Microsoft demands heavy studio commitment as Halo goes to the movies

[St Leo]

Halo sucks.:P

[Agathon]

So, they passed around a mere script to a bunch of studios, waved a bunch of unreasonable demands in their face, pissed off one of the largest players in the Hollywood scene (and think what effect that will have on the talent!), didn't even bother to try to pre-package the product, and paid somebody $1 million on spec to write a script about a movie that's not even greenlighted or presold?

Sounds like busniess as usual if you ask me.

They should be spending money to get Rimshot or whatever it's called out on time.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by JohnT
I mean, 15 gross points just for providing rights to make a crappy movie about a second-rate video game character! And with a partner that's not going to sit back and let you do your work unimpeded!

I'm shorting the stock of the studio that buys into this foolish project.

Feel the power of the dark side.

Shorting is sooooo much fun.