has a director--a director most people have never heard of. "The Halo motion picture will be helmed by Neill Blomkamp, making his feature film debut," read the announcement on Xbox.com.

Who is Neill Blomkamp? The announcement describes him "as one of the most innovative and original artists currently working in short films and commercial advertising." The South African native has also won three Clio Awards for his ad work, as well as a Visual Effects Society Award for a TV spot for French carmaker Citroen. He was also named as featured artist at the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase at the 2004 Cannes International Film Festival.

Blomkamp has also done some television and film work, mostly as a special effects animator. According to the Internet Movie Database, he was nominated for an Emmy in 2000 for an episode of Dark Angel, and has also worked on Smallville, Mercy Point, First Wave, and Stargate SG-1.

Today's announcement also confirmed, as many had suspected, that Halo will not hit theaters in Summer 2007, as was originally planned. "The film is currently targeted for a Summer 2008 worldwide release," read the announcement. The film will be shot in New Zealand, taking advantage of that country's dramatic landscapes and favorable exchange rates. Jackson's Weta Digital and Weta Workshop will handle the effects and costumes, respectively.

Curiously, when asked about today's Halo revelations, Microsoft reps declined. "We're not commenting on the announcement on Xbox.com," said a rep.
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If you looked at this guys passed work, you should relax, because it looks quit good for the low budget he used. I'm excited about the movie now.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1185812222812358837