Peter Jackson to do HALO Movie

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The Great Hollywood Journey, Part II

No sense beating around the bush. I would only say that if you’re not already sitting down, you absolutely should.

A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to partner with two tremendous Producers from Universal, Mary Parent and Scott Stuber. In the short time they’ve been on board, Mary and Scott have joined with Peter Schlessel to accomplish unimaginably wonderful things. Example? They’ve secured an Executive Producer to help guarantee the creative integrity and technical excellence of the Halo film.

And that Executive Producer’s name is Peter Jackson.

I’ll give you a second to process. If you’re having a strong, emotional reaction, don’t panic. When I heard the news it took me the better part of a day just to stop smiling.

Yes. The Peter Jackson, Executive Producing the Halo film.

Needless to say I and the rest of Bungie are positively incontinent (Marty especially). But what really knocks us on our asses is we’re also getting the combined talent of the mighty men and women of WETA in the bargain. From fabricating Covenant weapons to building life-sized Forerunner structures to accomplishing shot after shot of complex live-action/CG integration – simply put, there’s no group of people we’d rather have realize the Halo universe on screen.

Indeed, I don’t think there’s another group that even could.

Mary and Scott know Peter Jackson and his partner Fran Walsh because of their work on King Kong (which Universal is distributing), so I asked them for their personal take on this development:

"First, let me just say how honored and excited Scott and I are to be involved in this project. As huge fans of the game ourselves we know how high the bar is. We've made it our mission to try and involve the absolute very best people one can imagine in every capacity. Having developed a great relationship with Peter and Fran through the extraordinary Kong experience, and seeing first hand just how unique a filmmaking environment they have crafted, we approached them about the possibility of coming aboard to Exec Produce. Not surprisingly, they were already avid fans of the game, and given our existing shorthand, they said yes! To be able to continue our relationship with them – on HALO of all projects – is really a dream come true for us in the biggest possible way.”

I daresay me too. And did I mention that Mary and Scott are awesome?

Not surprisingly I’ve begun apartment hunting in Wellington – though Chris Butcher says I can bunk with his grandmother in Christchurch so long I don’t mind a bit of a commute…

I’m only half joking. Parsons and I are hopping on a plane to New Zealand next week to meet Mr. Jackson and his team, and I imagine it won’t be the last time we make the trip.

If I didn’t make this clear in my previous update, Bungie’s in this for the long haul – 100% dedicated to making the Halo movie the best it can be. Now we have help. Ten thousand pound gorilla help. And that’s just about the best kind there is.

I am not sure about this..... I there is some thing about Peter Jackson doing a computer game movie that just just not click with me.

At least it's not Uwe Boll
 
charles_scott said:
Great there goes whats left of halos good reputation with me >_<

What reputation? Halo was an damn awfull game to start with, and from what I've seen of it, Halo 2 looks just as bad :p *awaits legions of Halo-ites to attack me with their arguements*...
 
yah me leave halo alone why dont you guys like it? :confused: That was one of the first fps i got into besides metal gear solid,before that it was simulators and rpgs 4 me.
 
yeah I liked halo because it was the first game I ever played on Xbox....liked it right up until my bastard friend played it NONSTOP and thought it was the best game ever...so now I hate it.

And if I knew who peter jackson was.......I'm sure I still wouldn't care
 
i never understood what's so special about halo. for me it was just an ordinary fps, and not even a very good one. it had it's moments, but also it got pretty boring from time to time. AI was nice though.

so i'm not anxiously waiting for the movie directed by a dude who also directed LotRs and Bad Taste.
 
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