In someone's idea of a sick sick joke, Imdb has posted that Uwe Boll has been selected as the director for the Halo movie. At least all Halo fans are hoping that it is a joke. Boll is the king of bad video game to movie adaptations. He has already punished us with House of the Dead and Alone In The Dark, and soon with his version of BloodRayne. His name has also been attached to other video game properties like Dungeon siege, Far Cry, Fear Effect and Hunter:The Reckoning.I am sure at this time this is just a mistake by Imdb. Microsoft paid 1 million for Alex Garland (28 Days Later and The Beach) to write the screenplay and have a very lucrative deal with 2 major movie companies, so why ruin it all by having Uwe Boll on board.
Another rumor running around the net is that Vin Diesel has been cast as Master Chief. Now, I have nothing against Vin, I enjoyed XXX and FaF, and Pacifier was good with the kids, but he is not right for MC. 1st he is too short for the armor, and his voice would not sound right. Really the man in the armor could be anyone. In the game we never see the Chief's face, and it should be the same in the game. Heck, just stick a athletic 6"4 guy in the suit and let the voice actor from the game handle all the voice work. Other Hollywood names that have been flying around are Bruce Willis (too old) and The Rock (ummm,no).
So I will go out on a limb here and say that both these rumors are false. Boll will not direct and Vin will not star. And Imdb,,,,,shame on you.
2 comments:
The only game to movie conversion that was worth watching was Clue. ;)
Yeah, no matter who they cast and who directs it will most likely suck. There's a reason videogame stories should stay in the videogame realm. They're limited plot wise to fit onto a game disc. And tickles I disagree, the first Mortal Kombat movie was awesome.
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