The Cancelled Halo Movie You'll Never See | Peter Jackson's Halo
During the development of Halo 3, Bungie would work alongside Peter Jackson, Alex Garland, Neill Blomkamp and Guillermo Del Toro to develop a Halo movie based on Halo 1 and the novel The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund. This is the story of how it was canceled and the pieces that remain in the Paramount+ Halo TV Series
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SOURCES (for complete sources and script visit luckstat.com)
5 Things About Neill Blomkamp's Failed 'Halo' Movie
https://web.archive.org/web/20150729141440/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/it-was-a-clusterfuck-from-day-one-6-things-about-neill-blomkamps-failed-halo-movie-20120419?page=1
Universal, Fox Make Halo Deal
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-25-fi-halo25-story.html
Joseph Staten talks Halo Deal
https://web.archive.org/web/20150416142510/https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=6788
Why the Halo Movie Failed
https://web.archive.org/web/20150706060828/http://www.wired.com/2012/04/halo-movie-generation-xbox/
Forward Unto Dawn
https://www.ign.com/videos/halo-4-forward-unto-dawn-live-action-behind-the-scenes
Xbox One Announcement: Spielberg on Halo
https://youtu.be/uP4E3xNU9pU?t=2474
Script Delivered by Master Chief
https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/06/07/halo-movie-script-delivered
Microsoft Signs Deal
https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/microsoft-signs-movie-deal-for-halo/
Alex Garland Discusses His Halo Script
https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/20/alex-garland-discusses-his-halo-movie
Beattie script
https://kotaku.com/heres-the-plot-for-that-other-halo-movie-screenplay-5058484
Beattie and Spielberg
https://web.archive.org/web/20090918154545/http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7261
Stuart Beattie Involved
https://www.engadget.com/2008-04-02-rumor-new-writer-takes-on-halo-movie-script.html
Spielberg Producing Fall of Reach Rumor
https://www.destructoid.com/rumortoid-steven-spielberg-wants-to-produce-halo-movie/
Concept Art Leaks
https://web.archive.org/web/20080810065755/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/05/rumor-concept-art-from-halo-fall-of-reach-movie/
Beattie talks Halo
https://collider.com/stuart-beattie-interview-tarzan-lord-of-the-jungle-halo-bra-boys-sphyhunter-tomorrow-when-the-war-began-without-remorse-the-89th-war/
Showtime Rumor
https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/halo-tv-show-showtime-1201170379/
The Halo Journey
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2014/05/16/games-halo-journey-announcement/
Still in Production
https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/08/11/showtime-still-developing-halo-tv-series
Showtime Announcement
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/halos-getting-a-new-tv-series-on-stan-next-year/
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