Peter Jackson Talks the Halo Movie 90
Via Kotaku, an interview on Ain't It Cool News with Peter Jackson talking about the in-conception Halo Movie. From the article: "QUINT: Now, there's no reason on Earth shouldn't easily and faithfully be adapted into a PG-13 movie. However, do you anticipate there being a harder cut considering how gruesome the Flood aspect of the story is? PETER JACKSON: That's interesting... It's something, I must admit, that's not a conversation I've had with anybody yet. It's a conversation that I'm sure will happen. Look, the reality of the budget is that I would imagine the studio are going to be pretty insistent on a PG-13, which, as you say, is certainly not an impossible thing pull off."
Good Writers! Please! (Score:5, Informative)
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(The novelization of the game, however, stunk to high-heaven. The only even slightly interesting thing about it is that it told bits of the story from the Covenant point-of-view.)
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Seriously, or just like LOTR... (zzzzzzzzzz)
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Re:Halo? Half Life movie (Score:2)
No Ben! (Score:1)
Re:No Ben! (Score:5, Insightful)
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or
Bill Nighy as Davy Jones.
Nope. Never
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People have a hardwired emotional reaction to faces. Without showing faces, its hard to convey a character's emotions. Even if the character's face is covered in tentacles, the sam
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As for the aliens, I guess you could say they do, if you can call it a face. Eyes, yes. Nose, I'm not sure. Mouth, sort of a big hole. Lips, not so much.
And you're right, it is difficult and risky. I guess that's why American Beauty, The Matrix, and V fo
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Either way, I hope they do it right. It looks like they know what they're doing.
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What would be so bad about it? Ok, the games didn't show is face either, but for what reason? I don't really see much importance in not showing his face.
I can understand why we didn't get to see Hugo Weavings face in V for Vendetta or Darth Vaders face until the very end. But with Master Chief I don't really see the point, its just a random action-hero guy with guns who saves the day, not really that much different from the guy in
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Compare that to Halo, where there's actually a point made about it. Beginning of Halo 2:
CHIEF: I thought you said there weren't going to be any cameras.
JOHNSON: And I thought you said you were going to wear something nice!
Somewhat later:
Cortana (cocking her head): You look nice!
CHI
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Oh.
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As long as he doesnt have to actually act, or even speak, he is great to look upon the screen, which kinda makes him perfect for the role of Master Chief
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Well, height would be an issue. The Master Chief is supposed to be over 7' tall. Ray Park is only 5'9". Of course, if Peter Jackson could convince the world that Ian McKellen is a foot and a half taller than John Rhys-Davies, he could teach Halo's director a thing or two about forced perspective.
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Swi
Ringworld (Score:2, Insightful)
Me too. (Score:2)
Which is precisely why it would rock.
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I was going to rip you a new one about 1e12 = 1, but then I realized that you said everyone. Given that the world population [wikipedia.org] is apparently over 6.5 billion, everyone going to see the film once would net them incredible income.
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It was a natural thought.
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Stay true to the original! (Score:5, Funny)
Not a troll (Score:2)
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(RIP, Raul Julia.)
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Re:Don't care - won't watch it anyway-See no,hear (Score:2)
Master Chief Rocks (Score:3, Insightful)
(Sorry, Samuel L. Jackson.)
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Re:Master Chief Rocks (Score:4, Funny)
"Men, we have led these dumb bastards far away to keep them from gettin' their filthy claws on Earth. Instead, we stumbled on something so hot for 'em, they're scrambling over each other to get it. Well, I don't care if its God's own anti-son-of-a-bitch machine or a giant hula hoop, but we won't let them have it! What we will let them have is a belly full of lead and a pool of their own blood to drown in! Am I right, Marines?"
Re:Master Chief Rocks (Score:4, Funny)
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Why not see if Steve Downes will do it? As the man who voices Master Chief in the games, I think it would be great to hear him in the movie.
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I mean, let's face it, he doesn't exactly look [bungie.org] like the Chief.
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maybe not MC, but he'd make one bad ass sergeant Johnson!
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it helps that he can't be infected
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Not that it matters thou, as I recall it the MC never takes of his helmet. Hench they could just go with someone that will be alot cheaper instead. Perhaps even be so bold as to pick someone that can actually act.
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(Sorry, Samuel L. Jackson.)
If MC never appears without his helmet then you can just have any suitably tall stunt guy or even yao ming be MC and have Keith David (deep deep voice) do the voice. Suitable authoratative and partially bad ass.
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-Eric
does it really matter whos in the suit? (Score:1)
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That's what they said about Judge Dredd [imdb.com]
For A Semi-Preview (Score:4, Informative)
http://www.spyfilms.com/sr_whatsnew/default.asp?mv =1.mov&&w=1001&h=731 [spyfilms.com]
RvB Cameo (Score:3, Interesting)
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PG-13 will be fine (Score:2)
http://www.amazon.com/Books-Flood-First-Strike-Re a ch/dp/0345473043/sr=8-3/qid=1158355563/ref=sr_1_3/ 102-4060738-4988146?ie=UTF8&s=books [amazon.com]
For those that have already read
Offtopic (Score:2)
Re:Offtopic / Temeraire (Score:2)
Same here. I just finished the latest book a couple of weeks ago.
I read the first part of the interview [aintitcool.com], but it seems like Jackson is way too early in the process to have anything beyond, "This would be really cool."
Isn't there already a Halo movie? (Score:1)
David Cross (Score:1)
Master Chief can just keep his helmet on and let his plucky, sarcastic, pessimistic bald marine sidekick do all the emoting.
The Book (Score:2)
Also, The Chief wasn't so taciturn in the book.