Barely a week after Universal and Fox pulled out of a co-financing and distribution deal for a movie based on Microsoft’s Halo video game franchise, word comes from producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh’s WingNut Films that the studio and Microsoft have jointly agreed to suspend work on a Halo feature film. A statement released by WingNut Films reads in part:
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Universal, Fox Back Out of Halo Movie
Looks like Master Chief still has to overcome some fiscal enemies before he gets to kick some alien butt on the big screen.
A little over a year ago, Microsoft inked a deal to bring its Halo video game franchise to the big screen, with Universal Pictures handling the actual production of the movie as well as its domestic distribution, while international distribution would be handled by Twentieth Century Fox. The movie then brought on producing team Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh (Lord of the Rings trilogy, King Kong) to executive-produce the project with established producers Mary Parent, Scott Stuber, and Peter Schlessel. Pre-production has been underway at Weta Digital and Weta Workshop in New Zealand.
Microsoft Inks Game Deal with Peter Jackson
Microsoft announced yesterday that it has entered a partnership with Oscar-winning husband-and-wife team Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh to create the third installment of the Halo Xbox video game franchise, as well as an entirely original game.
Director, writer, and producer Jackson and screenwriter Walsh brought the enormously successful Lord of the Rings trilogy and (more recently) King Kong to movie screens and innumerable DVD players worldwide. Almost a year ago, Microsoft signed Jackson and Walsh as executive producers for a theatrical movie based on the Halo franchise.
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