Tag: Eric Nyland
Spielberg Moving to Produce “Halo” Movie?
by Honk Mahfah on Aug.10, 2009, under Gaming, Movies, Steven Spielberg
IESB reports that Steven Spielberg is actively pursuing the Halo movie as a producer.
Reportedy, Spielberg was “blown away” by the latest screenplay by Stuart Beattie, who based his story on the tie-in novel Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nyland.
No word on whether producer Peter Jackson — who was previously attached to a different iteration of the Halo franchise — is still involved. Jackson had hand-picked director Neill Blomkamp for the film before it fell apart due to budget concerns and worries over having an untested filmmaker at the helm.
Blomkamp’s District 9 is due to open this week, however, and advance word has been pretty spectacular. Since the two titans are currently working together on the Tintin movies, I’m going to speculate that if Jackson still has ANY interest in Halo, Spielberg will likely be bringing both he and Blomkamp into the fold.
Having read The Fall of Reach, I can definitely say that I would have less room in my underpants over the notion of a movie version of it produced by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson … especially if Blomkamp directs and District 9 is as good as early reviews indicate.
