Halo The Movie

Create Your Own Halo Movie And Win

getvisible — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:36:00 +0000

The guys at the official XBox site have thrown down the guantlet and invited you, the remarkable Halo fan that you are, to create a short movie that shows the unseen advetntures of Master Cheif and the Halo Crew.

Go for it! Enter here!

Xbox 360 Ultimate

getvisible — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:27:00 +0000

The movie may be stalling, but it looks like Microsoft are moving ahead with their Xbox 360 Ultimate! There isn't any more news about whether it'll have HD-DVD or Blu-Ray but in the UK you'll be able to use BT's IPTV service.

Neil Blomkamp Halo Clips

getvisible — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:26:00 +0000

Apparently Neill Blomkamp has made 3 mini movies for Microsoft to be included in a film called "Landfall". Visit fragland for more info.

The FIlm is "Dead"

getvisible — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:45:00 +0000

Not good news for all us Halo fans, but the proposed director has said the "Halo Movie is dead".

With the game doing so well we would have expected them to work their sorry butts off to give us a Halo film.

It appears that the critical factor that bought the movie's demise was "creative differences". Blomkamp had a dark vision for the movie, the style was to have:

"degraded, screwed-up looking footage," an aesthetic he planned on pushing "as far as [I could] until the studios kind of threw a noose around me...I wanted it to feel like the most brutal, real version of science fiction in a war environment that you've seen in awhile."

Whilst the studio had a different vision. Read more at Creativity.

Microsoft / Bungie Secrets To Spill?

getvisible — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:16:00 +0000

Well the information I have as that the NDA between Microsoft and Bungie came to an end yesterday. There's no news or press release about the ending of the relationship as yet. But expect some tittle-tattle soon!

HALO 3 TV Commercial

getvisible — Sat, 05 May 2007 09:49:00 +0000

Wow! Check out the new TV Commercial for the Halo 3 game!

Cool (Unofficial) Trailer

getvisible — Sat, 05 May 2007 09:46:00 +0000

TXBRaptor has made one heck of a cool trailer for the Halo Movie (when it happens). Take a look.

Steve Downes and Tim Dabado Interview

getvisible — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:00:00 +0000

If you want to learn more about the process of making the Halo game then check out this podcast.

Old News

getvisible — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:57:00 +0000

I've got to write something!

So why not the news that D.B. Weiss is going to be re-writing the script that Alex Garland was allegedly paid $1m by Microsoft and who inturn sold it to Universal for $10million - now that's what I call "good business"!

Halo 3 Beta Registration

getvisible — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:51:00 +0000

If you're wanting to get to grips with the Halo 3 beta, you'll be able to in two ways.

The first is if you buy the new Xbox 360 game ‘Crackdown’, and the other by playing Halo 2 on Xbox Live for three hours from the 1st to the 3rd of Febraury, and being one of the first 13,333 people to do so.

More Strife for Microsoft

getvisible — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:58:00 +0000

After the backing was pulled for the Halo Movie, now Microsoft are getting sued (allegedly) by the company hired to transfer the Halo series to mobile phones. This is according to Seattle PI.

When you throw the Zune MP3 player into the mix then they're having a crap time!

I just wish the voodoo will lift soon and we can get some awesome footage of the new film leaked to signal shit is happening.

Anyone know any expert "head knockers" in Redmond?

Get Real Everybody

getvisible — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:03:00 +0000

I've seen so many posts around the net slagging Microsoft off, saying their greed was to blame for the film being pulled. You could just as easily say that Universal and Fox are to blame - if you didn't have the facts of course!

$hit happens! We can spend from now until the release date is announced arguing over who is to blame. All we can do is support whoever is backing it and give our honest criticisms when the new team is announced.

Tell me why it matters!

Halo 3 on XBox 360 Release Date

getvisible — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:06:00 +0000

So it's nearly a year until the November 23 release date of the eagerly anticipated Halo 3 console game from Microsoft and Bungie.

We just hope that everyone can get their backsides in gear and get the game and movie released at the same time!

If you wanted to get them pre-ordered then try:

USA

Amazon USA
$59.99

Amazon UK
£39.99

Robbie Bach Interview

getvisible — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:53:00 +0000

In an interview with the Mercury News, Robbie Bach, the President of Entertainment and Devices at Microsoft, he talks about loads of Microsoft stuff including the Zune Player, but more importantly about the Halo Movie.

Q: The Halo movie isn’t going so well. That might have been another avenue for Microsoft to pursue in entertainment. As reported, they just decided to redo the contract?
A: Universal and Fox wanted to redo some things between us and others involved. We said if that is the direction you want to go, we would rather pause. Our view is we want something great to be done. You can’t do a budget Halo movie. You have to be serious about it.

Q: Somebody estimated that your division has lost like $3.8 billion or something. Most companies would have given up a long time before they went through anywhere near that much money. Do you guys have a blank check? Is there some point where you reach the end of the rope and somebody says, "You know, you guys have spent way too much money and we're not seeing an end to it?"
A: No. I think the things you have to look at is you have to look at, sure, the dollar investment, and the asset value that's created and then look at the P&L. You have to look at all three of those things. So, yes, the amount of investment, in particular on Xbox, has been a large number. So, compare that to the alternatives and some of the alternatives would have been, "Well, go buy somebody big." So, you could have looked and said, "Go buy Nintendo." And Nintendo at the time would have been a $15 billion acquisition. So, by any stretch of the imagination, a much bigger investment. And if I look at the asset we've built, it's a different asset than Nintendo has, and they certainly have got a great company, but it's an asset that we can be proud of. So, the first thing I'd say is, we went in knowing it was going to be a big investment, but the size of the marketplace and the importance to what we're doing justify that.

Q: I was happy to see the Halo investment step up there with multiple games. I always wondered if Microsoft had enough soldiers on the battlefield …
A: So to speak.

Q: As far as having enough game developers and games in the works. Microsoft hasn’t exploited Halo the way that Electronic Arts would.
A: The balance we have to strike with a property like Halo is taking advantage of the intellectual property itself and not wearing out the franchise. Electronic Arts has an advantage in a way with sports where it is self-renewing. And it’s not even their doing. It’s the nature of the sport, with new players, new stadiums, and new teams. In something like Halo, you have to look at how do we maximize the intellectual property. We could do eight things, but that’s probably too many. It’s also important for us to have more than just Halo. That is why Viva Piñata is important. That’s why Forza Motorsport 2 is important. It’s why Project Gotham Racing is important. It’s why Gears of War is important. It’s important for our first-party group to have a range of titles.

Delays or Dead - you decide!

getvisible — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:33:00 +0000

I know I haven't updated this for ages. Shit happens so here's the stuff that I've missed.

Yep we all know the Halo Movie has been delayed but we could still see it in 2008. Despite the comments below. Where there's a will ...

What he would confirm about Jackson is that the "Halo" movie the filmmaker is signed on to produce won't be happening any time soon. In the last few weeks the studios financing the film backed out, and Jackson said the project would be on ice until new funding came in. "While we have no deals to announce, everyone in Hollywood is looking at it," Moore said, adding that "several studios" have gone to Wellington to check out the work that's already been done. Gamers will just have to wait. "For the magnitude of what the script is — I've read the screenplay — and what we need to do to uphold the 'Halo' universe for its legion of fans in the way they want to see a movie being made, no, it won't be next year." [From MTV]

The budget was set at around $145 million and two studios appear to have cut their ties with the production due to increasing costs. When the news broke Microsoft released a statement in which they said:

“the Halo franchise is hugely popular and our goal remains the same -to find a partner that shares our passion and will creatively collaborate with us to best represent the story and spirit of the Halo franchise. Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and the rest of the creative team are dedicated to ensuring the Halo movie becomes a reality. We are disappointed that Universal wanted to significantly renegotiate the financial points of the deal…We are already in discussions with potential partners who recognize the value of the 'Halo' brand."

And Bunie added their thoughts:

“Universal and Fox wanted to renegotiate the Halo movie deal at the 11th hour and Microsoft and its partners, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh refused…. The
reality here at Bungie towers is a feeling of optimism, satisfaction and happiness for reasons we can’t go into. Frankly we’re interested in making the best movie, and it’s possible that a partner who’s more concerned with numbers, might not be the best partner for what’s more vitally a creative process. Suffice it to say that Peter, Neill, Fran and Microsoft are as excited and dedicated as ever and WETA continues the pre-production process. Actually, when you do finally get to see the stuff WETA has already made, you will probably pee a little. Hopefully … we can share excellent news with you in the next few weeks. ”

A local News Report which features a quick comment from Jackson is below:

Halo 3 & Halo Wars RTS

getvisible — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 20:45:00 +0000

A week or so ago at the X06 conference in Barcelona Microsoft announced that it has employed Ensemble studios (who created the Age of Empires RTS) to work on a real-time strategy game for Halo.

The game has been called Halo Wars and will only be available on the Xbox 360 and a trailer can be seen below.

Film Release "Confirmed" as Summer 2008

getvisible — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:39:00 +0000

Finding the director to fill the Halo Movie hotseat has been more like a game musical chairs. Peter Jackson has been muted who was followed by Guillermo Del Toro and recently we have Neill Blomkamp as the vision behind the movie.

Even though Jackson is still an Executive Producer and his workshops in charge of the visual effects, costumes etc.

But when will we find out the cast? Hopefully that'll be something that's cleared up in the next few months.

Neill Blomkamp To Be Director

getvisible — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:46:00 +0000

News reaches us that the director for the upcoming Halo Movile will be Neill Blomkamp.

The South African isn't all that well known, but did direct an episode of the TV series Dark Angel, Smallville. as well asbeing the lead animator on 3000 Miles to Graceland and director of Alive in Joburg.

Resources: Movies Online / Rocky Mountain News / Ferrago

New Writer Halo Film?

getvisible — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 10:21:00 +0000

IMDB reports that Alex Garland is no longer writing the Halo Movie and that D.B Weiss is. This may be that Garland but the bones of the story using his experience and now Weiss, who is a novelist, has been brought in to flesh it up and add some more atmosphere.

Another Empty Rumour?

getvisible — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 23:46:00 +0000

I've had information in front of me saying that Master Chief will be played by Denzel Washington. Anyone else heard this?

Surely this can't be true - certainly wouldn't be my first choice!

Resources: Rotten Tomatoes / Cinema Blend / CanMag / Igniq / Moviehole / The London Free Press / Joystiq

We're Bungie, not Halo!

getvisible — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 12:35:00 +0000

The music director of Bungie, Marty O'Donnell told 1UP that the development of Halo 3 is taking up a lot of their time and that the department doesn't want to just focus on Halo Games for ever.

The interview below gives a fantastic insight into the movie and the development of the next game. It's so well worth a watch.

But don't expect Halo 3 to be the last game ever, especially when you think of the interest that the Halo Movie will foster among people. Marty commented "We're not walking away from Halo, because it's a great universe and a great franchise. There's lots of story that we can tell about Halo, but we're working on other stuff."

Just watch the 1up.com interview:

Bungie Distracted by Windows Vista Version

getvisible — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 12:23:00 +0000

The title may be a little harsh, but Bungie are trying to work on a Halo2 version for Windows Vista, Halo 3 for the XBox 360 and be involved with the production of the Halo Movie.

But seeing as the movie looks set to be delayed until 2008 I'm sure they'll have enough time to get a kick-arse flick infront of us asap.

Halo 2, Vol. 1 [SOUNDTRACK]

getvisible — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 12:06:00 +0000

If you can't get enough of Halo when you're away from your Xbox then buy the Halo 2 Soundtrack and burn it to your iPod. The tunes are so damn atmospheric who couldn't enjoy whacking them on on the way to work?

Here's the play list:

1. Halo Theme Mjolnir Mix
2. Blow Me Away - Breaking Benjamin
3. Peril
4. Ghosts Of Reach
5. Follow (1st Movement Of The Odyssey) - Incubus
6. Heretic, Hero
7. Flawed Legacy
8. Impend
9. Never Surrender - Nile Rodgers
10. Ancient Machine
11. 2nd Movement Of The Odyssey - Incubus
12. In Amber Clad
13. The Last Spartan
14. Orbit Of Glass
15. 3rd Movement Of The Odyssey - Incubus
16. Heavy Price Paid
17. Earth City
18. High Charity
19. 4th Movement Of The Odyssey - Incubus
20. Remembrance
21. Connected - Hoobastank

Buy:
Amazon US: $12.98
Amazon UK: £12.99

The Art of Halo: Creating a Virtual Masterpiece

getvisible — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 11:46:00 +0000

There are many things that set Halo apart from other games and that's the quality of the graphics (let alone the soundtrack and the gameplay). Now Eric Trautman has put together a book that collates some of the fantastic artwork and behind-the-scenes discussions that accompanied the development of the game.

Amazon Description:
A lavish, full-colour collection of the artwork prepared in the course of creating the award-winning and massively successful Xbox video game, Halo. Included are behind-the-scenes secrets, stories and anecdotes recounting the making of the game, concept sketches, characters and environments. The text focuses on the techniques used in the illustrations and the stories of the team that made the game. This is a must for any fan of the Halo world.

Buy:
Amazon US: $14.93
Amazon UK: £9.09

More details released

getvisible — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:00:00 +0000

The team to push forward has been announced: Fox, Universal, Microsoft, Bungie and Peter Jackson - now this should be a good flic considering that it'll be shot in Jackson's native New Zealand.

Jackson commented:

“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, Fran [Walsh] 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.”

Fox are just as excited: Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos, Co-Chairmen of Fox Filmed Entertainment remarked, “HALO, Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh, Fox, Universal and Microsoft. That is one hell of a starting five, and we can't wait to play.” Bill Gates, Micrsoft Chairman commented:

“Peter Jackson is one of Hollywood’s most exciting innovators, and our partnership with him will greatly broaden the appeal of the HALO franchise, We’re confident he’ll create an epic that not only thrills existing HALO fans, but also introduces millions of moviegoers around the world to this amazing saga.”

Now this should be a cracker!