10-27-2006, 05:52 PM
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Halo Movie Moving Forward
New studio talk and a new screenwriter named.
by IGN Staff
October 27, 2006 - Despite recent drama surrounding the planned big-screen adaptation of Halo, Microsoft is still determined to make the movie a reality. After Fox and Universal, the two studios that had been co-financing the flick, dropped out earlier this week, Microsoft has begun shopping it around.
According to today's Variety, Microsoft is focusing their partnering efforts on Warner Bros. and Paramount, partially due to complex relational issues with the other major studios. Sony is out because of the PlayStation. Disney is iffy due to Apple's Steve Jobs involvement. And New Line is still working through legal problems related to LOTR with Halo producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. The level of interest that Warners and Paramount have shown in the project is unclear.
As the trade speculates, it would also make sense for Microsoft to go it alone. Money isn't an issue and they could rent distribution services. That's a high risk scenario, but with a better potential payoff. And they might also go after private financing.
While all this wrangling is going on in the background, the film itself is moving ahead. The original script by Alex Garland (28 Days Later) has been rewritten by Ender's Game scribe D.B. Weiss and will reportedly get another rewrite by Josh Olsen, screenwriter on A History of Violence.
We'll have more Halo movie news here on IGN as it develops.
New studio talk and a new screenwriter named.
by IGN Staff
October 27, 2006 - Despite recent drama surrounding the planned big-screen adaptation of Halo, Microsoft is still determined to make the movie a reality. After Fox and Universal, the two studios that had been co-financing the flick, dropped out earlier this week, Microsoft has begun shopping it around.
According to today's Variety, Microsoft is focusing their partnering efforts on Warner Bros. and Paramount, partially due to complex relational issues with the other major studios. Sony is out because of the PlayStation. Disney is iffy due to Apple's Steve Jobs involvement. And New Line is still working through legal problems related to LOTR with Halo producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. The level of interest that Warners and Paramount have shown in the project is unclear.
As the trade speculates, it would also make sense for Microsoft to go it alone. Money isn't an issue and they could rent distribution services. That's a high risk scenario, but with a better potential payoff. And they might also go after private financing.
While all this wrangling is going on in the background, the film itself is moving ahead. The original script by Alex Garland (28 Days Later) has been rewritten by Ender's Game scribe D.B. Weiss and will reportedly get another rewrite by Josh Olsen, screenwriter on A History of Violence.
We'll have more Halo movie news here on IGN as it develops.
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That's sure good to hear. 
