Quote from: "Melbosa"Quote from: "Veriety"Halo makes a date
Fox, U will bow Microsoft adaptation in '07
By BEN FRITZ
Master Chief is gunning for the bigscreen in summer '07. Fox and Universal have closed their deal to make a movie based on Microsoft's hit vidgame "Halo," with plans for a tentpole in two years. Studios will pay the tech giant $5 million against 10% of the gross....
Source:http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=upsell_article&articleID=VR1117927889&categoryID=1952&cs=1
Jeepers, now that's stylin' wordsmithin'! "gunning for... hit vidgame... plans for a tentpole... the tech giant" Better than the same old boring verbiage :)
PS: So a $5million minimum, or 10% of GROSS... and I'm guessing Fox/Universal will pay production + marketing all out of their own coffers. WOW M$ gonna make some easy dough here! (I'm guessing no less than $60 million gross, $25-$30million opening weekend, and the rest will depend on word of mouth, and of course how many just download it as a way of preventing M$ from getting any more of their money.)