NEWS: Peter Jackson's Follow-Up to Kong? Halo.

CULTURE: Peter Jackson's Follow-Up to Kong? Halo.

Since Microsoft and Bungie Studios began shopping around the rights to produce a film based on the Halo game franchise (with scripts hand delivered to studios by the Master Chief himself, or himselves as the case may be), fanboy speculation has been rampant. Some was positive, based on the script's writer, Alex Garland, who also wrote 28 Days Later. Some was intensely negative as well, such as rumors claiming Uwe Boll, the infamous cinematic defiler of several video game features, as director. This was later debunked as ridiculous, and recently another rumor was also called ridiculous and widely regarded as false: that Peter Jackson would produce the film. This would be a Halo fanboy's dream, and an excellent move on the part of Bungie, Microsoft, and Universal to help ensure a great film, and thus seemed highly unlikely.

Thing is, it was true.

I wanted to write this movie off as soon as i heard it was on the market. A glimmer of hope has now peeked out. This thing could still be a flop, but after the Rings trilogy, and amid the buzz that King Kong is generating, this could be huge.

holy crap...

These smilies arem't big enough to reflect my own

I just came..............

Meet... the... Feebles...

beat that grand theft auto.

I think I need a cigarette.

goddamn. WETA + Halo... at the absolute least, that's going to be a hell of a pretty movie.

I don't understand why people think PJ is so great. Honestly, with LOTR he had a really solid story to work from, but despite that (or perhaps because of it) every little original piece that he added to the picture sucked.

WETA is what made the LOTR movies good, not PJ.

Drink lots of varnish, do you?

Wow....I'm going to go Swoon now. A good video game movie? Does anyone else but me feel a chilly wind blowing from down south?

Hmmm... thing is, the CGI will be so resource intensive even a decent DVD player in a few years time will still chug along at about 25fps...

woo hoo! even though Halo 2's story was kinda weak, if they stick with the first Halo, this could be a first ever awesome video game movie.

Doom comes out pretty soon though, and that might (might) be good. I kinda like the 1st person filming they show on the trailer, assuming it dosen't make me sick in the theater.

I think it is stupid as all hell. It's a
movie; I can see that everytime I play the game. But hey, opinions and assholes I guess.

I doubt this will really interfere with that. "Executive producer" really doesn't mean a lot, I think basically all it means is their using his company and he get his name in the credits. He doesn't really have to be involved with the movie himself.

yeah, executive producers just get their name on the credits for fun.




[Edited on Oct 04, 2005 by asinine]

yea but it'll be REALLY BIG!

Oh no .......... another video game movie. I thought it was bad enough that Doom is now a movie.

Holy balls!

OMFG!!! I HAVE to be part of this movie somehow!!!!!!!!!

generally: yes. sometimes it's a nominal writing credit, sometimes they're actually involved. producers are backers rather than moviemakers.

Hey! Someone is forgetting the Super Mario Brothers movie!

Luigi: Wow, you mean there were dinosaurs here in Brooklyn?
Mario: Relax, Luigi. There used to be Dodgers here too.

Now if thats not Grade A scriptwriting... I don't know what is.

Okay, so are they going to get an actress for Cortana or just render her? Because I'm all for using the voice actress from the games and getting Doctor Aiki Ross to play the avatar.

Hugh Jackman for the Chief? He's kinda got the voice. And the dude from Aliens as the Sarge.

You know, he has done other films besides LOTR.

And I'm pretty blase about this news. I'm glad he's only executive producing, so it's not like he's wasting vast amounts of his time directing it, but still, this is energy he could devote to something more worthy.