Steven Spielberg Producing Halo Movie?

Posted by on Aug 11, 2009 in Movies, News

IESB is reporting the rumor that director Steven Spielberg is in talks to produce a Halo movie.

IESB has learned exclusively (believe me this is solid and I’ve confirmed it three times over with studio executives and our close ties to CAA) that one of the biggest producers in Hollywood history is currently in active negotiations to develop the feature film adaptation and no it’s not Jerry Bruckheimer or Peter Jackson. It’s the man behind Jaws, E.T., Indiana Jones and Transformers, Mr. Steven Spielberg.

Also, Spielberg is a huge gaming fan. His prodigal star Shia LaBeouf has been quoted talking about Spielberg being stuck on the 15th level of BioShock recently,

“I get there and stick my head in to ask if he’s ready-and this is classic Spielberg-he says, ‘Nope, Shia. I’m trapped!’ ” LaBeouf then starts playing both parts-concerned protégé and faraway mentor:

“You’re trapped? Steven, what are you talking about?”

“I’m trapped back here. Follow my voice.”

“Where are you?”

“Over here… Here… Here!”

LaBeouf kept following the calls until he got to the director’s office. And there was the master himself: shoes off, socks on, dressed in shooting gear, but sitting behind a computer, stuck on the fifteenth level of a first-person shooter called BioShock.

“This is like months to get to this level, and he can’t get past this one little mysterious spider god, and he’s losing his mind. He’s like, ‘I can’t do it, Shia! I can’t do it.’ “

This is good news –

Munich
Shrek
Saving Private Ryan
Cape Fear
Back to the Future
The Goonies
Gremlins

I think he’s got the chops to pull it off.