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Good news: Microsoft stills wants to make a Halo movie! Bad news: They're not going to do it anytime soon. In fact, there's a sliver of a chance you may see Halo brought to life on the small screen before it finally comes to the silver one.
In a chat with Variety, Halo honcho Frank O'Connor told the trade paper that the central character of Master Chief is deemed an obstacle as Microsoft looks to turn its blockbuster videogame franchise into a feature film. The enigmatic armor-clad warrior, whose face remains covered, is believed to be an impediment to audiences looking for an emotional connection to a protagonist.
Microsoft still holds the screen rights to make a Halo movie, but after the much publicized implosion of the Peter Jackson/Neill Blomkamp version and several subsequent drafts by prominent screenwriters, the film project has yet to move forward.
"We're still interested in making an excellent Halo movie," O'Connor told Variety. "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."
O'Connor said any such Halo movie would be its own entity and not "a verbatim retelling of the game." The trade adds that "Microsoft is also 'intently watching' the TV landscape as a potential outlet for a Halo series."
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right now there is too much hype for halo, best to let the series name cool down before hitting the big or little screen.
In a chat with Variety, Halo honcho Frank O'Connor told the trade paper that the central character of Master Chief is deemed an obstacle as Microsoft looks to turn its blockbuster videogame franchise into a feature film. The enigmatic armor-clad warrior, whose face remains covered, is believed to be an impediment to audiences looking for an emotional connection to a protagonist.
Microsoft still holds the screen rights to make a Halo movie, but after the much publicized implosion of the Peter Jackson/Neill Blomkamp version and several subsequent drafts by prominent screenwriters, the film project has yet to move forward.
"We're still interested in making an excellent Halo movie," O'Connor told Variety. "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."
O'Connor said any such Halo movie would be its own entity and not "a verbatim retelling of the game." The trade adds that "Microsoft is also 'intently watching' the TV landscape as a potential outlet for a Halo series."
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right now there is too much hype for halo, best to let the series name cool down before hitting the big or little screen.
