Halo movie

Rabies

From Empire

Never was a huge fan of the game. I wonder if it will go the same way like most other game to movie conversions

Third_Echelon

Sounds interesting alright...

I will officially put my name forward for the role of master chief

I reckon that this could be a good movie as it has great potential for a good sci-fi script... hopefully its done well... fingers crossed

Necronomicon

Excellent! I love the Halo games so much, and it definately has the plot to become a movie, always wondered if it would!

BlitzKrieg

i'm worried of judge dread syndrome.

if they get a big name for master chief, they will want to remove the helmet...which is far too iconic in the game to remove...

Necronomicon

They really couldn't take the helmet off....that would be like doing a Half-Life game and giving him dialogue!

flogen

BlitzKrieg wrote:

i'm worried of judge dread syndrome.

if they get a big name for master chief, they will want to remove the helmet...which is far too iconic in the game to remove...

yeah, that was my first thought too.
I dunno, Halo is a great game, but the story for the second game wasn't great... and would the film just be an adaptation of one of the games, a follow on or a prequel?? I'd hate to see a film that had nothing to do with the games but at the same time I'd hate to see the game being hindered because it had to link up with some crappy movie.

/me puts a tenner on Cortana and the Chief getting in on in Halo: De Movie

BlitzKrieg

Best case scenario for a hollywood studio:

Prequel: Showing the character become Master Chief...double points for a scene where he becomes a Spartan...then they can compete with episode3 by having all other Spartans massacered. Allows attachment of big name star, maybe even a love interest and creative freedom...for hollywood.


This might not float well with Bungie though as it denies any development into Halo itself and cuts out alot of characters from 1 and 2 (though Corina and the captain and maybe sarge would be there).


Best Case Scenario for Bungie:

they dont do it.

seriously, looking at most game adapatations, the market they are aiming at (13-15) and what they have to work with...We will prob get a dumbed down, cleaned up version of aliens with bigger fancier explosions (which will dematerialize all corpses), where master chief and that covenent avatar join forces to kill the flood.

I mean yes they have a script going around that hints at a respectful adaptation,but may i remind you of the rumours that the resident evil script was written to be a prequel to resident evil the game and treated the material with the upmost respect.



Necro,have you EVER Judge Dredd without his helmet in any of the comics? Yet stallone still takes it off 10 minutes into the film and doesnt put it back on until the end. (ok he has it on for 10 seconds near the end, in the *sneaking* part)

rainbow kirby

There's just no way this is going to turn out well.

Kazaanova

I think it could be great. AS LONG as they dont do a film based on the storyline of Halo and Halo 2. Which I'm pretty sure they arent doing. That sets it apart from most other video game adaptations, all it will have is a very lose connection to the games. It would have to be a prequel of course, with some characters from the game, and a pre-suit Master Chief. A big green suit wouldnt look good on the big screen anyway.

I dont think this movie is destined to fail, or be a huge hit. It has more good going for it than bad at this stage. It has a good script that Bungie and Microsoft are confident in written by a good screenwriter. It has the support of Bungie who have that hole Halo Bible thing going so a film wont ruin the game. And with a good director, this movie could be as good as any.

BlitzKrieg

yet resident evil, alone in the dark and tomb raider are also all 'loosely adapted' so that doesnt really set it apart from other films. Alot of fans criticized this films (yes they were sh*t but fans...) for not respecting source material.

Resident evil had a rumour going around that Anderson wrote the script in college and only changed the title and some names to suit resident evil. Thats how far fans saw the film from being close to its source.

Also not 100% about this but are universal and fox contesting bungie on the script, ahh here we go:

First, the two studios requested that Microsoft relinquish its demands and that the Halo movie strictly follow a Bungie-penned "bible," which would ensure that it would not deviate from the Halo mythos or conflict with "sequels" to the game (i.e. Halo 3).

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/10/news_6127307.html

i still have thumbs down for this project.

R0ot

Theres already a thread about this with alot more replies, in games or xbox forum.

BlitzKrieg

yes but that thread has turned into a halo 2 praising/bashing thread, here we are trying to discuss it from a 'film' perspective...(god i feel so very much pretentious)

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

I think it has that ability to be a decent movie, it's all down to how they make it, just like any other film out there.

Personally I would like them to go down the CG road, as in my oppinion a big name actor would ruin the film.

There are currently 3 Halo novels out, all endorsed by bungie. One of these novels is set before the first game, it deals with the MC being 'recruited', trained and enchaced, as well as some fighting and it ends up just before the first game.

To conclude, I see no reason why this couldn't become a great movie, but then again hollywood can screw even the best things up.

monkeyfudge

They could probably keep Master Chief the way he is in the games... but only if they give him some lame comedy side kick possibly played by Martin Short, Rob Schneider or Chris Tucker.

Retr0gamer

Sergeant Johnson played by Chris Tucker *shudder*

projectmayhem

sounds crap tbh. look at other game-to-movie adaptations. now, name a good one. even the untarnishable game series "doom" looks like a pile of cack from what i've seen/heard.

rumours say that ridley scott will do the halo movie, which is a major plus point, but if the dude who wrote "the beach" is involved it'll be pure hollywood through and through.

grimloch

Isnt your man that directed that deplorable Batman film with George Clooney involved?

fatboy22

big fan of the game but reckon this could be a right mess. just cant see it on the big screen :rolleyes:

Necronomicon

Well one way they could have a big actor who wanted to show his face is by adapting the novel 'The Fall of Reach' which is a prequel, where Master Chief goes from being a child to growing up and becoming the Chief.

Mickeroo

This has such great potential, it could be a classic....they have to give it to a good director and keep it away from Paul WS Anderson and Uwe Boll! Ridley sott was linked, he would be great, or james cameron would do a great job i think.

Hobbes

rainbow kirby wrote:

There's just no way this is going to turn out well.

It could be like Red vs Blue, in which case I'd watch it.