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Steven Spielberg revives hopes for a HALO film!!!

11 August 2009One CommentPosted by Phil

Most of you, if not all of you, are well aware of the difficulties for getting a Halo film off the ground. Halo of course is the popular video game which a film would be based on. Last, super producer Peter Jackson was heading production with District 9 director Neill Blomkamp running for director, however, as things go, it fell apart and the rights went back to Microsoft. The big news - movie god Steven Spielberg may have gotten excited and is currently pursuing the product!

"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," IESB says with excitement. "It's the man behind Jaws, E.T., Indiana Jones and Transformers, Mr. Steven Spielberg."

Apparently, Spielberg read the spec script that Stuart Beattie wrote during the writers strike. That script is based off of the book, Halo: The Fall of Reach, and was also impressed by the concept art released online by Latino Review a few months back - one of which you can see below.

What do you want me to say? Yeah, I'm really excited about this!! It's Steven Spielberg - my favorite director of all time!! Sadly, I doubt he'll direct the film because he already has so much on his plate but man... if news comes out that he's going to drop everything and make Halo a priority, I'm going to lose my shit!

Thanks to IESB, they remind us of a quick script review that Latino Review posted a while back. You can see that just below and you can also read the full story over at IESB.net.

The script is, first and foremost, a character-driven story about a soldier named John who was kidnapped or "conscripted" by the UNSC when he was just six years old, and then brutally trained to become an elite Spartan warrior known as Master Chief 117.

The script then takes us through the horrific first contact with the Covenant hordes on the doomed colony world of Harvest, and then climaxes with the spectacular fall of the UNSC forward base on Reach, during which every other Spartan is slaughtered.

The script also gives detailed outlines for the second movie, HALO: RISE OF THE FLOOD, which takes place entirely on the Halo ringworld, and the third and final movie, HALO: BATTLE FOR EARTH, which roughly follows the events of Halo 3, the game.

One cool advantage of this first script is that (like the shark in JAWS) you don't even see the Covenant until halfway through the movie. And because all the creatures are CGI creations, this cuts the budget down dramatically and makes a first Halo movie that much more viable. For Halo fans, it's like the prequel that provides all the answers to questions they've thought about for years. For non Halo fans, it's an exciting action movie that provides a clear, concise introduction to a world five hundred years in the future with relatable characters and a terrifying alien menace.