Reactions: Peter Jackson Halo project all but dead
Fat Peter Jackson was so much cooler than skinny Peter Jackson.
According to 1UP (via Joystiq), the famed Lord of the Rings director has confirmed that his take on the Halo universe, known only as “Halo Chronicles,” is “no longer happening.”
In an interview with Joystiq he said “That Halo project is no longer happening, it sort of collapsed when the movie didn’t end up happening.” Going on to speak about the movie, the Oscar winner said, “that fell apart because of internal politics at Fox and Universal. It had nothing to do with the budget or anything else. In fact, we hadn’t even been greenlit at all at that point…Microsoft has a whole strategy with the Halo property, and when the rights expired with the two studios, that sort of ended my involvement with the project.”
Initially announced in September 2006, the Halo Chronicles project always sounded exciting to me. Mr. Jackson was said to be working directly on the game, and it was supposed to be a brand new interactive-movie experience like nothing else. It was also rumored that Metal Gear Solid 4 producer Ryan Payton was put to work on the project when Microsoft hired him last year. But considering that Jackson isn’t interested in developing the game without the Halo movie as a crutch, it probably wouldn’t have been very good anyways. Hopefully Microsoft’s newly minted 343 Industries is working on something else cool. And hopefully Peter Jackson is working on something else too since he hasn’t done anything good since Lord of the Rings.
Author: Cody
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Maybe possibly if The Halo movie picks up again, then Peter Jackson will jump on. I’ve heard that for there to be thought of the movie to happen, District 9 would have to do very well…for the Producer, Peter Jackson, and the Director is Neill Blomkamp…who would possibly be the director for the Halo movie. Just some stuff I heard on the vast world wide web.
I’ve heard some of the same things, and luckily, District 9 actually looks pretty good. Although, I’ve also heard that Blomkamp has altogether abandoned the Halo movie and wouldn’t direct it given another chance. Hmm…maybe Jackson could just cut this producer b.s. and direct himself like in the good ole days.