Halo film by 2007

the_syco

http://www.theregister.com/2005/08/25/xbox_hollywood/

Microsoft's popular Halo Xbox game is going from the TV screen to the big screen, after two studios agreed to produce a film featuring the game's cyborg hero Master Chief. The film is slated to appear in the summer of 2007.

Wonder will this video-game to movie conversion be any good, or go the way of RE?

super_furry

The first RE was good - probably the best game to film conversion ever.

Stormfox1020

super_furry wrote:

The first RE was good - probably the best game to film conversion ever.

Not an excatly hard award to get, I mean whats the other competition? The Super Mario Bros. film. :rolleyes:

Deadwing

Microsoft's popular Halo Xbox game is going from the TV screen to the big screen, after two studios agreed to produce a film featuring the game's cyborg hero Master Chief. The film is slated to appear in the summer of 2007.
The adaptation of the popular xbox game is rumoured to be directed by german native Ewe Boll, well known for his celluloid versions of alone in the dark and house of the dead.

:eek: noooooo!!!!!

ambro25

Ah, B*ll*cks- it's the mad German again! :mad:

@ the_syco, that was very bad of you to edit the article and leave out the "Uwe Boll" part out

TerrorFirmer

The adaptation of the popular xbox game is rumoured to be directed by german native Ewe Boll, well known for his celluloid versions of alone in the dark and house of the dead.

Ah FFS, I MEAN FFS

Surely Microsoft wouldn't want their Halo market tarnished by the most untalented director ever to hit the general public eye??????????

I just cannot believe he would be allowed make it... this can not be true.

I mean, House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark are older and less universally recognised franchises, especially the latter at this stage.

But I mean...HALO!! Uwe Boll???? I want to know who made this choice.

johnny_ultimate

With Microsoft's ridiculous budget demands having been met, that means only one thing:

THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE UWE BOLL LOADS OF MONEY!!!!!

What the hell is the world coming to? At least Halo will be a hugely expensive failure rather than a low budget one... Maybe that will teach Hollywood a lesson...

Ri_Nollaig

maybe uwe boll in years to come will gain a cult following and become the next ed wood

super_furry

Since when do people believe what they read on t'internet?

K.O.Kiki

Ever since they confirmed movies for Tekken and Dead or Alive (the latter apparently in post-production).

While they will undoubtedly suck, they may get that whole "block-buster" success based on franchise. Or, in DOA's case, because of...well, TBH, fan-service :rolleyes:

aidan_walsh

On the other hand, IMDB is attributing the screenplay to Alex Garland, who also wrote 28 Days Later...

Necronomicon

Uwe Boll??? Oh please let it not be true!!! :mad:

I hope they don't do a Judge Dredd on it when Sylvester Stallone played Dredd for five minutes, took off his helmet and played Sylvester Stallone for the rest of the movie.

koneko

You're evil, Deadwing. That's good

For people that believed it, lol noobs. Press statements have punctuation (and appropriate caps) in them.

danniemcq

Ri_Nollaig wrote:

maybe uwe boll in years to come will gain a cult following and become the next ed wood

or fingers croosed he'll just go and join a cult

ambro25

koneko wrote:

You're evil, Deadwing. That's good

Hahaha - got me square between the eyes, not afraid to admit it. Well done Deadwing, nice trick indeed. That'll teach me not to follow the linkies.

Necronomicon

I don't care that I was suckered in by that--I'm just glad it's not true

Deadwing

hehehe...sorry guys, i just couldnt resist it!
And i wouldve gotten away with it too, if it hadnt been for my pesky typing skills!!

TerrorFirmer

My heart can beat again.

You bastard.

Retr0gamer

Ri_Nollaig wrote:

maybe uwe boll in years to come will gain a cult following and become the next ed wood

Ed Wood believed in the films he made. He just wasn't very good at making them. Uwe Boll makes bad films and he knowns he does. He isn't putting any effort in because he knows win or lose he will make money due to a loophole in german law.

TerrorFirmer

Retr0gamer wrote:

Ed Wood believed in the films he made. He just wasn't very good at making them. Uwe Boll makes bad films and he knowns he does. He isn't putting any effort in because he knows win or lose he will make money due to a loophole in german law.

You'd think that, but even by putting no effort into a film could someone make something as hideous as House of the Dead

Venom

Jesus why does uwe boll keep getting work? He is an awful director who hasnt made one decent movie ever.

Movies based on video games tend to suck due to them being changed to appeal to a wider audience than the sub fan base that made them popular in the first place.

JackKelly

What happened to the Tom Clancy film that was to be directed by Woo?