Editorials > Blomkamp Talks about The Killing of Halo

Neill Blomkamp, the director Peter Jackson chose for his production of the Halo adaptation, spoke recently to Creativity Online about Halo, how dead it is, and what killed it. Here's probably the most definitive quote on the Halo situation:

The film is entirely dead. In the configuration it was in. Whatever happens with that movie, assuming that movie gets made, will be a totally different configuration. It's not so much me as the entire vessel sank. Basically, it was a combination of; there were two studios involved that weren't getting along in the process of making it, Universal and Fox. That kind of stuff happens, it's a fragile industry. So the film collapsed at the end of last year, and it's been dead, ever since then. I'll be curious to see what happens.

He also hints at some "mystery project" he's been working on in New Zealand (potentially with Jackson and WETA?) but doesn't go into many details. 

Written by David Morgan