X05: Peter Jackson to be executive producer on Halo The Movie

snoopers
Tuesday, October 4, 2005 | 7:55 PM
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Big shock ! Peter Jackson just announced that he will be executive producer on Halo The Movie, as WETA will handle the SFX. He precised that he was a big fan of the series, and that he spent nights finishing the second episode during the shooting of King King.
[ERRATUM]: Sorry for the wrong news, misunderstanding between Blimblim and me.

flexas

Commented on 2005-10-04 20:09:18

i hope this game will be good

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Dangerous

Commented on 2005-10-04 20:12:45

Uhh snoopers its not Halo3, Its Halo: The movie

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Slabs

Commented on 2005-10-04 20:13:59

You should mention that WETA will be doing the effects work aswell! They are the current kings of Hollywood CG (and they are from New Zealand!)

King Kong
I, Robot
Van Helsing
Return of the King
The Two Towers
Fellowship of the Ring
Contact
The Frighteners
Heavenly Creatures

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maconn

Commented on 2005-10-04 20:18:39

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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Dea_Petrus

Commented on 2005-10-04 20:22:33 In reply to maconn

Damn.. what a mistake.. it's about the movie! Not halo3...
You'd better start editing your screaming header..

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XBox360Man77

Commented on 2005-10-04 20:29:27

Yes, and its King Kong not King King, but who cares...he's just a big ole ape

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Guerrilla

Commented on 2005-10-04 20:34:21

This News is awesome, but much more important, where is blimblim? We need some good video footage now!!! cant stand this low res short gayness ign calls "direct feed"

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Rusky

Commented on 2005-10-04 20:34:36

They are milking Halo for every cent! The game sucks and the movie will too, even though Peter Jackson freaking rocks.

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Mariochief

Commented on 2005-10-04 20:53:55

cant wait to play halo3 peter jackson sould make a good game

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Snoopers

Commented on 2005-10-04 21:07:16

Sorry for the whole thing, misunderstanding. And for "King King", I wrote it in a rush. The site is so slow right know, it's hard to news correctly.

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KrunkJunk

Commented on 2005-10-04 22:09:37

:o

This is such good news. They're even using WETA, dear lord this movie just moved from crap to possible bluckbuster.

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Styx

Commented on 2005-10-04 22:36:48

This could be awsome!

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dargis49

Commented on 2005-10-04 22:42:06

Great news!
Now all it needs is Alex Proyas as director, or Terry Gilliam.

or Chistopher Nolan

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Platon

Commented on 2005-10-04 23:13:35

Wow, what do you know, the movie might have a minimal chance of not totaly sucking after all...

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Critx

Commented on 2005-10-05 03:03:42 In reply to Platon

Posted by Platon

Wow, what do you know, the movie might have a minimal chance of not totaly sucking after all...

Yeah...keyword: MIGHT. As far as im concerned, this movie is pretty much going to suck regardless due to its stupid story...and seeing as how it will most likely be one of those "CG" movies, I think i'll just wait for it to come out on DVD and rent it. Final Fantasy anyone??

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Snoopers

Commented on 2005-10-05 03:08:45 In reply to Critx

You can't compare. At least, Halo'll have a real crew, with a real producer and a real (hope so) director. FF:AC was just a toy for rich game conceptors to play with.

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Gamefan1980

Commented on 2005-10-05 05:15:40 In reply to Critx

Posted by Critx

Yeah and Final Fantasy Advent Children rocked after their Spirits Within mistake so thats not a great analogy.

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Critx

Commented on 2005-10-05 05:27:08 In reply to Gamefan1980

Posted by Gamefan1980

Yeah and Final Fantasy Advent Children rocked after their Spirits Within mistake so thats not a great analogy.

Im talking about Spirits Within...that movie sucked. Most video game movies suck...the only one that looks decent is Doom, and even that is questionable. Look at Resident Evil, both of those movies sucked...I don't think games should be made into movies...with the exception of Splinter Cell because thats realistic and would be a cool movie...

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kadixon

Commented on 2005-10-05 05:27:30

Nice I love LOTR Series

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keshik151

Commented on 2005-10-05 06:20:12 In reply to kadixon

Posted by Critx

and seeing as how it will most likely be one of those "CG" movies

The movie is going to be live action.

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jimbo679

Commented on 2006-08-09 20:25:05

I can't wait to watch this movie. It's gonna be awsome!!

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Snoopers

Commented on 2006-08-09 20:48:47

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/...camp=Commun...

The Halo motion picture will be helmed by Neill Blomkamp, making his feature film debut. Blomkamp is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and original artists currently working in short films and commercial advertising. Halo will be distributed domestically by Universal and internationally by Fox. Visual effects, miniatures, and creature design and creation will all be handled by Jackson's award-winning Weta Digital Ltd. and Weta Workshop, Ltd., most recently known for their Oscar-worthy work on The Lord of the Rings films.

A native of South Africa, Blomkamp directed the acclaimed 2005 short film, Alive in Joburg, that depicted a future in which extraterrestrials have become refugees. Last year, Blomkamp also received three Clio Awards and a Visual Effects Society Award for his television commercial Citroen-Alive with Technology. In 2004, Blomkamp was recognized as "One of the Top Five Directors to Watch" at the First Boards Awards and was a featured artist at the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase at Cannes. He has also been nominated for an Emmy award for his work on an episode of James Cameron's Dark Angel.

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The Halo motion picture will be helmed by Neill Blomkamp, making his feature film debut. Blomkamp is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and original artists currently working in short films and commercial advertising. Halo will be distributed domestically by Universal and internationally by Fox. Visual effects, miniatures, and creature design and creation will all be handled by Jackson's award-winning Weta Digital Ltd. and Weta Workshop, Ltd., most recently known for their Oscar-worthy work on The Lord of the Rings films.

A native of South Africa, Blomkamp directed the acclaimed 2005 short film, Alive in Joburg, that depicted a future in which extraterrestrials have become refugees. Last year, Blomkamp also received three Clio Awards and a Visual Effects Society Award for his television commercial Citroen-Alive with Technology. In 2004, Blomkamp was recognized as "One of the Top Five Directors to Watch" at the First Boards Awards and was a featured artist at the Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase at Cannes. He has also been nominated for an Emmy award for his work on an episode of James Cameron's Dark Angel.

Snoopers

Commented on 2006-08-09 20:49:30

Here is his short-movie (6:30).

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iNReejO7Zu8

Awesome !

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Slabs

Commented on 2006-08-09 21:04:40

Join us in the present snoopers! :P

http://www.xboxyde.com/forum_8_13468_1_en.html

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Snoopers

Commented on 2006-08-09 21:07:30

Oops !

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