Halo Script Leaked: A Game Movie Worth a Non-Masochist’s Time?
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Topic started: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 18:38
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Tue, 8 Nov 2005 19:35
actually the 10 mil comes from the total value of the script... i.e. how much they paid him to write it, how much they sold the right to it for and what they are paying peter jackson so far.... i think... kind of a convoluded way of judging something, i think the writer actually recieved 1mil, not 10.
as for his credits i didnt liek the beach but i didnt think it was poorly writen, and i quite liked 28 days later, so my hopes are fairly high, although after the whole halo 2 story fiasco i am a good bit more caucious when it comes to bungie.
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Let’s see, they paid Alex Garland $1 million bucks to write it, they sold it to Universal and Fox for $5 million bucks plus 10 percent of the gross. And they gave a seven-figure deal to both Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh to exec produce the movie. A $10 million dollar script – at least. Wow
as for his credits i didnt liek the beach but i didnt think it was poorly writen, and i quite liked 28 days later, so my hopes are fairly high, although after the whole halo 2 story fiasco i am a good bit more caucious when it comes to bungie.
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Tue, 8 Nov 2005 20:27
According to some respected moviesite (i lost the link due to my history being deleted by a PC-crash, goddamn windows) that Ridley Scott was contacted to direct the movie. Hooray, if someone can bring tense action its this guy but...
Scott had a look at the screenplay, called it a piece of s**t and took off... not good advertising now is it. So i'm a bit skeptical about this whole Halo-movie thing, and a movie makes you pick up gaming again? Eeeumh... sure... word of advice, pick up Goldeneye first, still beats the crap out of Halo (2) when it comes to pure finesse, detail and plain old fun.
Scott had a look at the screenplay, called it a piece of s**t and took off... not good advertising now is it. So i'm a bit skeptical about this whole Halo-movie thing, and a movie makes you pick up gaming again? Eeeumh... sure... word of advice, pick up Goldeneye first, still beats the crap out of Halo (2) when it comes to pure finesse, detail and plain old fun.
Wed, 9 Nov 2005 20:42
Scripts get re-written extensively throughout these "treatments". You have to remember that Bungee had to approve it. Hell, from what they've said they may have written it!
Ridley Scott is a good director, but he'd walk from Halo for one good reason: he already made Alien.
Ridley Scott is a good director, but he'd walk from Halo for one good reason: he already made Alien.
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Alex Garland has written one piss poor movie, and one good but incredibly derivative one. Anyone giving him 10Meg to paraphrase a video game needs their head exploded.