That's what I was thinking. You would think the studios would get it together for the almighty dollar. I think the film maker is speaking on his own, not realizing that the studios are looking at the numbers.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In related news, "Halo 3" made over 300 *million* dollars worlwide in > two weeks, "Transformers" has netted over 300 million domestically. > Just about everyone I know who plays the Halo games actually likes the > Halo books.--Does anyone really believe no one will exploit this > franchise's success by making a movie out of it?? > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com>> > > > http://movies.ign.com/articles/825/825257p1.html > <http://movies.ign.com/articles/825/825257p1.html> > > > > Halo Declared Dead > > Director says movie is not happening. > > by Stax > > Click here to find out more! > > > > October 5, 2007 - Filmmaker Neill Blomkamp had been slated to direct > > Fox-Universal's feature film version of the videogame sensation Halo, > > but the project infamously fell apart last year. Still, there had been > > rumblings that Halo could still fight its way onto the big screen. It > > seems, however, that even Blomkamp has given up hope for the Halo > movie. > > > > "The film is entirely dead. In the configuration it was in. Whatever > > happens with that movie, assuming that movie gets made, will be a > > totally different configuration," Blomkamp informed > > Creativity-Online.com. "It's not so much me as the entire vessel sank. > > Basically, it was a combination of; there were two studios involved > that > > weren't getting along in the process of making it, Universal and Fox. > > That kind of stuff happens, it's a fragile industry. So the film > > collapsed at the end of last year, and it's been dead, ever since then. > > I'll be curious to see what happens." > > > > Blomkamp made a trilogy of live-action Halo short films to help promote > > the release of the Halo 3 game, but they were not -- contrary to fans' > > hopes -- meant to rekindle interest in the movie. "There was not even > > one percent of my mind in doing those short pieces to try and resurrect > > the film. And I think maybe that's because I'm closer to the film, I > > know how hard it fell, and I know that doing things like that was not > > how you're going to get it back on its feet," Blomkamp explained. > > > > But Blomkamp didn't shut the door on Halo entirely, saying, "As I'm > > getting older one of the things I've realized most about this industry > > is never say never. That's the first thing. Right now, I can't see > > myself doing that film. But I'm not going to say that I'm not going to > > do it. So in the present moment, right now, I could take it or leave > it. > > It doesn't matter to me anymore. There's too much interesting shit out > > there. The film has the capacity, if things line up correctly, to be, I > > think, really cool. But it ended up collapsing, and things happen for a > > reason." > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
