Halo (film)

The script for the movie Halo, based on the video game series under the same name, was recently written by Alex Garland. The movie will be developed and released by Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox, under the creative oversight of Microsoft. Former Columbia president Peter Schlessel has been selected as Producer, but no decisions have been made as to the Director.

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Microsoft developed the picture outside the studio system paying Garland $1 million to develop the picture and hiring Peter Schlessel, a former executive at Columbia Pictures to develop the project which is Microsoft's first entry into the movie business.

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Microsoft delivered the script to the major film studios on June 6, 2005 with employees at Creative Artists Agency delivering the script dressed as Master Chief. E! Online reported that Microsoft set conditions such as Microsoft retaining merchandising rights, a $75 million budget and Microsoft having the rights to examine rough cuts of the movie. These conditions meant that many of the major film studios weren't interested in the project despite the success of the video game.

Alex Garland: Alex Garland (born 1970) is a British novelist, the son of the well-known and respected political cartoonist, Nick Garland. With a resolutely middle-class and intellectual background, he attended University College School, Hampstead and later graduated from Manchester University with a degree in His...

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