Halo Movie??

A week ago i heard about Universal and 20th dropping out from the Halo project, allegedly becuse of the HUUUGE amount of money being spent in pre-production. They (the studios) wanted Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh (the masterminds behind the Lord of the Rings) to lower their demand$$. Anyway the said no and this left no choice for the studios other than running with their money as far as they could.

This, apparently, came as good news for Bungie, Microsoft and Peter Jackson as this would let the make a movie without Hollywood Intervention. Of course, they still need the money, which Peter is trying to get and as of this the movie is postponed for release (nooooo!!!!!) till summer 2008.

"At this time Microsoft, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
have mutually agreed to postpone making a feature film based on the Halo video
game. 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."

Let's see if this is done while we are still young.