http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/04/03/ridley-scott-and-microsoft-team-for-halo-digital-feature
So this will be in addition to the Speilberg project. Could be interesting.
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Ridley Scott and Microsoft Team for Halo Digital Feature
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http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/04/03/ridley-scott-and-microsoft-team-for-halo-digital-feature
So this will be in addition to the Speilberg project. Could be interesting.
styl3s
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I assume it's going to be sold/rented through xbox live exclusively at first.
Then sold on blu-ray/DVD and every other digital service because money.
CarbonRevenge
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I'll wait for the Aliens tie-in before I give it any consideration as being good.
I'm not sure who worked on Forward Unto Dawn but that was very entertaining, I'll give them a chance and not jump to conclusions.
Metalingus5150
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Please be good.
Apparently it's supposed to be delivered like Forward Unto Dawn which was released episodically on youtube and then released to Blu-Ray/Xbox Live after.
Oh yeah, didn't he say there was going to be some live action included with H2A that wasn't the Spielberg thing? Although he's already been wrong about some things so who knows.
dancrane212
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QuantumBro
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The Ridley Scott who directed Prometheus and The Counselor is going to skim the Halo digital feature script
He said something about Halo, that was NOT the Spielberg thing, would be coming this year. I do remember that.
K
kittens
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Oh cool! I hope it's good.
The Ridley Scott who directed Prometheus and The Counselor is going to skim the Halo digital feature script
Assistant director for Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's list is directing it though...
EDIT: I have no idea what it means. It really just means I hope it's good lol. He's worked thoroughly with Spielberg though, it appears. I suppose it could be that MS asked Spielberg to help with this one and he suggested this dude, from having worked with him. Idk.
I'm down to clown with a H2 "digital feature". CG Arbiter with Keith David sounds divine.
Warm Machine
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The Ridley Scott who directed Prometheus and The Counselor is going to skim the Halo digital feature script
Man, who the hell do you think would be good for this? This is already better than pretty well anything else you were ever going t get.
Ooohhh man having an elite in a live action film would be so great.
Why can't they just have an all out Halo movie?James Cameron. itd take 10 years to get done, though. he basically already has a template in Aliens, which Halo "stole" from (with the marines, i mean)
id wish Scott were super hands on with this, but i know hes got Exodus or whatever to work on. the man can be immaculate in his productions when he brings his A game. shit, even Prometheus was a visual feast.
He's great with visuals, I'll give him that. Probably why they picked him.
I hope like everything that someday we get a full 2 1/2 hour feature film featuring the Arby and the Chief on some epic space adventure from him someday.
ChosenPredator
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man if blomkamp does anything halo gonna explode in confetti of happiness
He's been wrong about what things?
He said games with gold for Xbox One was starting in April and that didn't happen. He also got dates wrong for Xbox One release in tier 2 countries. I still have some faith though Halo 2 has to be happening.
I'm confident that Halo 2 is happening. Phil Spencer has all but confirmed that. I'm still a little skeptical about there being a SKU that includes Halo 3 and 4 though.
Contentwise, however, he's been pretty spot on. His dates are the only things that have been off, including the countries. Tier two included. See, he said a certain country would get the Xbox One at such and such date (tier 2), but it didn't. That doesn't mean the country won't get the Xbox.
But yeah, as far as content goes, he's been right on. The Titanfall-themed Xbox One definitely proved that, even if he doesn't prove to be reliable, he's certainly the real deal.
7DollarHagane
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Live action version of the I love bees radio drama
CassidyIzABeast
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They probably signed this deal thinking Prometheus was going to be a masterpiece.
Badlucktroll
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Spielberg and Scott projects will go nowhere and then be canned, just like the Peter Jackson project.
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So guys, which director do you think will join a future Halo movie project after this one is canned too?
Darkmakaimura
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I thought it meant a CGI movie but you're probably right.
Black Mantis
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Nah, these projects won't be reliant on any major Hollywood studios like Peter Jackson's project, so i can see them being released.
To be fair he gave a close time frame on when to expect the announcement (he said April, though it was announced in March regarding tier 2). Unannounced releases dates are probably the hardest thing to predict, as I doubt the officials really know until the last minute.
Twin Tails
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cant wait for it. Love anything halo
SEGAvangelist
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BASED NTKRNL! CRACKDOWN 3 MIGHT STILL HAPPEN!
I'd wager that Scott was signed on for name recognition and he'll more or less be a producer in name only. I strongly doubt he'll be hands-on; he has his own projects to focus on.
R3TRODYCE
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FUD is always entertaining, I'll show myself out....
Not really a fan of this stuff. I like the games (mostly) but I'm not a fan of films/TV/media based on games which, truth be told, are mainly derrivative of material from those mediums in the first place. Looping around again just seems pointless to me.
Oh well - hopefully works out for those interested in the extended Universe stuff. With current trends and changes within Xbox you have to wonder how much longer they'll channel funds into this kind of stuff though.
EDIT : title is a bit misleading too - from the detail of the PR it's likely that the closest this will get to Ridley Scott himself is a short briefing. He's executive producing, which normally means pretty far from the production and only there due to political links (i.e. it's his production company).
Oh well - hopefully works out for those interested in the extended Universe stuff. With current trends and changes within Xbox you have to wonder how much longer they'll channel funds into this kind of stuff though.
EDIT : title is a bit misleading too - from the detail of the PR it's likely that the closest this will get to Ridley Scott himself is a short briefing. He's executive producing, which normally means pretty far from the production and only there due to political links (i.e. it's his production company).
The Librarian
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That doesn't mean much. ADs are the rat on set; i.e., they make sure everybody is on time and doing their jobs.
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