Halo Movie takes a backseat to D-9

With the Halo movie on indefinite hold due to budget constraints it looks like the Halo fans will just have to make do with District 9. District 9 is based off a short independent movie from back in 2005 by Neill Blomkamp called Alive in Joburg which is a documentary (fictional of course) about humans and space aliens revisiting the apartheid issues of the past. Here is below:



Peter Jackson is producing and of course his cronies at Weta Workshop are handling the special effects. The plot is actually a mystery. One just can't help but wonder if this is Halo in disguise. After all Halo's Earth setting is based in South Africa (New Mombasa).

If you have not seen the Halo promo video short put together in anticipation of the Halo film, it is a must see for any Halo fan. But honestly, if you are a Halo fan. You've seen this stunning short. It' was originally in three parts. There is combined CGI and real film action. Here it is in it's entirety:




You have to think considering this level of realism, the budget would have to be sky high. But really This film would blow the viewership of Titanic out of the water.

Creative Differences lead to production delay on Lovely Bones

Production on the best-selling book adaptation of The Lovely Bones is rumored to be temporarily shut down. This is the second production-halting incident that was caused by “creative differences.”
Earlier this year, best actor nominee Ryan Gosling dropped out of the Peter Jackson-directed flick because of “creative differences.” However, Gosling was then replaced with Mark Wahlberg shortly before production was to begin.

According to a New Zealand movie website, Flicks.co.nz, there is a temporary shutdown of the film because of the differing views that Jackson and his art director had. According to the website, there were disagreements about what the set for Heaven, a key location in the story, should look like.
As a result, moviemaking has come to a halt while it's sorted out.

The adaptation of author Alice Sebold's novel revolves around a young girl named Susie who, from heaven, watches her family deal with the grief and anger of her death after she was murdered by a neighbor. Wahlberg plays Susie's dad, who becomes obsessed with vengeance, while Rachel Weisz plays her mom. There is no word yet on if production has resumed on the family drama set for a March 2009 release