Q: When is a movie like a light-switch?
A: When it’s Off, On, Off….

It seems all the optimism in the world wasn’t going to save the troubled production of the eagerly awaited movie based on the uber-popular Halo game. Just a week after producers Fox and Universal pulled out, Microsoft has issued a statement that production has now stopped. Here's the official bad news:

"As was previously confirmed, we deeply regret that both Universal and Fox did not choose to move forward with financing the Halo film under the original terms of the agreement. At this time Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with their partner, Microsoft, have mutually agreed to postpone making a feature film based on the Halo video game universe until we can fulfill the promise we made to millions of Halo fans throughout the world that we would settle for no less than bringing a first class film to the big screen.”

The real stumbling block for the backers seems to have been the inexperienced bloke chosen to direct – otherwise why would the following statement read like so?

“We are fully supportive of director Neill Blomkamp's vision of the film. Neill is a tremendously gifted filmmaker and his preliminary work on Halo is truly awe-inspiring. While it will undoubtedly take a little longer for Halo to reach the big screen, we are confident that the final feature film will be well worth the wait.”

Call me cynical but who thinks that when this all gets underway again, the director will mysteriously ‘leave due a mutual understanding’ and be replaced? – Martin Lynch

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