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Halo Movie Moving Forward

Tags: Halo + Movie + Microsoft + Peter Jackson + Fran Walsh + Alex Garland + Josh Olsen

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Posted by Motu 1 year 11 months ago; via movies.ign.com/articles/7...

Despite recent drama surrounding the planned big-screen adaptation of Halo, Microsoft is still determined to make the movie a reality. After Fox and Universal, the two studios that had been co-financing the flick, dropped out earlier this week, Microsoft has begun shopping it around.

According to today's Variety, Microsoft is focusing their partnering efforts on Warner Bros. and Paramount, partially due to complex relational issues with the other major studios. Sony is out because of the PlayStation. Disney is iffy due to Apple's Steve Jobs...

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'Halo' pic loses its studios

Tags: Halo + Movie + Peter Jackson + Fran Walsh + Movie + Universal + Fox + Microsoft

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Posted by Motu 1 year 11 months ago; via variety.com/VR1117952317....

It's game over for Universal's and Fox's participation in the feature adaptation of Microsoft's "Halo."

Both of the studios that agreed to co-finance the screen adaptation of the popular Microsoft game have abruptly backed out of the picture. While rumors had the studios concerned over a budget that was rising above the original projected $135 million pricetag, the filmmakers said the double defection came after U and Fox played hardball and unsuccessfully tried to get the filmmakers and Microsoft to reduce their profit...

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