exactly, someone will get it together for a film in order to make some quick dough. And the tie-in potential, with downloadable expanded content for the game based on the film, is too much to pass up.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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)" > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
