Wondering why the Hello TV show was so bad? Blame Bill Gates.
By Joshua Tyler | update
Released on November 15, 2001 by Microsoft. Halo: Combat Evolved. Developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios, the game was first released for the Xbox console. In 2003, Microsoft released versions for Windows and Mac OS.
Since then, Microsoft has released several hello Games, books, shorts and most recently a television show. hello has turned into a worldwide franchise with legions of fans.
Yet, as evidenced by the recent effort to reconcile the budget. hello TV show on Paramount+, Microsoft still has no idea what to do with it. The TV series was a cheap disaster that ignored everything good about the franchise to save money and showcase its stars. Although the show got two seasons, it was hated and mocked by fans in all of them.
It shouldn’t be this way. In 2005, Microsoft went to work on one. hello The film, a film that could have given fans of the space franchise everything. Unfortunately, fourteen years later, no. hello The movie
Want to know what went wrong? Read on to find out why hello The movie never got made and why we were so horrified. hello TV show instead.
Microsoft first started working on Hello Movie. In 2005
After the success of Halo 2wanted more for Microsoft. hello The series company’s plans included turning the game into a movie. They knew they had something big on their hands. Thus, they can earn a lot of money from the box office sales. Not only that, they thought that A hello The film will increase the sales of their Xbox consoles.
To make it a reality hello Dream of the movie, Microsoft commissioned to write the complete script. They paid tribute. 28 days later Screenwriter Alex Garland paid $1 million to finish the script, and it delivered. Microsoft “supervised” the screenplay because they wanted to make sure it was about their success. hello Game series.
Alex Garland was hired to write. hello The script of the film was completed in February 2005 and the first draft was completed in June of the same year. The title of the first film in 2005, helloand the script was ready. Various producers and directors were also attached to the film.
Microsoft contacted Creative Artists Agency about it. hello The film’s ambitions were such a big deal and considered such a moneymaker that CAA agents Roland Emmerich and Michael Weimer auctioned it off. After Michael Wymer passed hello script, he approached major studios and requested bids to acquire it.
Multiple Master Chiefs are marching on Hollywood.creating a real-life halo spectacle
At first, dressed as actors Hello The main character, Master Chief, visits creative artists’ agency offices to pick up and deliver scripts to major Hollywood studios. Around noon on June 6, 2005, he dressed up and walked through the streets of Hollywood and arrived at the studios in his red, blue and green Spartan armor.
It was a huge spectacle, much talked about and covered by the then-burgeoning independent entertainment news industry. Everyone was excited, everyone wanted it, and the word was that they were pitching the script in a way that was as attention-grabbing as the fans hoped it would be every bit as good.
It was Larry Shapiro at CAA who came up with the idea that the Messenger was dressed in Master Chief’s armor. He wanted the Halo deal to make headlines, and this stunt seemed like a surefire way to do that.
Each Master Chief had a red-bound folder with the Creative Artists Agency logo on it. In the folder, there were two things: a terms sheet and a copy of the script/screenplay that was commissioned by Microsoft. These redbound folders were delivered to Fox, Universal, Paramount and others. No script was delivered to Columbia because it is owned by Sony, a direct competitor of Microsoft.
The Hello movie was the deal of the century.
After the scripts were delivered, they (the various master chiefs) waited outside while the studio executives read the screenplay. Each studio had 24 hours to read the script. Each script came with a term sheet. Because Microsoft was unfamiliar with Hollywood culture, they wanted to dictate the terms. They made a plan of protection hello franchise by controlling how their game was presented.
The clock was ticking. Everyone wanted to know if Hollywood would be willing to make an offer. It was the deal of the century, and everyone expected it hello Movies will take over Hollywood the way games took over their industry.
Each studio responded, but they tried to negotiate terms. Only Fox responded with a “yes” to his term sheet without negotiating.
How Delusional Corporate Greed Killed the Halo Movie
Microsoft demanded $10 million for 15 percent of gross box office sales. hello. This was in addition to the minimum $75 million budget for the film. They also wanted a fast-paced production and needed creative approval. hello The director and cast of the film.
The demands did not stop there. Microsoft requested 60 first-class plane tickets for its employees and guests to attend. hello Movie premiere. These were important demands outside the norm of Hollywood culture. Mind you, Microsoft wasn’t investing any of its own money in production. They were only paying the $1 million they had already paid Alex Garland to write the script/screenplay.
Furthermore, the company was unwilling to sign anyone. hello Commercial rights.
Microsoft’s aggressive demands kept Paramount and others out of the field. Eventually, Fox and Universal decided to jointly fund the film. The contract It was that Fox would take the foreign box office revenue while Universal received the domestic box office revenue.
Unfortunately, Fox and Universal soon realized that Microsoft was too greedy. The numbers didn’t work. The amount of profit left for Fox and Universal after Microsoft scrapped the best parts wasn’t enough to go ahead with it. hello The movie
Greed killed. hello The movie
The script of the 2005 Hello movie was exactly what the fans wanted.
Alex Garlands hello The film’s script outlined a story that was essentially the entire plot of the original Halo game. Master Chief, aided by an AI named Cortana, will fight the Covenant while trying to save the human race from extinction. The story was a direct adaptation of exactly what happened in it. Halo: Combat Evolved.
In other words, his script was exactly what the fans wanted. It was the exact opposite of what we call the dreaded Parmount+ TV show.
Many filmmakers wanted to be a part of it. hello film project. Peter Jackson, Director Lord of the Rings Films, came out as a producer in October 2005. Neill Blomkamp (later known for the film District 9) was to direct the film.
Before Neil, Guillermo del Toro was also in talks. Del Toro offered an opportunity to work in a Hello movie. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Neil was chosen instead. Lord of the Rings Special effects guru WETA Workshop was chosen to handle the. hello Effects of the film.
Neill Blomkamp tried to make Hello Cyberpunk.
When Neill Blomkamp was hired to direct the movie Halo, he wanted to do something different. What Microsoft wanted instead, was a cyberpunk type of movie. He spent five months at WETA coming up with rewrites for the screenplay. But, Fox didn’t like the idea and knew Microsoft would hate it.
Despite the objections of Fox and Microsoft, the developers of helloBungie loved the cyberpunk style Blomkamp planned for the film. However, due to greed and disagreements with everyone else, Blomkamp’s vision died along with the rest of the project.
Will there ever be a Hello movie?
In 2010, DreamWorks briefly wanted to take a stab at making it. hello The film Just as Neil had a different vision for the film, DreamWorks also wanted to explore the film. hello Novels instead of sports. The idea was to completely cut ties with Microsoft and its game. Sadly, they abandoned the idea after a few months.
There are currently no plans to make a Halo movie. But, fans got a taste of the live-action adaptation hello. A web series for Halo 4: Forward to Dawn Released later on DVD and Blu-ray.
Fans can also enjoy. Halo: Nighttime via streaming devices and DVD copies. Despite the failure to make hello The movie was disappointing for fans, the game is still interesting. But, it would have been interesting to see a Neill Blomkamp cyberpunk style film.
The Hello TV show everyone hates.
Finally, we found one. hello TV series produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television. If you saw it, you hated it.
The series used almost nothing from the game and ignored the core principles of the Halo universe. For example, Master Chief not only took off his helmet, he almost never wore it. They even failed to fix Cortana. She ended up being a minor character who never spent more than a minute with the Master Chief throughout the show’s run.
gave hello TV series seem to go out of their way to avoid showing anything good. The characters often talked about cool things that happened off-camera, but aside from three or four minutes of original-style Halo combat (spanned across two seasons), nothing like Halo happened.
Will there ever be a Hello movie?
In 2010, DreamWorks briefly wanted to take a stab at making it. hello Film Just as Neil had a different vision for the film, DreamWorks also wanted to explore the film. hello Novels instead of sports. The idea was to completely cut ties with Microsoft and its game. Sadly, they abandoned the idea after a few months.
Now, with the failure of the Halo TV series, it is unlikely that anyone would want to invest time and money in a Halo movie. If you’ve seen the TV series, you know they didn’t put a lot of money into it either.
The Hello Movie idea, for now, is dead. Maybe in the not-yet-seen distant future, fans will finally get the Halo movie they crave and deserve.
