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Some of this has awesome info that I don't remember from that thread.

And I think I just found my new av.

10,000 Pound Gorilla
by Frankie at 10/4/2005 10:30 AM PDT
Mighty Joe Staten has some very, very, very big news about the Halo movie. News so large that mere secrecy cannot contain it. It's time for us to share the fact that the Halo movie will rock. Guaranteed.

http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.asp … ;p=4955829

Thanks, GE!

related (sorta):

The Halo Movie Companion!
Posted by Frankie at 10/4/2005 3:29 PM PDT
Our very own Lorraine McLees gives some insight into the process of making the Halo Movie Companion, the most detailed Halo reference document ever conceived!

http://www.bungie.net/News/Story.aspx?l … CA01C664DD

IcarusFountain wrote:

And I think I just found my new av.

Hollywood Icks?

I'm right there with ya.  Hells, I might even venture to Chicago to see it with some old friends I haven't seen in a while

A little extra...

Of Lords, and Pawns
The Register has a slightly different spin on the 'Peter Jackson as Exec Producer' news than other sites have shown so far - they're wondering if Jackson isn't just window dressing, 'more for the poster than the creative input'. While it's possible that this might have been on Microsoft's mind, there are a few things to remember: Jackson's a fan, so it's unlikely he'll sit by if a totally crap movie is being made on his watch; with Jackson (and wife Fran Walsh) comes their special effects studios - WETA Workshop and WETA Digital - meaning that the environment, at the very least, will be spectacular; and Bungie themselves are quite excited about Jackson's involvement - if it were only a publicity stunt, I've no doubt that we'd hear grumblings about it from the dev team. The other tidbit of note about this article is that it was written by Tony Smith, a name that longtime Bungie fans might recognize - he's the man behind the Origin of Species series of maps for Bungie's earlier game, Marathon, a project that won almost universal acclaim... this is a guy who loved Bungie deeply back in the day. He doesn't want to see this go wrong, any more than the rest of us do. Thanks to Matt Warner for the heads-up. Update: Reuters has an article on the situation, as well - and it actually includes quotes from Jackson (something most other articles are missing). Jackson says that his excitement let him and his wife to become "creative godfathers" on the film - this would suggest a non-hands-off approach.

"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," Jackson said. "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. I'm a huge fan of the game and look forward to helping it come alive on the cinema screen."

This doesn't sound like a guy who's on board for the poster... thanks, mnemesis. (Louis Wu 18:48:57)

http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=14199

WETA doing props, Forerunner structures, aliens &/or CGI... lookin' good. (<-caution, dialuppers: 1.28MB)

Like this!

The Great Hollywood Journey: Part 3
by Frankie at 11/1/2005 1:58 PM PST
Joe Staten, recently returned from WETA Studios in New Zealand, is pleased as punch to tell you what he got up to while he was there. Are we jealous of him? Yes. The Halo movie is coming, folks.

The Great Hollywood Journey, Part III

Halo Movie Facts
- Alex Garland (28 days later) wrote the screenplay. (He is not Directing)
- Peter Jackson is the Executive Producer (He is not the director)
- WETA is doing the Special Effects.
- The Movie is scheduled for a 2007 release. (No exact date has been announced)
- Universal Studios and 20th Century Fox are working togather on it.

Rumored- These are pure ruumors not facts and may subject to change
- Kevin Allsworth is playing Master Chief (IMDB)
- The Movie is based on the book Fall of reach (Gameinformer Magazine)

If the movie is going to be based on The Fall Of Reach then the movie will look like a rip off of Soldier

I'll get right on it.

"Alta, Peter Jackson, and no interruptions please? Thanks."

Bat wrote:

...and maybe delay it 'til '08.

Well if H3 doesn't come out until the '07 holidays. The movie could ride on the buzz wave created during launch or the Bungie folks who are to help guide the movie are just too busy with H3. I can dream can't I.

The year could shape up something like this:
2007 1stQ Vista and H2 PC
2007 4thQ H3
2008 1stQ H:Movie

Given the 360 is a console and should be interacted with as such, I doubt you see anything more advanced than the little Lik-Sang toys for the prior generation.  The PS3 is allegedly the more computer-like device.  And don't take that as a jab, I realize your comment is in a "as long as we're wishing" vein.

sosumi wrote:

Given the 360 is a console and should be interacted with as such, I doubt you see anything more advanced than the little Lik-Sang toys for the prior generation.  The PS3 is allegedly the more computer-like device.  And don't take that as a jab, I realize your comment is in a "as long as we're wishing" vein.

No prob- it is wishing, I'd be content with another Lik-Sang (true support would probably have to be coded into the games, which it isn't, and XBLA makes it clear MS prefers to keep the platforms separate even while bringing them together), but when checking the L-S forums a month or two back, it looked likely there wouldn't even be a Smartjoy Frag 360 Ed. Can't remember why not offhand- licensing? USB 2.0?- but no one had succeeded in making anything like that work after 7+ months. Guess I'll wait and let finances, and some time spent with the Xbox controller, decide if/when I get a 360 and Halo 3. I might end up waiting for the Vista version, hard as that'd be... even a toy adapter like the Lik-Sang could tip the balance, tho. Levi saw how differently I played H2 on it. Rusty on the controller after a year off, but still much better & happier on the floor with a beater 400 dpi mouse at full cord stretch and sensitivity on 10, 6 feet from a big TV and a mousepad too small for that dpi. If my bag o' stuff hadn't fallen in the car & my 2000 dpi wireless laser jobbie spilled out, I could've actually shown some chops.

Also, as he and DocB keep reminding us, there's Gears of War coming...

(I'm not getting a PS3, but altho I read last year about m/k support with it, I haven't heard anything since. I don't know at this point if PS3 games will have other than controller support, either).

Last edited by Bat (2006-06-05 3:12 am)

Leonard Nimoy wrote:

7/7/07?

That is so not '08...

Points for trying to work in as many 7s as possible, but if 18 months seems unlikely, 13 seems... 5 months less likely.

Now, if you could work a 343 or 2401 in there and still have an '08 release date, we'd have... that. And you'd get ... wait, I mean !



Plus a pay hike.