What Say You?: Spielberg Gets Halo'd
With the Beard reportedly producing the Halo movie, we ask your thoughts on the troubled flick.
by Jesse Schedeen
August 10, 2009 - There's no denying that as of late it's been a good time to be a Halo fan, what with two new games on the way and various novels, comics, and action figures hitting stores on a consistent basis. Halo is even crossing over into the world of anime with Halo Legends.
But one medium the franchise has consistently stumbled in is cinema. Various studios and would-be producers have attempted to get a Halo film off the ground almost since the first game debuted in 2001. For a long time, Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson was attached as executive producer. Once that fell through, fans pretty much gave up on a Halo movie ever seeing the light of day.
But now they might have new reason to be excited. As we reported on Friday, Steven Spielberg is now attached to the project as a producer. What's more Spielberg is reportedly very impressed with the current Stuart Beattie-penned script, which adapts the prequel story The Fall of Reach into movie form.