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Ok, I read this rumor in this month's OXM.  Not sure how true it is, but being the "Offical Xbox Magazine" and all you'd think it was a decent source.

Rumor has it that Peter Jackson will be producing the Halo movie, and that his effects studio: WETA will do all the fancy effects.

Sounds like they're moving on from fantasy licenses (LoTR) and remakes (King Kong) and moving on to sci-fi.

If anyone can do the Master Chief cred, its PJ.

The "rumor" is not a rumor. You can read about it on bungie's website.

However, since they still don't have a director, you still never know how its going to turn out. It will obviously depend on who they get to direct the film, how 'hands-on' PJ is as a producer and how good the script actually is.

Still, its a great step towards actually making a quality movie instead of some more Doom type crap.

As long as they get a restraining order to keep Uwe Boll more than 500 ft away from any script or set they use they should be fine.

Seem to like the Halo series dont you Russ?

 

Not sure how i feel about them making a Halo movie, if it was good I guess thatd be fine, but i have a feeling DEEP down that theyd butcher the storyline (what storyline, isnt it just about killing ). Now a Halo comedy based on Red vs. Blue, now THAT would be class. Either way it'll make a ton of money beacuse you just *know* that everyone will be going to see it.

nobody wrote:
As long as they get a restraining order to keep Uwe Boll more than 500 ft away from any script or set they use they should be fine.

Well, don't forget about Paul W.S. Anderson (the "genius" behind the Resident Evil and Alien vs. Predator debacles), or Bret "I'm gonna f-up X-men 3" Ratner.

In fact, there are plenty of hack directors running around hollywood just looking to feed right into the studios' desires to make crappy adolescent video game adaptations that appeal only to the lowest common denomenator.

Just looking at Paul W.S. Anderson's upcoming schedule on IMDB reveals the following gems he's producing:

Castlevania (2007) (announced)
Deathrace 3000 (2006) (announced)
Necropolis (2006) (announced)
Driver (2006) (pre-production)
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2006)
DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)


I count 4 video game movies. . .wow.

This deluge of video game movies is going to burst really, really soon if they keep pumping out the kind of crap that Anderson has made.

Dead or Alive looks shocking (not that that should come as a shock to anyone). Uwe Boll is worse though. He has his eyes set on Half-Life, Fallout and Metal Gear Solid as well, which is just a frightening thought...

BYE

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure that Valve would sooner die than give somebody the rights to Half-Life for a movie. I've read some interviews, and they said that they would like to avoid stuff like that. Can't remember which one, though.