Mon, Sep 06, 2010 | 10:52 BST
343 Industries still intent on making “an excellent Halo movie”
That Halo movie. Completely dead, right? If comments made by 343 Industries boss Frankie O’Connor are indication, it’s as if it hasn’t even entered cardiac arrest.
A movie’s been on-off for the past couple of years, but O’Connor told Variety over the weekend (via Kotaku) the Halo studio is still intent on making a movie on all things Chief.
One that will be “excellent”.
“We’re still interested in making an excellent ‘Halo’ movie,” he said.
“We’ve created an awful lot of documentation and materials to support a feature film. We have a good idea of what kind of story we want to tell, but won’t move on it until there’s a great reason to do it. We’re in no particular hurry.”
If a feature-film doesn’t end up in the near future, Microsoft are looking at man’s best friend: TV. O’Connor said the firm was “intently watching” if a TV show would be an alternative option, with him adding that a movie wouldn’t be a “verbatim retelling of the game.”
The latest game in the Halo IP, Reach, launches worldwide next Tuesday from original developer Bungie, who will be stepping aside from the series after its launch to focus on its new Activision-published IP.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: 343 industries, Frankie O'Connor, halo, Halo Movie
11 comments
#1
Erthazus
06/09/10, 10:54 am
Now that i would definitely watch.
Small videos like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIRHSsZ-qrU are just small masterpieces in PR marketing campaign. If only the game could be like these cinematic trailers. They are really awesome.
#2
AHA-Lambda
06/09/10, 10:58 am
get the guy who made the deliver hope ad to make a movie and i am there day one! thats one of the best tv/game ads i’ve ever seen =)
#3
Blerk
06/09/10, 10:59 am
I saw the last trailer on the telly this weekend. The machine is ramping up!
#4
RETARDED VIKING
06/09/10, 11:07 am
i think i’ll settle for a TV show.Doesn’t sound like a bad idea if you think about.
#5
Freek
06/09/10, 11:09 am
They can be interested all they want, that doesn’t mean it will ever happen. Wich is the same as being dead.
#6
StolenGlory
06/09/10, 11:18 am
If they can give me a CG animated Halo TV show in the style of ‘The Package’ short from Halo Legends, I’ll be chuffed enough with that.
#7
DrDamn
06/09/10, 11:23 am
@3
I saw an ad for CoD:BlackOps over the weekend too – WTF? It’s still over 2 months from release.
#8
Blerk
06/09/10, 11:28 am
Blimey, that is starting early!
#9
AHA-Lambda
06/09/10, 11:35 am
yea they started the ad campaign with that england match last week
#10
YoungZer0
06/09/10, 10:05 pm
The Reach Trailer is embarrassingly over-dramatic. I prefer the ODST Trailer over it anytime. Better action, direction and storytelling.
#11
AHA-Lambda
06/09/10, 10:09 pm
i always felt like the only person who didnt ‘get’ the odst one =/
it looks nice and has good production values and all that clearly but i never was impressed by it like everyone else was O_o