Halo : The Fall of Reach News/Speculation/Discussion

[Doze]

I can't wait for this one!!!!!

Prep work on the Halo film continues, according to Kamins, mostly thanks to the involvement of executive producers Jackson and Walsh. Most of the pre-production is being done at their visual effects studios in New Zealand, Weta Digital and Weta Workshop, so there will be no stalling.

Link: http://www.gamesradar.com/us/xbox360...00000000000350

[dosed150]

has anyone seen landfall its a short live action halo film by Neill Blomkamp- was picked as director for the halo movie its on xbox live or you can download it here http://www.bungie.net/News/content.a...news&cid=12901

[Acolyte Of Bli'l'ab]

if this does happen itll be the first sci-fi film in well over a decade that'll probably actually like..go peter jackson!

[P-90_177]

I really hope it is made. it would be awsome if it ends up being like those live action battle scenes that were made for the run up to the third being released.

[OobeDoobBenubi]

You got to hand it to these guys they must really love Halo

[Xicer]

Any word on the plot? Will it be based off of the books or just start where the games started?

[Doze]

Any word on the plot? Will it be based off of the books or just start where the games started?

From IMDb.com

Plot Outline:
After they crash-land on an artificial ring-world called "Halo", a navy captain, his surviving marines, and a genetically-and-surgically-enhanced supersoldier called "Master Chief" must find out what the Covenant, the genocidal alien race they are at war with, are looking for on the ring. However, Halo holds more secrets than either side imagined.

BUT IMDb still has the movie as 'Officially canceled?'. So that info may be bad but it is the only plot news I have heard.

[DigiFluid]

I really don't understand the Halo hype. At all. I've played the second and third games, single- and multiplayer, at a friend's house. They're really nothing to write home about. More of an exercise in stunning mediocrity and unoriginality of ideas that have been done years before both in the sci-fi genre and in the FPS genre....

To condense all of my Halo-related feelings to one entertaining image...

if this does happen itll be the first sci-fi film in well over a decade that'll probably actually like..go peter jackson!

Methinks you're not looking hard enough If I could impose to make some recommendations...

1991
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day

1992...skip 1992

1993
- Jurassic Park

1994
- Stargate (...duh )

1995
- Species
- Twelve Monkeys

1996
- Star Trek: First Contact

1997
- Contact
- Event Horizon (to this day, one of the best SF/horror films I've seen)
- The Fifth Element (harmless fun)
- Gattaca
- Starship Troopers (lol)

1998
- Deep Impact

1999
- Galaxy Quest (harmless fun)
- The Matrix

2000
- X-Men

2001
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (just..don't watch the last 5-10 mins or so of the movie and it's gold)

2002
- 28 Days Later
- Minority Report
- Resident Evil (harmless fun)

2003
- Matrix Reloaded (I don't care what anyone says, as good if not better than the first)

2004
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2005
- The Island (harmless fun)
- Serenity

2006
- Children of Men
- V for Vendetta

2007
- Transformers (harmless fun)

BUT IMDb still has the movie as 'Officially canceled?'. So that info may be bad but it is the only plot news I have heard.

IMDb is user submitted much like Wikipedia is, that may be why.

[AvatarIII]

I really don't understand the Halo hype. At all. I've played the second and third games, single- and multiplayer, at a friend's house. They're really nothing to write home about. More of an exercise in stunning mediocrity and unoriginality of ideas that have been done years before both in the sci-fi genre and in the FPS genre....

To condense all of my Halo-related feelings to one entertaining image...



Methinks you're not looking hard enough If I could impose to make some recommendations...

1991
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day

1992...skip 1992

1993
- Jurassic Park

1994
- Stargate (...duh )

1995
- Species
- Twelve Monkeys

1996
- Star Trek: First Contact

1997
- Contact
- Event Horizon (to this day, one of the best SF/horror films I've seen)
- The Fifth Element (harmless fun)
- Gattaca
- Starship Troopers (lol)

1998
- Deep Impact

1999
- Galaxy Quest (harmless fun)
- The Matrix

2000
- X-Men

2001
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (just..don't watch the last 5-10 mins or so of the movie and it's gold)

2002
- 28 Days Later
- Minority Report
- Resident Evil (harmless fun)

2003
- Matrix Reloaded (I don't care what anyone says, as good if not better than the first)

2004
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2005
- The Island (harmless fun)
- Serenity

2006
- Children of Men
- V for Vendetta

2007
- Transformers (harmless fun)



IMDb is user submitted much like Wikipedia is, that may be why.

lol, love the pic, after Unreal/UT, HL is my fave FPS series, halo is way down the bottom somewhere

and the Matrix sequals are only good if you watch them together, and you should have gone back a year to include Total Recall, and i think Independence Day, Alien3 and eXistenZ, or even Men in Black and Alien Resurrection are better than some of the films you have on your list, but oh well, each to theyre own, maybe i just have low standards

[Doze]

... maybe i just have low standards

Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. lol

[DigiFluid]

1- and the Matrix sequals are only good if you watch them together,

2- and you should have gone back a year to include Total Recall,

3- and i think Independence Day, Alien3 and eXistenZ, or even Men in Black and Alien Resurrection are better than some of the films you have on your list, but oh well, each to theyre own, maybe i just have low standards

1 - I agree, they work better as a pair, mostly because of the end of Reloaded. But there's something that was just missing from Revolutions, that I can't quite put my finger on even four years later. That's why I didn't include it.

2 - Great movie, but I had to draw the line somewhere. I also thought it was out earlier than that...oh well, guess I was wrong.

3 - ID4 and MIB were decent movies, yeah. Certainly flashy and high budget, I probably should've included them too. I seem to be in the minority of people who actually like Alien3, I just think it fell victim to the standards set by the first two films. That popular disdain is really the only reason I didn't include it... Alien Resurrection, IMO, was an absolute abortion of a film and I wouldn't include it in any list resembling 'good'... And eXistenZ, I have heard good things about, but I never got around to seeing it so, I didn't include it since I didn't really have a valid opinion on it

[AvatarIII]

1 - I agree, they work better as a pair, mostly because of the end of Reloaded. But there's something that was just missing from Revolutions, that I can't quite put my finger on even four years later. That's why I didn't include it.

2 - Great movie, but I had to draw the line somewhere. I also thought it was out earlier than that...oh well, guess I was wrong.

3 - ID4 and MIB were decent movies, yeah. Certainly flashy and high budget, I probably should've included them too. I seem to be in the minority of people who actually like Alien3, I just think it fell victim to the standards set by the first two films. That popular disdain is really the only reason I didn't include it... Alien Resurrection, IMO, was an absolute abortion of a film and I wouldn't include it in any list resembling 'good'... And eXistenZ, I have heard good things about, but I never got around to seeing it so, I didn't include it since I didn't really have a valid opinion on it

have you watched the directors cut's of either alien 3 or 4? they are 10 times better, like the difference between daredevil and daredevil directors cut, but more
eXistenZ is awesome though! totally recommend it

[DigiFluid]

I've got the Alien DVD box set so yeah... I still liked 3, I just know that most people don't. And no amount of directorial or acting skill could have saved 4, the script was just an absolute disgrace. I have no doubt they tried to make the best of what they were given, which was unfortunately not much.

I'll definitely have to give eXistenZ a shot though. Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm, Chris Eccleston, and Sarah Polley (drool)? Absolutely.

[AvatarIII]

and directed by David Cronenburg, it is one of the best, weirdest, non-action (except a little bit) sci-fi's in a long time, difinately up there with GATTACA and Children of Men.

[Zatarc]

Excellent, I hope they do go ahead with the Halo film(s)...it's about time we got a decent spce opera at the movies again. Im sure with Peter Jackson behind it, it'll definately get somewhere.


I've said it before, but i ave to agree, Alien 3 was really good!

[Madwelshboy]

Steven Spielberg to Produce Halo Movie?

IESB has posted an interesting scoop saying that Steven Spielberg is in talks to produce Halo: The Fall of Reach, screenwriter Stuart Beattie's adaptation of the Eric Nylund novel that is based on the series of video games. Here's an excerpt from their article:

IESB has learned exclusively (believe me this is solid and I've confirmed it three times over with studio executives and our close ties to CAA) that one of the biggest producers in Hollywood history is currently in active negotiations to develop the feature film adaptation and no it's not Jerry Bruckheimer or Peter Jackson. It's the man behind Jaws, E.T., Indiana Jones and Transformers, Mr. Steven Spielberg.

Spielberg is blown away by writer Stuart Beattie's take on the game in his script entitled HALO THE FALL OF REACH. This coupled with the fact that his Dreamworks umbrella is looking for a big tent pole to help launch their newly independant studio with distribution over at Walt Disney Pictures after losing Transformers to Paramount in the separation, it's the perfect combination

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=57861

[SaberBlade]

If Steven Speilberg can be "blown away" by a script then that's one of the best things you can hear about a movie in development. If it also gets him onboard to produce, it's something to be excited about indeed.

[Alan Wake]

Won't it be hard to address the fact that we never seen behind the mask of master chief, or hear his voice for that matter?

I'm all for this movie... but look at what they did to Doom. No repeats please.

[dosed150]

Won't it be hard to address the fact that we never seen behind the mask of master chief, or hear his voice for that matter?

I'm all for this movie... but look at what they did to Doom. No repeats please.

well if its based on fall of reach at least we know its a good story, well you dont need to see behind his mask or any of the other spartans, as for voice i imagine he would have an accent but making up an accent sounds like a bad idea,

[Empress Vajnraa]

Won't it be hard to address the fact that we never seen behind the mask of master chief, or hear his voice for that matter?

I'm all for this movie... but look at what they did to Doom. No repeats please.

well if its based on fall of reach at least we know its a good story, well you dont need to see behind his mask or any of the other spartans, as for voice i imagine he would have an accent but making up an accent sounds like a bad idea,

We hear the Cheif's voice in the game, WTF... Besides his physical and facial appearance is described in one of the books.