Halo: Late

Peter Jackson sez:

As was previously confirmed, we deeply regret that both Universal and Fox did not choose to move forward with financing the Halo film under the original terms of the agreement. At this time Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with their partner, Microsoft, have mutually agreed to postpone making a feature film based on the Halo video-game universe until we can fulfill the promise we made to millions of Halo fans throughout the world that we would settle for no less than bringing a first-class film to the big screen. We are fully supportive of director Neill Blomkamp's vision of the film. Neill is a tremendously gifted filmmaker and his preliminary work on Halo is truly awe-inspiring. While it will undoubtedly take a little longer for Halo to reach the big screen, we are confident that the final feature film will be well worth the wait.

I'm glad that Jackson is sticking with Blomkamp. His work is really exciting and the verisimilitude is perfect for Halo, not the glossy stuff like in The Island, or the semi-gloss of Star Wars. In fact, it was very reminescent of 'V'. Anyway, it looks like we're going to be stuck like Star Wars fans waiting for-goddamned-ever to see what we want to see in theatres. They should try Mark Cuban instead.