I know there are a lot of Halo game fans out there, and so this latest piece of news on the movie adaptation deserves a little individual airplay. Coming Soon bring us news of the release date:
Variety reports that 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures have closed their deal to make a movie based on Microsoft’s hit videogame Halo, with plans for a tentpole release in the summer of 2007. The two studios will pay Microsoft $5 million against 10% of the gross.
Well I think Microsoft came out okay on that deal then! They go onto say that Microsoft have approved the Alex Garland script and that he is now rewriting with the studio notes.
There’s a few videogame adaptations that are, very slowly, beginning to raise their own bar. Every so slightly, but I think it’s starting to get better and the Studios are really starting to turn the spotlight onto these movies. They know they can make money, Boll has shown that without any regard for the medium so imagine if they paid it some care and attention?
This could be the first actual landmark videogame adaptation, it has a huge plot, not just a one trick pony, and the rough script for a couple of movies is already there. Doom is already looking weak.
