Microsoft has admitted that they are “still interested” in making a movie out of their Halo video game series.
Frank O’Connor, the franchise development director at Microsoft’s 342 Industries, told Variety that the company want to make a feature that is a standalone story and not “a verbatim retelling of the game”.
“We’re still interested in making an excellent Halo movie. We’ve created an awful lot of documentation and materials to support a feature film,” he says. “We have a good idea of what kind of story we want to tell, but won’t move on it until there’s a great reason to do it. We’re in no particular hurry.”
Microsoft also hasn’t ruled out the possibility of bringing Halo to TV.
A Halo movie – led by Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp – got close to production in 2006 but collapsed due to a spiraling budget.
its 343 Industries not 342