Comments on: Is Steven Spielberg Taking Over the Halo Movie? http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/10/is-steven-spielberg-taking-over-the-halo-movie/ Blog and Podcast Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:11:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tomas http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/10/is-steven-spielberg-taking-over-the-halo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-618879 Tomas Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:38:08 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24197#comment-618879 You mean this? It is pretty cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6g1yyWEfks&feature=channel_page You mean this? It is pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6g1yyWEfks&feature=channel_page

]]> By: Bratwurst http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/10/is-steven-spielberg-taking-over-the-halo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-618181 Bratwurst Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:30:17 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24197#comment-618181 It better not happen and if the Halo movie is going to happen, it has to be Jackson and Blomkamp. Fuck! It better not happen and if the Halo movie is going to happen, it has to be Jackson and Blomkamp. Fuck!

]]> By: Jason_Miami http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/10/is-steven-spielberg-taking-over-the-halo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-617999 Jason_Miami Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:45:56 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24197#comment-617999 As if Speilberg's loss of all credibility wasn't evidenced enough by Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, there's this. Nothing could ever make me see a movie based on Halo. It's a hack-job of a hack-job already, leave it alone. As if Speilberg’s loss of all credibility wasn’t evidenced enough by Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, there’s this. Nothing could ever make me see a movie based on Halo. It’s a hack-job of a hack-job already, leave it alone.

]]> By: Bratwurst http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/10/is-steven-spielberg-taking-over-the-halo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-617744 Bratwurst Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:43:34 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24197#comment-617744 Jackson/Blomkamp would have been the best. District 9 has a Halo feel to it. Ever see that rumored Halo movie opening on YouTube? Looks damn good for a rough cut. Spielberg? Come on! He'll ruin it. Look at Indy 4. May as well consider Apatow....NOT! Jackson/Blomkamp would have been the best. District 9 has a Halo feel to it. Ever see that rumored Halo movie opening on YouTube? Looks damn good for a rough cut.

Spielberg? Come on! He’ll ruin it. Look at Indy 4. May as well consider Apatow….NOT!

]]> By: Ledgewood http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/10/is-steven-spielberg-taking-over-the-halo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-617356 Ledgewood Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:30:28 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24197#comment-617356 Kill-Tacular. Kill-Tacular.

]]> By: Bas http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/10/is-steven-spielberg-taking-over-the-halo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-617331 Bas Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:55:57 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24197#comment-617331 @ Knux Kitsune: check out this page: http://tinyurl.com/34u3fh on Destructoid to see why the Mario movie actually isn't that bad if you break it down :) Have you seen the Silent Hill movie? That was probably the best game-adaptation I've seen. As for the Halo-movie, getting Spielberg as director would be a big deal. But following up Cameron's Avatar with another 'marines vs. aliens' movie will be pretty difficult I think. How on earth is he going to top that level of eyeball-fuckery? @ Knux Kitsune: check out this page: http://tinyurl.com/34u3fh on Destructoid to see why the Mario movie actually isn’t that bad if you break it down :) Have you seen the Silent Hill movie? That was probably the best game-adaptation I’ve seen.

As for the Halo-movie, getting Spielberg as director would be a big deal. But following up Cameron’s Avatar with another ‘marines vs. aliens’ movie will be pretty difficult I think. How on earth is he going to top that level of eyeball-fuckery?

]]> By: Knux Kitsune http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/10/is-steven-spielberg-taking-over-the-halo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-617169 Knux Kitsune Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:54:44 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24197#comment-617169 I must say from what I've seen in past years, videogame to movie adaptations have come a long way. Of course, Tron was a great movie, but which came first; the game or the movie? However, movies such as Super Mario Bros. and Street Fighter made me wonder if the director ever even played those games. Super Mario Bros was so far off from the original plot that I wonder if the script was written from scratch in 30 minutes. However, Doom was the first videogame movie that I have seen that was halfway decent. It wasn't great, but decent. I didn't walk out of the theater wanting my money back. The Resident Evil movies were excellent. Knowing that there are full novels of Halo, I know there is plenty of story to go on for a live-action movie. The game in itself was almost like playing a movie. It was very cinematic and held the kind of intensity you feel when watching a gripping sci-fi film. I must say from what I’ve seen in past years, videogame to movie adaptations have come a long way. Of course, Tron was a great movie, but which came first; the game or the movie? However, movies such as Super Mario Bros. and Street Fighter made me wonder if the director ever even played those games. Super Mario Bros was so far off from the original plot that I wonder if the script was written from scratch in 30 minutes. However, Doom was the first videogame movie that I have seen that was halfway decent. It wasn’t great, but decent. I didn’t walk out of the theater wanting my money back. The Resident Evil movies were excellent. Knowing that there are full novels of Halo, I know there is plenty of story to go on for a live-action movie. The game in itself was almost like playing a movie. It was very cinematic and held the kind of intensity you feel when watching a gripping sci-fi film.

]]> By: Ryan M. http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/10/is-steven-spielberg-taking-over-the-halo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-617010 Ryan M. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:04:19 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24197#comment-617010 "Beattie also wrote the script for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra." And the guys who wrote the Transformers films also wrote Star Trek...so it seems Spielberg as director/producer can have a drastic effect on the quality of this writer's output. “Beattie also wrote the script for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.”

And the guys who wrote the Transformers films also wrote Star Trek…so it seems Spielberg as director/producer can have a drastic effect on the quality of this writer’s output.

]]> By: Maopheus http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/10/is-steven-spielberg-taking-over-the-halo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-616951 Maopheus Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:11:21 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24197#comment-616951 I don't play video games but I know of coure that Halo is one of the biggest franchises in the business. It does surprise me that it's taken this long for a movie to be even greenlit much less actually made. Perhaps this suggests that the less than overly successful history of game-to-film adaptations (especially with Halo's genre) is weighing on all parties involved. Certainly there is a desire to make sure that the movie is done right and in the right hands. He certainly has the chops to do it but I wonder when. A quick glance at IDMB indicates he has 4 projects in the works all with a release date of 2011. That seems unlikely. He has had a habit of releasing two movies in the same year, a more conventional one in summer and a more serious Oscar contender in the fall. So perhaps he will do this pattern again with his upcoming projects. I don’t play video games but I know of coure that Halo is one of the biggest franchises in the business. It does surprise me that it’s taken this long for a movie to be even greenlit much less actually made. Perhaps this suggests that the less than overly successful history of game-to-film adaptations (especially with Halo’s genre) is weighing on all parties involved. Certainly there is a desire to make sure that the movie is done right and in the right hands. He certainly has the chops to do it but I wonder when. A quick glance at IDMB indicates he has 4 projects in the works all with a release date of 2011. That seems unlikely. He has had a habit of releasing two movies in the same year, a more conventional one in summer and a more serious Oscar contender in the fall. So perhaps he will do this pattern again with his upcoming projects.

]]> By: Nate http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/10/is-steven-spielberg-taking-over-the-halo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-616939 Nate Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:27:46 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24197#comment-616939 I have a feeling that after Friday, we're all gonna be lamenting that Blomkamp didn't get a shot at this franchise. But I'd be interested in Speilberg's take on Halo if it happened. Video game adaptations need a respectable filmmaker working on them to prove they can be good. I have a feeling that after Friday, we’re all gonna be lamenting that Blomkamp didn’t get a shot at this franchise. But I’d be interested in Speilberg’s take on Halo if it happened. Video game adaptations need a respectable filmmaker working on them to prove they can be good.

]]> By: Matt Keith http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/08/10/is-steven-spielberg-taking-over-the-halo-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-616923 Matt Keith Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:53:48 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=24197#comment-616923 I would prefer that Spielberg direct the film and produce it. I would prefer that Spielberg direct the film and produce it.

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