It could have been the first blockbuster video game adaptation, but instead, it fell apart.
We look at the Halo movie that never was…
This article was originally published atDen of Geek UK.
In 2001,Halo: Combat Evolvedwas the game that helped launch Microsofts first ever console, the Xbox.
But theres a fuse on it.
Youll only have a certain amount of time to make a deal.
Microsoft wasnt about to sell the rights toHalocheaply, either.
Nevertheless, a deal was hatched though not necessarily the one Microsoft might have wanted.
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So what would the big-screenHalohave looked like?
The suits werent happy with the direction I was going.
Thing was, though, Id playedHaloand I play video games.
Im that generation more than they are and I know that my version ofHalowould have been insanely cool.
Joeor some crap like that, that Hollywood produces.
And in September 2006, the keg finally exploded.
Basically, the politics between Fox and Universal crashed the movie, Blomkamp later toldAV Club.
Fox wanted more control of the film, I think, and Universal was in the drivers seat.
And they were just going at one another, and finally the whole thing fractured.
They treated me like shit, Blomkamp told Wired.
They were just a crappy studio.
Things soon worked out for Blomkamp, of course.
As forHalo, the video game franchise is now over 15 years old and still going strong.
Under other circumstances, theHalomovie just might have doneAvatarorStar Wars-level business.
