Halo Movie May be Shot on Red

[Zac C]

Ok, this is my thinking, Peter Jackson has fallen in love with RED, and hes not executive producer of the hopeful Halo Movie (based on the award winning game Halo 1,2,and soon 3)

So he would prob urge the Director to shoot with Red to show off its capabilities, i mean if the Halo Movie were to be released, every game fan would see it... (and all the game fans who bought Halo 2 opening night and it made more money that Spiderman 2 did) So it would be a bonus for RED by getting so much publicity... scifi movie shot on a scifi camera


Ill try and find some proof for what i said... but you guys help me

[Bruce Allen]

Neill Blomkamp played with the Red on Crossing the Line so that would lend credence to your theory.

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

[Robert Sanders]

I thought "Halo" was in turnaround.

[Clayton Harper]

I heard that PJ and Microsoft want too many points and so no movie.

Neil B is the perfect choice for HALO, btw. I was REALLY sad when the project stalled out.

[Zack Birlew]

I'm sure that by the time they get the Halo project running again the RED will be, no question, the best format of choice. Especially since they can preview, color correct, and edit as they go along. Would save the budget quite a bit in the long run I think and the budget concern is exactly what the issue was with the movie and why they stalled it.

So, the RED's not even released and it still saves the day!

[PaulClements]

I remember reading somewhere about the possibility of the film being reexamined after the release of the Halo 3 ad and the storm that followed it. I believe some discussions resumed due to the obvious potential.

Personally I can't stand the games or the idea of a film of it. I mean... you create a weapon and on it you store the most deadly aliens in one room that if they escape and take over the ship the universe will be destroyed? If they were that deadly how did you get them all in one room? and why did you put them on the most destructive weapon in the universe? I've probably got the story all wrong mind you, but I fancy Peter Jackson actually played the original one day and realised what a pathetic story it really is.

[Bruce Allen]

Yup, haven't played Halo. Just know about the movie because I like to keep up on what South African directors are up to - there aren't many of us, so it's pretty easy to do ;)

Sounds like the way Microsoft presented the script to the studios rubbed them up the wrong way a bit though... what with the couriers dressed in Master Chief outfits who delivered the script, then waited in the building so that they could take the scripts back, demanding the studio folk stop whatever they were doing, read it, and make them an offer... or at least that was the distorted rumor that I heard!

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com

[Brook Willard]

I'll still never forgive Bungie for selling out and not making it a Mac-only title like it was originally supposed to be when it was introduced at MacWorld.

But hey, I'm just bitter. :)

[Steven M. Bailey]

Halo's genius was in its progressive AI design. The enemy was smarter and more reactive than most previous games. The story however was the kind of stuff that legends are made of. Really bad legends. The kind of legends that you don't tell your kids about for fear the rest of the world will find out and think your a smuck.

I like the game for the mechanics of it as a multi player fps, I play it with my kids from time to time. If Jackson can put an original spin on a broken a$$ story than more power too him. The characters are good, its the over-all premise that sucks like a brand-new vacuum cleaner.

L8ter

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I agree.

In the end, a Halo movie will make money. It will fare about the same as most other game-based movies like DOOM, Super Mario Bros., and for sure better than Double Dragon. In fact, if handled properly, even with it's sucky story, it could do better than DOOM, possibly. And that's what all this is really about at the end of the day -- turning a profit.

Never really liked Halo as a game. The game AI was pretty phony, even for the time. It tried to be adaptive, but it was rather easy to beat or use it's "adaptive" nature to your advantage once you figure out how it "thinks". I never had any interest in the sequels, mostly because the story behind the game and the gameplay itself just didn't "do it" for me. And like pretty much every other fps game out there, playing through the single-player story puts me to sleep. It's like a carnival fun-house ride. Although, DOOM3 has to be the biggest disappointment in that respect, ever. ...That's a different story though. I don't have time to play games these days anyway.