Halo Movie Director Announced

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August 8, 2006 - 9:00pm
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Are you busy in the summer of 2008? Because someone, somewhere, is getting in line right now to buy a ticket to the motion picture adaptation of Halo. This exciting project, which will be produced by geek gods and Academy Award winners Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh under their WingNut Films banner for Universal Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox, has finally announced a director.

The Halo motion picture will be helmed by Neill Blomkamp, making his feature film debut. Blomkamp is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and original artists currently working in short films and commercial advertising. Halo will be distributed domestically by Universal and internationally by Fox. Visual effects, miniatures, and creature design and creation will all be handled by Jackson's award-winning Weta Digital Ltd. and Weta Workshop, Ltd., most recently known for their Oscar-worthy work on The Lord of the Rings films.

A native of South Africa, Blomkamp directed the acclaimed 2005 short film, Alive in Joburg, that depicted a future in which extraterrestrials have become refugees. Last year, Blomkamp also received three Clio Awards and a Visual Effects Society Award for his television commercial Citroen-Alive with Technology. In 2004, Blomkamp was recognized as "One of the Top Five Directors to Watch" at the First Boards Awards and was a featured artist at the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase at Cannes. He has also been nominated for an Emmy award for his work on an episode of James Cameron's Dark Angel.

Mary Parent, Scott Stuber and Peter Schlessel will produce Halo. The film is currently targeted for a Summer 2008 worldwide release. Halo will be shot in Wellington, New Zealand, and will make use of the full range of Jackson's state-of-the-art production and post-production facilities there, including Weta, Stone Street Studios, and Park Road Post.

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, said Jackson. 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. With Neill on board, I'm even more excited by the potential of this project.

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Halo Movie Director Announced

I'm just glad it wasn't that Uwe guy. This guy is a pretty good director. Just hasn't directed a movie. Should be interesting because he will have the drive to impress people since it's his first attempt. It's kinda like a new music artist. The first album is usually a classic. After that, the hunger to make it is gone.

Halo Movie Director Announced

Not to be a critic, but this has a good chance of bombing. There has never been a good movie made from a Video Game. They simply cant cover all the content in a popular game to fit into 2 hrs. Some barely even remind of you the game at all (Doom the movie). But, with Jackson overseeing things this may have a chance. I really hope they pull this off.

Halo Movie Director Announced

I think that maybe they should make it a CG movie. Make it close to the game as possible because there are some things that actors just can't do. Can you imagine another voice besides the one we all know as Master Chief???

Halo Movie Director Announced

Lord of the Rings... a third King Kong remake and now a video game movie... Based on a crappy video game at that.Word of advise to Jackson's creative side... STOP SELLING OUT, b***h! Dead Alive and the Frighteners show that you can make a good film, so start doing it!

Halo Movie Director Announced

I hope they tell the stort better in the movie halo 1 had no back ground story or any thing you didnt even no wtf was going onbut it cant be as bad as some game movies like house of the dead lmao and doom well doom was a ok movie as long as you didnt thank it was based on doom games

Halo Movie Director Announced

"I hope they make the movie all first person like the scenes in doom the movie. That was the most original and immersive movie experience ever!"Wow what the hell are you smoking? better yet how much did you smoke(or snort), or were you born in 1995? I Mean if you think DOOM is original then you got some crap taste.

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