No Halo director chosen yet

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Dec 6, 2005 11:53 am PT

Peter Jackson tells Dark Horizons that he hasn't chosen a filmmaker to help adapt the popular shooter.

Late last week, the Web was afire with rumors that Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy) would direct the film adaptation of Halo, the wildly popular Xbox and PC shooter. The choice seemed very plausible, given del Toro's visual flair and the fact his career path mirrored that of the project's executive producer, Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson.

However, now word has emerged that del Toro has not been selected--from Jackson himself. Speaking to the popular film site Dark Horizons, Jackson flatly said that no one has been chosen to direct Halo. "We're talking to some people but we're going to be shooting that next year," he said. The film is set for a summer 2007 release.

Jackson also told Dark Horizons that he turned down the director's chair because he needed some time off, but his love of the game still made him want to be involved in the project. "I want to have the fun but not the hard work. I just want to be part of the creative team but not actually have the pain," he joked. "Hopefully it won't suck."

50 Comments

  • tiny_spartan

    Posted Dec 10, 2005 12:38 pm PT

    ph it better be good... it better... but it would have been cool if del Toro di it hes got a unique way of making movies , Hellboy had a good flair

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 3:00 pm PT

    LOL....well atleast the director ISN'T the hellboy fool.

  • big_pimpin_99

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 10:33 am PT

    *sandy beach*
    *distant, incomprehensible blabber*
    *approaching ships*
    *one being falls down*
    *camera scales up him*
    *flash
    *crazy war millions upon millions of aliens*
    *this is halo*
    Jackson/Walsh and WETA will not fail to impress

  • khennigs

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 7:49 am PT

    Jackson would do an awesome job doing the Halo movie, after seeing the translation of Lord of the Rings we can expect decent work from him in the future!

  • jimmy-fly

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 7:38 am PT

    who directed the game? cant he/she do it?

  • AncientDozer

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 6:49 am PT

    Still think they would've been better off doing everything digital. Get the guys who did final fantasy: spirits within and put them under Peter. Then have the same voice actors. It'd save time and money!

    As for who will direct? George Lucas can do it. I know we all have mixed feelings, but if he is controlled. . . if his raw talent is harnessed. . . he can and will create a magnificent creation.

    Spielburg, Lucas. . . Woo (Come on, who wouldn't think it'd be awesome to see doves fly by Master Chief. . . for no reason. .). . . I don't know.

  • Cyan-Killer

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 6:13 am PT

    The Halo movie will be coming out,

    Anyways, I was so dissapointed in the BloodRayne trailer IT SUCKED! it's just another Underworld/Ziena Warrior Princess piss take with lesbiants that's all it is! it's pathetic.

  • SavoyPrime

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 5:38 am PT

    Yes Peter, hopefully it won't suck.

  • Znuggles

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 5:12 am PT

    With Jackson producing and Weta Workshop/Weta Digital doing the effects, I think the Halo movie is in pretty good hands already, and it's going to take a pretty horrible writer/director/cast to make this movie stink. Picking a director from the top shelf would be excellent, of course. Like Spielberg. Imagine the posters: "From the people that brought you The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Minority Report, War of the Worlds and Bad Taste!" Might need to print extra large posters to fit all that in, but it would look damn cool, I tell ya.

  • oblivion437

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 1:35 am PT

    I'll just say this: (This means I'm going to write a lot of useless funk)

    Uwe Boll has directed expensive, theoretically high profile releases that lost money. Every element of those projects he contributed to could be considered a core part of those failures.

    Microsoft isn't going to let a guy who loses money touch their property. That's like leaving a bag of flour with a junkie who's so strung out he'll shoot anything...

    They've already got the involvement of the now very high profile Peter Jackson (who did direct some excellent films before the Lord of the Rings trilogy) in some capacity. Even if Guillermo del Toro doesn't direct, there are enough sort of avant-garde type guys with enough appreciation for the finer virtues of the Sci-Fi genre, HALO itself and the audience's expectations in general to be able to give it a good treatment, like Rodriguez and Tarantino (though Tarantino's more of a film guy, he was a huge fan of Z Channel when it was on, and Kill Bill is almost a satire of videogame violence) and anyone but the other masthead figure of bad VG cinema: Paul WS Anderson...Not to be confused with Paul Thomas Anderson, who's only directed excellent movies.

    What was my point???Oh yes, no Boll, no sale, not with Microsoft...

  • ewjim

    Posted Dec 7, 2005 12:35 am PT

    There is planty of time until it comes to screens...

  • lquidsnake133

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 11:27 pm PT

    Never Uwe bol. The bloodrayne trailer is horible. He would let any crap go by.

  • Playerpat0

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 11:00 pm PT

    Ridley Scott or Michael Mann. Mann can set the scene and stage action scenes as good as anyone else. With Peter Jackson providing insight on the elements of the special effects and sort of "fantasy" portions of the movie I believe Ridley Scott would be a great choice to film all the action that would be found in the movie. I am really excited about this movie. it sounds like Microsoft, Bungie, and Peter Jackson all want this project to turn out great. Can't wait to hear more.

  • drangel_jam

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 9:08 pm PT

    He should either be committed or not. Anybody that is involved in a Halo project should be willing to work hard and be ready to feel the pain. If Jackson puts his mind, dody, and soul into the Halo movie project, it could turn out to be the first movie inspired from a video game that wins an Oscar.

  • JimboJillgeorge

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 8:18 pm PT

    hmmmmm yeah all really good ideas.ridley scott or chris nolan sound good,but chris nolan is making some movie and then doing the next batman.what about robert rodriguez,he did an amazing job translating Sin City to the big screen,imagine what he'd do for halo.

  • mullen1200

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 4:30 pm PT

    Holy crap! I didnt even know they were making a halo movie. Lol

  • umbrae

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:39 pm PT

    I'll vote for Ridley Scott, but keep Mucus... I mean Lucus away from this thing. The Covenent Sword is NOT a light saber.

  • darth-revan

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:33 pm PT

    peter jackson is basicly supervising the movie while doing side stuff to make it great, peter jackson will not let this movie suck. as for a director peter jackson has one in mind and if they dont find one that shares his halo vision, they will proly delay is a year back so jackson can direct [hopefully].

  • LOLO_BOND

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:20 pm PT

    ridley scott will be the best director for the movie or george lucas will be great

  • Eclipse_ShinRa

    Posted Dec 6, 2005 3:02 pm PT

    George Lucas = sucky Halo movie XD

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