The planned Halo movie, originally due for 2008, has been through a tumultuous time. With the help of Peter Jackson, famous for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Halo movie was set to take the best-selling video game to the silver screen.

But last week the wheels started to fall off the wagon as Universal Studios and 20th Century Fox decided to pull out of the deal, withdrawing their financial backing. Microsoft immediately countered by indicating it would fund the movie itself, and all seemed well in the Halo world once more.

Unfortunately the latest news is that Peter Jackson and Microsoft have decided to postpone the movie for now. No specific date has been set for the movie to re-start production, although indications are that Microsoft still wants the movie to be made.

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Entry was posted on Thursday, November 2nd, 2006 at 7:00 am under Technology.

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