Possible Halo movie?

[I Hate Pants]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/11...s_6113693.html

Rumor #5: Ridley Scott will direct the film version of Halo, with Ed Harris and Samuel L. Jackson in the starring roles.

Source: German site Sci-Fi News and Ain't It Cool News, the most loathed and loved movie-info site on the Web.

The official story: "Microsoft does not comment on rumors or speculation." --Microsoft spokesperson. "No comment." --Warner Bros. representative.

What we heard: In a bit of a coup, Sci-Fi News scored the first pictures of the storyboards for the Halo movie, of which there are several on the site. It also claimed that the same source said that the project will be announced shortly in Variety, with full cast and crew details. According to the site, Ed Harris will play Captain Keyes, the Pillar of Autumn's doomed captain, and Samuel L. Jackson will play Sergeant Johnson, the hard-boiled UNSC space marine who assisted the Master Chief's Covenant-killing crusade. Sitting in the director's chair will be none other than Ridley Scott, director of sci-fi classics Alien and Blade Runner and arguably the most intense war film ever made, Black Hawk Down.


The mere thought of such talent bringing Halo to the screen is enough to give any geek heart palpitations. However, on the other side of the planet, Ain't It Cool News was telling a much different tale. AICN received a tip from an informant claiming to work at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. According to said informant, two designers from WBIE-owned Monolith were in a meeting with Warner Bros. executives about the game adaptation of the 2006 sci-fi movie 2176, about "a futuristic retelling of the Revolutionary War." During the discussion, the subject of the Halo movie came up. According to the "WB informant," Warner Bros. approached Bungie at this year's E3 about acquiring the Halo film rights. Their response? "Unless you got the writer and director of the original Alien, everyone can go fish." And, according to AICN, Scott had already passed on the project, based on the script. However, since Halo 2 sold 2.5 million copies the first day, Warner Bros. has asked Scott to reconsider--and AICN says there's been no answer yet.

Although the quality of its writing has lowered the bar for online film journalism to ant-height levels, AICN has been a steady source of Hollywood rumors for nearly a decade. Many are false. But many are spot-on, and the one posted today rings truer than its German counterpart.

I think Jason Statham (the transporter, Turkish in the movie Snatch) should play the role as Master chief
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005458/

It's rumoured that Bungie won't accept anyone else but Ridley Scott to direct a Halo movie. Schweet!!!!!

[JetRaiden]

let's all pray it doesn't suck.

[QuakCow]

it will

[Heavygain]

Please Jesus, aka hamma, let this movie be the best since.... ever.

[ViperGTS]

Jason stathem would so own as the cheif.

[Rbstr]

the chief just needs that cool voice, ALA Jame Ear Jones, or whoever did it for the games.

Te possiblities of a horrible movie are endless, things that woudl kill it are limitless. Like Halo can't have any romance other than the Romantisim of saving the fucking planet from aliens bent on destroying us. The awsomeness that can happen is infinent but so it teh suckage.

Now would it be before or after the games?

[QuakCow]

it will have romance...we all know it will...overdramatic..not enough action the usual shittines

[Infernus]

It can be really really good... but will probably be really really bad...

[ChewyLSB]

Originally Posted by Rbstr

the chief just needs that cool voice, ALA Jame Ear Jones, or whoever did it for the games.

Te possiblities of a horrible movie are endless, things that woudl kill it are limitless. Like Halo can't have any romance other than the Romantisim of saving the fucking planet from aliens bent on destroying us. The awsomeness that can happen is infinent but so it teh suckage.

Now would it be before or after the games?

Well, if they can apply Romance to PEARL ****ING HARBOR, who knows what they can do to Halo...

[Copyguide]

Such a film I would sit and watch each moment of my life until I die even if it sucks because Halo is the best and anyone who disses the best is bad.

[razor851]

Originally Posted by Copyguide

Such a film I would sit and watch each moment of my life until I die even if it sucks because Halo is the best and anyone who disses the best is bad.

Its good, not the best, am I bad now Copywright hmmm, am I bad???

[Rbstr]

so far i rank HL2 up to Halo's standards

[BUGGER]

As long as he sticks to why Halo's storyline is the best ever and doesn't implement his own little fairytale the movie can be ok.


And Master Chief will be just lika powerranger, some random martal arts guy will nodd his head and some other guy will do voice overs. Just get the guy who usually does the voiceovers for MC. And sam jackson is too calm to be seargent johnson, it needs to be a mix of like eddy muphey, will smith, and one of the guys from Barber Shop.

[Baneblade]

But WHO would be Private Church?

[BUGGER]

Billy Bob Thorton