Over the last couple years, The Halo movie project has had more ups and downs than an adolescent Halo player doing a victory dance over his defeated enemy’s corpse. It seems to have all the ingredients for a great movie, but why is it not happening?<\/p>\n
Of all the companies, Microsoft<\/a> is the one to blame. The film project, which once had Peter Jackson attached to it, is pretty much canned thanks to Microsoft’s excessive profit demands and aggressive attitude.<\/p>\n An excerpt from Jamie Russell’s book Generation Xbox: how video games invaded Hollywood<\/em> explains that Microsoft wanted “the richest, most lucrative rights deal in history” as they reportedly asked for a “$10 million against 15% of the box office gross, in addition to a $75 million ‘below-the-line’ budget and fast-tracked production”.<\/p>\n The costs of Microsoft taking such a hefty profit, along with the costs of Peter Jackson<\/a> as producer, studio costs of Fox and Universal who tied-together for the project, ultimately killed the project, said our very own Neill Blomkamp<\/a> (District 9), who was on-board to direct.<\/p>\n So as it stands, there is no progress on a live-action Halo adaptation, as Creative Artists Agency’s Larry Shapiro said: “Microsoft’s unwillingness to reduce their deal killed the deal… That movie could’ve been Avatar”.<\/p>\n Here’s the closest thing to a Halo movie you’re going to get for now:<\/p>\n