Recently Nina told you about how Universal and Fox were pulling out of the Halo movie, citing cost among other factors as the reason for bailing out. Microsoft and Peter Jackson's Wingnut Films had hoped to continue on with the film, especially since pre-production was underway at Weta Workshop and Weta Digital.
Brace yourselves fanboys... I have some distressing news. Both parties have issued a statement saying that production on the film has officially ground to a halt.
Say it with me now... HEADSHOT!
The official word is as follows:
"As was previously confirmed, we deeply regret that both Universal and Fox did not choose to move forward with financing the Halo film under the original terms of the agreement.
At this time Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with their partner, Microsoft, have mutually agreed to postpone making a feature film based on the Halo video game universe until we can fulfill the promise we made to millions of Halo fans throughout the world that we would settle for no less than bringing a first class film to the big screen.
We are fully supportive of Director Neill Blomkamp's vision of the film. Neill is a tremendously gifted filmmaker and his preliminary work on Halo is truly awe-inspiring.
While it will undoubtedly take a little longer for Halo to reach the big screen, we are confident that the final feature film will be well worth the wait".
