Up with this we will not put - Churchill
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Halo movie canned
THERE is no chance of a movie being made of Halo, despite it being the most successful game classic since Space Invaders.
Filmmaker Neill Blomkamp had been named to direct Fox-Universal's moving picture version of the game until the project fell apart last year.
After the recent launch of a new version of Halo, which tells the story of a bloke trying to win Master Chef, or something, there was some talk that the film idea might be dusted off again.
However Blomkamp told Movies magazine that there was no chance of Halo making the big screen in its current configuration.
He said the movie was "entirely dead" and the only reason that it was on its perch in the first place was because Halo fans had nailed it there.
Blomkamp said that the main problem was that it was being made by two studios who were not getting along, Universal and Fox.
He added that the film collapsed at the end of last year, and it's been stone dead, ever since then.
He made a trilogy of live-action Halo short films to help promote the release of the Halo 3 game, but they were not connected to the movie.
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the halo movie will be made in the year 2009 so it isn't 'canned' as you say it is
actually i doubt this movie is gonna get dropped

my proof

go check what microsoft is doin about their "greatest" invention yet, cos i doubt anyone is gonna be so stupid to drop a movie with this big a fan base
Phil, the term you are describing is actually called 'in the can'. Canned is exactly what they said it is.
In case you didn't know, "canned" in film terms means that the movie is finished. As in sitting in the can waiting to be processed for release.
Canned means put in cold storage, never to be seen again. So the title is fine for me.

That being said, I find amusing (well, not really) that once again Fox is being nailed for drowning a project for which it has the IP.
Anyone remember Aliens vs Predator ? Great game, rather original, it had swept up a grand following of enthusiasts ready to devote years of their time to skinning, levelling and modding.
Except that Fox sent nasty legal letters to each and every person that used any of its "IP" on their website - to the point where the projects were stopped for fear of even mentioning the name.
Really, I think it is the bigwigs at Fox that should be canned, and in 16oz cans at that.
Bunch of morons couldn't handle a fan base if it was given to them gift-wrapped.
Yeah they also totally destroyed Firefly too.. They do seem to have a blind spot where it comes to recognizing potential hits.