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TechnoK · Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:46 pm Plug Pulled On New Halo Movie in Hollywood!

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Both Fox and Universal have decided to pull the plug on the Halo movie adaptation due to concerns over the rising budget and novice director Neil Blomkamp. The budget on the film has been rumored to approach $200 million, well above the original $135 million, a claim strongly denied by executive producer Peter Jackson's agent Ken Kamins.

According to Kamins, "What happened was this: Universal, on behalf of both studios, asked for a meeting with the filmmakers just prior to the due date of a significant payment. Basically, they said that in order to move forward with the film, the filmmakers had to significantly reduce their deals. They waited until the last minute to have this conversation. Peter and Fran, after speaking with their producing partners and with Microsoft and Bungee (the studio that designed the original game), respectfully declined." The due date he refers to is the now past-due October 15th deadline that Microsoft set for an up-front payment of $5 million for the rights to the film and the script penned by Alex Garland, and a further payment of 10% of the gross.

While waiting until the last minute is nothing new in Hollywood or other business ventures, it is hard to argue with Universal and Fox's decision to pull out at this stage. Even though the two studios were partnered on the film, they would have both been laying out more than $100 million each in budget costs, to share only 45% of the profits, in a genre that has never performed well at the box office -- video game adaptations.

The involvement of Peter Jackson was a huge shot in the arm for the production, but there have been many concerns over the hiring of first-time director Blomkamp to the project, who only has 3D animation and short film credits to his name. Not exactly someone you'd want to trust with a $200 million dollar budget, and the reins to the crown jewel in Microsoft's gaming empire. Blomkamp's short film Alive in Joburg does have strong visual elements reminiscent of the Halo universe, but it would be an enormous leap to go from that to a mega-budget Hollywood tentpole.

Pre-production work continues on the film, and Kamins claims that they remain behind Blomkamp's vision for the film, but with two major Hollywood studios pulling out, what are the chances it will reach the movies?

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Lt. ColdFire · Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:13 pm

Pay the staff less. They'll get over it.

TechnoK · Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:03 pm

right on. :D
on the topic of Game movies~
Doom the Movie could've been better though.
Just my opinion.
Wish the Dude could've turned into the Big monster at the end! :?

Lt. ColdFire · Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:10 pm

Yeah, it definetely could have been better. Acting was kinda bad; if you're paying the actors millions just to pose and talk in front of a camera, make them do it until they do it to perfection. Special effects were pretty good, quality amount of blood and gore. Cussing went a little out of proportion just as most modern movies today do so. Sad, but true.

TechnoK · Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:16 pm

I totally agree with ya here.
The acting was somewhat B rated. :roll:
Could've upgraded their weapons as well, possibly.
Enough Gore, etc. It was pretty fantastic in that regard, I admit. :shock:
The Movie didn't last nearly as long as expected either. :?

Lt. ColdFire · Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:17 pm

Yeah, well... their first mistake was when they decided not to hire me. It was all down hill from there. :wink:

TechnoK · Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:33 pm

I personally wouldn't have wanted to be in the movie~ I'd probably have ended up with a stroke before I'd have gotton finished filming! LOL :shock:

Lt. ColdFire · Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:35 pm

Well, I could have been one of the monsters.

TechnoK · Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:44 pm

yah! I think It would be a lot cooler to be the preditor, rather than the pray; in this situation! :shock:

Lt. ColdFire · Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:54 pm

The monsters own. So does Nessie.

TechnoK · Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:00 pm

Yep! I would'nt be a zombie either, they are too stupid, well they seem to be. I'd have to have more smarts than that!
Of coarse if I had master Guns, or a Heck of a Futuristic weapon, I may not mind being the person. But without the Mass weapons, and a hell of a lot of amo, forget it man! :shock:

Lt. ColdFire · Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:05 pm

Idk... Dwayne does have some master guns if you ask me, even though he was pretty much a zombie at the end... or maybe he was smart too?

TechnoK · Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:07 pm

Those are Big guns! Got a point there!
He was pretty good in the Movie.

Lt. ColdFire · Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:08 pm

You're just saying that 'cause he has guns... lol

nah, you're right though, he was and is a good actor.

TechnoK · Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:23 pm

Yah they are big. I wouldn't want to piss him off! Ah! :shock: