Originally Posted by Megagames.com

It is official, there is a story doing the rounds that Hollywood is preparing a movie about the world of Halo. If a rumor hierarchy did exist, this particular one would be on its way to college to start a 3-year course to become a rumor but considering the current buzz around anything Halo, we just had to report on it.

The story does go into some detail however and if any of the names associated with the movie are correct then the chemistry sounds perfect for the job. Which Halo fan would say no to having Ridley Scott, (Blade Runner, Alien), direct, Ed Harris appear as Captain Keyes and Samuel L. Jackson as Captain Johnson. It appears that Bungie has been in talks with Warner Brothers regarding a movie but has insisted that it will only consider handing over the movie rights if the original Alien director and writer are involved, something which may throttle the project since Ridley Scott is not very easy to get.

According to insider information, appearing on ain't-it-cool-news, Scott has, apparently, been offered the script, storyboards etc. before and passed on doing a Halo movie but that was all before Halo 2 started breaking all sorts of sales records.

The idea of Ridley Scott directing a Halo movie seems the perfect match of high-tech effects with a traditional tense directing style and the thought of large epic-scale battles from the game appearing on the big screen under Scott's direction is definitely pleasing. It will be however, extremely disappointing if the entire project fails to take off due to one person's refusal. There is no doubt that Ridley Scott is the perfect man for the job but there has to be some other director who can handle the project; possibly a European movie directed by Mike Leigh so that we can discover the social aspects of Master Chief's career and the personal journey he has to take in order to reconcile his differences with his ageing and sick father.

Since everything is at the speculation stage for the time being, we will leave you with one thought of a Halo movie directed by Ridley Scott in which tense Black Hawk Down battles are followed by claustrophobic psychological tension in the style of Alien and where breathtaking photography is accompanied by epic orchestrated vibrant music as Hans Zimmer usually creates. Not bad is it?

Originally Posted by Kraven

If they do a movie it should be CGI. That way they can do ANYTHING and stay true to the Halo universe. Don't get me wrong, live acting is great, but there are too many restrictions. With CGI they don't have to worry about finding locations, building sets, dealing with pompous actors, worrying about stunts, etc. CGI they just need to sign on the talent to do the voices and that's it. Just like they did with Final Fantasy: Spirits Within. That was a great movie.

Originally Posted by Kraven

Originally Posted by Kraven

Originally Posted by Orta

yeah..they should its too late for the bloodrayne movie..they already doomed that one to using some weird hungry girl and made rayne a circus freak with anger management issues

Originally Posted by PureEgo 03

hmm, after giving it some thought, i guess what I'd like to see is something along the lines of the LOTR movies, tons and tons of the scenery in that were CG, same for the AvP movie, that way they can get the scenery they want and still have the actors.