@@HiddenXperia We gotta get this pitched out to members of the community, and maybe a director can notice. Like how the FNAF movie is finally being made after years of talking about it, this can be done
Marty!! Oh my god yes that would be so cool, the only way it should be done! The music from Halo 1-3 & Reach still gives me goosebumps… Halo is definitely my favorite fictional universe and has my favorite lore, have read all the books and everything. Ever since I was a kid when halo 2 came out I’ve always wanted to see a halo movie done right. And like 13 years ago when that 6ish minute live action video of ODSTs fighting brutes came out, that blew my mind. I really think that’s the single best live action portrayal of Halo. I’ve watched it hundreds of times just asking WHY was the Peter Jackson movie canned? I think I speak for most halo fans that seeing this movie come to fruition with the proper execution would be mind shatteringly awesome. Maybe the best thing to happen ever.
Its funny too bc that refreshing vibe is over 15 years old but still feels better than the halo tv show crap we get now. Its a crime we never got this movie; the first 5 minutes that got released tops anything 343 tried to do 😩
@@ThommyofThenn Probably a lack of funding at the time. Not gonna lie, I would pay top dollar to see this movie, I dont even care how long the movie IS.
@@Xeno-The-Wanderer The Flood could easily have been made with a blend of practical effects and CGI. No way would a _Halo_ movie nowadays be too expensive.
@@thecynicaloptimist1884 was making a guess, but really the biggest barrier is convincing execs and other parties to fund the project itself. Fans may say it’s brilliant but you need to convince these people that they’ll get their money back and then some in terms of investing and maybe there’s some internal stuff or whatever that’s not money related.
A Halo movie sounds awesome! And it's actually adhering to the lore, unlike the TV series. And the Flood coming in sounds absolutely terrifying and amazing! I want to see this so much! Shame it'll never happen, it really hurts that it won't come to light ever.
It's not 100% accurate, but most of the creative liberties actually make sense, are well written and advance the story in an efficient way unlike whatever that abomination was that we got last year
@@HiddenXperia I could easily out do that abomination by doing my own TV show starting with Halo wars (2531) and ending with Halo Infinite (2560) spanning 10 seasons much like Stargate SG1 did.
The music Marty O'Donnell put together for the Halo games belongs on the big screens. It would magnify the scenes of the movies 10x fold. I've been wishing for them to make this happen since I was 8....
Sounds like the story gamers wanted. Garland took the source and added more detail and emotion to his version of the story, pulling inspiration from real-world events and other media. I would like to see this movie.
crazy idea right? i think if this game wqas made into this movie it would have been this generations "starship troopers" but of course they cant just make a good movie anymore.
Halo CE’s plasma effects accurately recreated in the movie script makes me smile. Bungie seriously made the plasma have that glowing, burning effect with sparks flying. Especially when overcharging a plasma pistol where the impact of the bolt is still sparking and burning like a live flame of energy.
Infected Keyes saying "I am a monument to all your sins" gives me chills. It's different but it still makes sense in a halo universe. This could've happened and leads to the same conclusion. The issue with the show to me wasn't that they did their own thing, its that the characters aren't themselves in any way, they are totally different and that leads to a distinctly non-halo experience.
To me those points are non-exclusive, whenever you hear "doing your own thing" in Hollywood it means you are straight up ignoring the source material and just making minimal graphical nods. In other words, to say the characters were "changed" is not exactly correct, they were never written in the first place, just "other" characters with the names tacked on. "Halo": Live action is a bastard child of Hollywood's truly worst methods of adaptation, not believing in the IP enough to view a true rehash(actual adaptation) as viable, believing untested writers can do better, and ultimately trying to stretch a story beyond its scope of interest. Halo has plenty of interesting stories beyond Chief's, trying to make his downtime more interesting than it needed to to appease self inserts are not interesting, the books and games covered all his most interesting adventures, and that is fine, don't go making him Ash Ketchum and forever 10, follow his example as a character and make another character he never meets interesting, just look at the elites, nearly all of them evolve in rank like John Wick, and the Banished and Separatist factions are rife with conflicts to explore, and all they offered was bastardized versions of favorites and Quan(was it Ha? I forgot)and what's her name... Neither was interesting.
@@michaellane5381 it's Hollywood writers being so far up their own asses that they cannot comprehend or accept that somebody who works on video games can wrote better than them
@@michaellane5381stop giving the pedos bad excuses and, anyone with half a brain would know that if they stayed true to source it would be a huuge success.
@@crankyeskimo3362 I'm not giving "excuses", there are reasons not to do 1 to 1 Adaptation, namely because we already saw it if we are fans, which makes the odds we pay out the big bucks to see it early low, which lowers profit, it would have done better than the trash made, but that's such a low standard it's meaningless.
I like the opening scene. It makes the Spartan III's look proficient, but not invulnerable. They're not Mary Sues, just very good soldiers thrown into extreme situations.
One of the most terrifyingly creepy scenes ever in a movie is when the protagonist walks into a church and sees all the dead bodies. He proceeds to yell "Hello", and those two zombies just stand straight up so fast and just stares at him.
After the god awful and disappointing tv series, the Halo community might as well do it ourselves. I’ve seen so many fan-made videos that are absolutely incredible from such talented fans. I would love to see this script made into a movie!
I imagine it playing out like a scene in Star Wars or something, the music is building up while 343 is monologuing about what the ring does, getting closer and closer, and then the music suddenly cuts out and Chief turns around like Han Solo and blasts that fool point blank without batting an eye LMAO. (bonus points if 343 does the wilhelm scream)
@@ezreth Imagining how the willheim would sound with Sparks voice filter applied to it. Would be even more hilarious if it was just the normal scream though
@@EggEnjoyer No, I know how it's going to be. Eliminating 90% of art related jobs is a depressing dystopian nightmare. I don't want a single person to be able to do most of a project on their own. It's unfortunate that that's what we're getting.
@@mujigant Remember a few years back when people in manufacturing lost their jobs because of Obama’s recession and were told “Learn to code”? Learn to code.
Knowing that there was a completed script and now actually hearing the details of the script, makes it much more apparent how much of a crime the cancellation of this film really was.
It sucks that this never got made especially seeing how some of their designs were pretty faithful to the games, plus designs more based on the old concept art like the Shiek Wang style elites and the Eddie Smith style Mark V. It's a shame that it never made it to the big screen.
I found most of the modifications improved the story, especially regarding Cpt. Keyes' fate. He is killed offscreen in the game, whereas, in this script, his last moments are much more interesting.
I thought adapting the whole game for a 2 hour 10 minute runtime would be impossible, but Garland passed the task with flying colors. His writing and understanding of the source material is immaculate.
I just read the entire Script on the Halo Wiki and, WOW, he definitely respected the source material. my favorite part is when chief says to Flood Keyes. " See, That's where your wrong, I don't need to know Sh__" the reason I like that is because he was told "you don't need to know Sh__ by Silva and Cortana so him saying that to flood keyes is so amazing
Someday, I really hope we do end up getting a Halo movie; it seems like it'd be a huge success and, with minimal changes to the plot, could seamlessly transfer to the big screen... possibly more than once.🤞
@@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060 Did it come out in theatres? I don't remember it actually seeing a theatrical release, which is what people refer to when they imagine "a movie coming out"
Man! What could've been! This was simply incredible to watch. I appreciate all the work you put in, editing this video, trying to line up game footage to the events of the script, Luc. You never skimp on quality. Cheers!
Pretty messed up that a script like the tv series will get green lit, but a script that the fans are actually pumped for is in production hell. What a world folks. In any case keep it up my dude
That honestly sounds amazing! It's a genuine tragedy this didn't come out. A team of Alex Garland and possibly PETER JACKSON making Halo movies would go so damn hard. Amazing video!
@@jomama7933 Fr, I especially thought the scene with Chief taking off his helmet and then the scene cutting away was a funny, unintentional middle finger to the show.
@@jomama7933 Its what happens when we let LGTBQ propaganda take over society. Chiefs buttcheeks, strongwoman spartans, forbidden love stories. Spastics will try to call me a bigot for pointing it out, but the proofs in the pudding. Not just Halo. We forfeited good story telling for modern political appeasement. Thats the reality of it.
This could totally be picked up for a Combat Evolved Remake in the same vein as the Dead Space Remake. One that doesn't just rebuild it in a new engine, but adds more weight and depth to the story.
This NEEDS to happen! Its a money pit just waiting for any writer and producer 🤣 love your videos bro I'm a big fan of Halo and you channel 🙂 much love and best wishes bro 😀
As much as I hate the halo tv show one thing I did like about it was the gore and gritty feeling in the combat. This scrip sounds really good but one thing I can’t budge on is the removal of the swamp, the swamp where the flood is introduced is one of my favourite environments in gaming because it’s subtly unnerving even for a first time player who doesn’t know what’s about to happen and I can only dream how it would look in a movie where the director just gets it.
I'm listening to this and watching the remaining time go down sadly.... This is bad ass I don't want it to end! Reminds me how great the original novels The Fall of Reach, The Flood and First Strike are and how much I wish we had full novels covering the events in Halo 2 and 3. Thank you so much for sharing this! This gave me a taste of my old love of Halo and how good it really is/was.
Love the brutality. A Halo film would definitely need to be on par with Aliens, Predator, and the Thing in terms of gore and not shy away from body horror. Torturing the Elite for information before executing it is also a great detail that you'd expect at this point. There's zero reason to show any mercy to them.
Back in the 2000s the r rating was avoided by many studios in favor of PG13. This movie would’ve been a big budget r rated film which was more likely the reason studios didn’t want to make it.
this was incredible, they love and respect the existing lore and plot and only add to it. Its such a shame that the Halo show didn't even come close to this.
I came across this years ago through limewire if I remember correctly, instantly downloaded it. It's still sitting in my dropbox, never to be deleted. The only issue I had was that Chief removed his helmet while recovering from a fight. Though, idk if I still feel that way or not. Edit: just checked the upload time stamp - 1/7/2014
7:59 “There’s another deep guttural scream in the distance. Not human or animal and it’s growing louder & louder. So loud it wakes him sharply from his dream.” *WAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!*
This is the best thing I've ever heard about Halo. Such a damn shame this movie wasn't made. This is the best gruesome and more... "brutal" retelling of CE's events that I've ever heard, aside from The Flood book. As a game developer and modder myself, I'm almost tempted to remake this entire re-telling of the story in game form as a Halo mod... but... I really don't have time these days with work and such.
This script absolutely glasses the TV show to smithereens. It ADDS to the lore and enhances moments, it doesn't throw it away and slap a halo sticker onto chief's bare cheeks. We already know how it would like and feel with those old Halo 3 and Reach commercials, it's easy gold waiting to happen.
What I really want is another halo anime, but not like halo legends where its just shorts a full on a series or something like that. I would choose "I Know you" to be the opening song.
Honestly, they could make an animated adaptation with good voice actors. Would be a lot easier to do the action scenes than a shit ton of practical and CG work with the Covenant. The only issue is that you might lose a bit of the brutality. But the motion comics of Halo Evolutions had a decent amount of brutality. I think it would be more feasible than a live-action feature film, though I'd still like to see it.
This script leaked a long time ago. It's an adaptation *of* an adaptation. Things that were lost in translation between CE and The Flood were lost even more between The Flood and the movie. Then for a while, it disappeared. I went looking for my copy, and it was gone. I went looking for where it had been leaked online in the first place, and it was gone. I panicked. I thought *I* had lost the last copy! Glad it's back, but I recommend reading it for yourself, cause there's a lot of very interesting and wonky portrayals
What portrayals are wonky?? Its an adaptation of a video game that keeps all major details the exact same, while adding more detail that wasnt present in the games. Do you mean it conflicts with the arbitrary information overexplained in the books?
@@SlyElliot Most notably Chief and Cortana's relationship being rocky for no reason. I'd say it's lacking backstory to get past the awkward phase of them meeting, but then so was CE since The Fall of Reach came out afterwards, and they didn't feel the need for him to ask how to turn her off
@@icarusgaming6269 Well in a movie that only lasts like 1 hour and 45 minutes you need to do 2 things to their relationship from the game/book (1.) You have to condense their banter and relationship from a 8-10 hour active gaming experience down to a much shorter time frame. (2.) you need conflict between characters to make it interesting so its way more interesting for them to start out rocky and then have the relationship and characters develop throughout the movie, than to just have the relationship be static and good for no reason the entire time.
@@SlyElliot This is what I think has been overemphasized lately. You don't need conflict between *every* character. Some of my favorite onscreen relationships are ones that aren't played for drama, and just treated as a constant that reacts to everything else changing around them. Chief being a static protagonist (at least until Halo 4) also makes this a harmonious decision. Cortana changes when she learns what the installation really is, and also when she's presented with a scenario she can't analyze her way out of, but the way Chief applies the same militaristic mentality to these twists the whole way through is a core element. I think the way The Flood used new characters to add conflict while keeping core elements the same was a cleaner way to adapt this story
@@icarusgaming6269 I'm with you on the Cortana Chief relationship. Having it start comfortable (enough) and get rocky because of what she learns fits the script better.
God this makes me sad. Halo CE has been my favorite halo game since I was a kid in the 2000’s. If this movie came to fruition I would genuinely cry in the theater. This video already was giving me some tears because of how amazing this would have been if I was able to see it when I was a kid or even my early teens whatever decade it would have come out
THEY HAD THIS SCRIPT AND "HALO THE FLOOD" FOR CREATIVE REFERENCE FOR THE HALO TV SHOW AND THEY STILL SAID "NAH That's too hard, we don't have good sorce material, so we're just gonna make garbage." WTF. Meanwhile The Last Of Us TV show is just eating Halos lunch!
We're in the bad ending alternate universe for sure as we never got this Back when halo was rated M and we were all still hoping for a movie. That was another time For how good this is, it's now my head canon
I need to see a copy of this script so I can read it myself, because this sounds like one hell of a movie. How it utilizes the Flood's use of psychological torture (which I think is actually their most terrifying aspect) and does it incredibly well. I also like how alot of nesh details like Jenkin's Magnum, and the ODSTs' resentment of Spartans (lore/details that aren't present in the games). It's super disappointing that this never got made, and what's even more disappointing is knowing this exists is we got the awful TV show instead. This would have been a blast to see on the big screen.
The only thing that sucks is that we never hear anything about the man, the myth, the legend; Sgt.Jonhson. I would have loved for them to at least mention him and how he would be Chief right hand man/partner at points in the script/movie.
seeing as how halo was inspired by the movie aliens, it wouldve been easier for people to spot the sergeant reference in the movies rather than the games. maybe they were worried people would say it is a direct copy.
This is incredible, I can't believe we almost got this. The fact that they've been sitting on this script and didn't make it happen is hugely disappointing. This is infinitely better than the genetic writing we got in the TV show.
Now we need someone to make a crowdfunded movie using this script... someone call the guy doing the Charity Falls shorts, they could use his CGI talents!
Now THIS is the opportunity for the Halo show to make amends. Make the entire season 1 a wild fever dream of Jimmy Rings and take this script and use it
I feel like Nyland's Fall of Reach would have been the perfect adaptation for a show or movie. Show Chief's origins, the insurrection, and the introduction to the Covenant. Everything leading up Reach's fall. Then season 2 or sequel movie can focus on Alpha Halo until it's destruction. Season 3 would combine both H2 and 3 to wrap up the War. Maybe TWD it and have a mid season cut to end the H2 arc.
From a 'what makes the most money without angering fans' perspective (IE give me those big long term profits.) Doing Fall of Reach as the opening film, this Halo script (or close analogue) for the sequel, then two films for Halo 2 and Halo 3 seems like the go to choice. There is too much material to combine Halo 2 and 3 into a single film without having to cut to much out of it. Plus, if you go at a sane production/release schedule, doing 2 films means more profit from merch and secondary sources. Open it up with 'We are doing a Halo Quartet.' as the public facing marketing strategy, deliberately bringing up this unproduced script and citing 'minimal adjustments' for it. If you don't completely botch Fall of Reach, bankrolling the rest will be comedically easy. Sometimes for max profit, you have to just accept that the product is an R rated one.
I would make a Halo movie, picking up the setting of the TV show, (covenant introduction) we would follow a group of Spartans, no master chief no noble six, but maybe Sargent Johnson. So this grupo is tasked to take a out a rebel leader, but the Covenant suddenly arrives and the Spartans are killed, but Sargent Johnson survives and it would be a horror movie without the flood about Johnson trying to survive.
They should make the Flood more like Necromorphs or 1982 "The Thing" . The Flood are more intelligent but imagine if they actually LOOKED more scary too. The Flood are more Creepy than horror or scary.
@@nutyyyy I agree! They need an upgrade to feel more menacing. I know any weapon can dispose of them. But what if one couldn't be hurt by them? You have to burn it! But plasma is kind of like fire so hmm
im expecting this movie to be like the really gritty ODST trailers and live action stuff, but hopefully not one of those movies where it looks like someone is carrying camera with them following chief around the whole time
343 should turn this into an audio drama just like what fox did with William Gibson second script HX you should check out avp galaxy they have all the alien predator and avp scripts I would recommend Gibson draft 1st and 2nd drafts ,Alien:engineers and the wooden planet script
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This movie would've gone SO hard...
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I vividly remember reading this script so many years ago. If ever this movie could be made I would love to score it.
Right lads time to crowdsource this movie and get it made STAT
martyyyy omg
It's the legend Marty O'Donnell!!!!!
@@HiddenXperia We gotta get this pitched out to members of the community, and maybe a director can notice. Like how the FNAF movie is finally being made after years of talking about it, this can be done
Marty!! Oh my god yes that would be so cool, the only way it should be done! The music from Halo 1-3 & Reach still gives me goosebumps…
Halo is definitely my favorite fictional universe and has my favorite lore, have read all the books and everything. Ever since I was a kid when halo 2 came out I’ve always wanted to see a halo movie done right. And like 13 years ago when that 6ish minute live action video of ODSTs fighting brutes came out, that blew my mind. I really think that’s the single best live action portrayal of Halo. I’ve watched it hundreds of times just asking WHY was the Peter Jackson movie canned? I think I speak for most halo fans that seeing this movie come to fruition with the proper execution would be mind shatteringly awesome. Maybe the best thing to happen ever.
Even if we don't get the full movie, having you narrate the story and matching up the ingame footage was a great watch.
Awesome video man.
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It's SO DAMN REFRESHING to see a writer/director who actually understood and cared about Halo and it's incredible Story and Characters.
Its funny too bc that refreshing vibe is over 15 years old but still feels better than the halo tv show crap we get now. Its a crime we never got this movie; the first 5 minutes that got released tops anything 343 tried to do 😩
@@Staypurple3Great comment. Really befuddles one on why this script was never pursued
@@ThommyofThenn Probably a lack of funding at the time. Not gonna lie, I would pay top dollar to see this movie, I dont even care how long the movie IS.
@@ThommyofThenn social agendas weren't being chased and the diversity check boxes weren't met. Therefore is a no go. Simple
@@jimmy4993 ah you're one of those guys
How in the hell did we get The Halo TV show when this script, a finished, faithful script like THIS exists? This sounds amazing!
Too much CG for flood? Idk
@@Xeno-The-Wanderer The Flood could easily have been made with a blend of practical effects and CGI. No way would a _Halo_ movie nowadays be too expensive.
@@thecynicaloptimist1884 was making a guess, but really the biggest barrier is convincing execs and other parties to fund the project itself. Fans may say it’s brilliant but you need to convince these people that they’ll get their money back and then some in terms of investing and maybe there’s some internal stuff or whatever that’s not money related.
@@Xeno-The-Wanderer Oh 100%! It always comes back to the bean counters eventually.
@@Xeno-The-Wanderer Definitely could've been done with practical fx. Just look at how The Last of Us HBO did all the infected
A Halo movie sounds awesome! And it's actually adhering to the lore, unlike the TV series. And the Flood coming in sounds absolutely terrifying and amazing! I want to see this so much! Shame it'll never happen, it really hurts that it won't come to light ever.
It's not 100% accurate, but most of the creative liberties actually make sense, are well written and advance the story in an efficient way unlike whatever that abomination was that we got last year
I’m so sad. I want this movie to happen 🙏🏻🥺
@@HiddenXperia I could easily out do that abomination by doing my own TV show starting with Halo wars (2531) and ending with Halo Infinite (2560) spanning 10 seasons much like Stargate SG1 did.
@@gamepad3173 then do it bro
@@gamepad3173 Pretty much anyone could do better than Master Cheeks on paramount.
The music Marty O'Donnell put together for the Halo games belongs on the big screens. It would magnify the scenes of the movies 10x fold. I've been wishing for them to make this happen since I was 8....
It's a masterpiece
ditto...
Sounds like the story gamers wanted. Garland took the source and added more detail and emotion to his version of the story, pulling inspiration from real-world events and other media.
I would like to see this movie.
crazy idea right? i think if this game wqas made into this movie it would have been this generations "starship troopers" but of course they cant just make a good movie anymore.
Would prefer an original story but book adaptations are good too
imagine unironically referring to yourself as a gamer.
@hsousa54 Oh, Puddin, did using the word gamer upset you?
Unfortunately we never will....
Halo CE’s plasma effects accurately recreated in the movie script makes me smile. Bungie seriously made the plasma have that glowing, burning effect with sparks flying. Especially when overcharging a plasma pistol where the impact of the bolt is still sparking and burning like a live flame of energy.
Infected Keyes saying "I am a monument to all your sins" gives me chills. It's different but it still makes sense in a halo universe. This could've happened and leads to the same conclusion. The issue with the show to me wasn't that they did their own thing, its that the characters aren't themselves in any way, they are totally different and that leads to a distinctly non-halo experience.
To me those points are non-exclusive, whenever you hear "doing your own thing" in Hollywood it means you are straight up ignoring the source material and just making minimal graphical nods.
In other words, to say the characters were "changed" is not exactly correct, they were never written in the first place, just "other" characters with the names tacked on.
"Halo": Live action is a bastard child of Hollywood's truly worst methods of adaptation, not believing in the IP enough to view a true rehash(actual adaptation) as viable, believing untested writers can do better, and ultimately trying to stretch a story beyond its scope of interest. Halo has plenty of interesting stories beyond Chief's, trying to make his downtime more interesting than it needed to to appease self inserts are not interesting, the books and games covered all his most interesting adventures, and that is fine, don't go making him Ash Ketchum and forever 10, follow his example as a character and make another character he never meets interesting, just look at the elites, nearly all of them evolve in rank like John Wick, and the Banished and Separatist factions are rife with conflicts to explore, and all they offered was bastardized versions of favorites and Quan(was it Ha? I forgot)and what's her name... Neither was interesting.
@@michaellane5381 it's Hollywood writers being so far up their own asses that they cannot comprehend or accept that somebody who works on video games can wrote better than them
@@michaellane5381stop giving the pedos bad excuses and, anyone with half a brain would know that if they stayed true to source it would be a huuge success.
@@crankyeskimo3362 I'm not giving "excuses", there are reasons not to do 1 to 1 Adaptation, namely because we already saw it if we are fans, which makes the odds we pay out the big bucks to see it early low, which lowers profit, it would have done better than the trash made, but that's such a low standard it's meaningless.
I like the opening scene. It makes the Spartan III's look proficient, but not invulnerable. They're not Mary Sues, just very good soldiers thrown into extreme situations.
The first few pages of it actually leaked back in 2004. And yeah, it was amazing. I was so gutted it never got made.
Blame Hollywood for that.
@@gamepad3173 Universal studios pulled out last minute, which cut the project. Such a shame
They couldn’t allow an actual good halo movie to be made, that would be unacceptable. We need a stupid show.
@@jshrhrgahhuehtnmppl Enter master cheeks.
there was a plan behind it - and just waited on the perfect timing to do it, WHICH IS NOW.
One of the most terrifyingly creepy scenes ever in a movie is when the protagonist walks into a church and sees all the dead bodies. He proceeds to yell "Hello", and those two zombies just stand straight up so fast and just stares at him.
After the god awful and disappointing tv series, the Halo community might as well do it ourselves. I’ve seen so many fan-made videos that are absolutely incredible from such talented fans. I would love to see this script made into a movie!
Chief blasting Guilty Spark in its eye is way too hilarious to me. I can't stop imagining how that would play out on screen. This is amazing
I imagine it playing out like a scene in Star Wars or something, the music is building up while 343 is monologuing about what the ring does, getting closer and closer, and then the music suddenly cuts out and Chief turns around like Han Solo and blasts that fool point blank without batting an eye LMAO. (bonus points if 343 does the wilhelm scream)
@@ezreth Imagining how the willheim would sound with Sparks voice filter applied to it. Would be even more hilarious if it was just the normal scream though
Wish this was made into a movie i would watch it.
With the way AI is progressing give it a few years and we might get one
@@oreodepup I don't want to see an AI generated Halo movie. I'd rather it not exist at all.
@@EggEnjoyer No, I know how it's going to be. Eliminating 90% of art related jobs is a depressing dystopian nightmare. I don't want a single person to be able to do most of a project on their own. It's unfortunate that that's what we're getting.
@@EggEnjoyer That sounds like a dystopian nightmare.
@@mujigant Remember a few years back when people in manufacturing lost their jobs because of Obama’s recession and were told “Learn to code”?
Learn to code.
Knowing that there was a completed script and now actually hearing the details of the script, makes it much more apparent how much of a crime the cancellation of this film really was.
It sucks that this never got made especially seeing how some of their designs were pretty faithful to the games, plus designs more based on the old concept art like the Shiek Wang style elites and the Eddie Smith style Mark V. It's a shame that it never made it to the big screen.
I found most of the modifications improved the story, especially regarding Cpt. Keyes' fate. He is killed offscreen in the game, whereas, in this script, his last moments are much more interesting.
In another universe someone got Jackson’s halo movie😢
I thought adapting the whole game for a 2 hour 10 minute runtime would be impossible, but Garland passed the task with flying colors. His writing and understanding of the source material is immaculate.
This is EXACTLY what I have been wanting. Please someone make this movie happen!
I just read the entire Script on the Halo Wiki and, WOW, he definitely respected the source material. my favorite part is when chief says to Flood Keyes. " See, That's where your wrong, I don't need to know Sh__" the reason I like that is because he was told "you don't need to know Sh__ by Silva and Cortana so him saying that to flood keyes is so amazing
Someday, I really hope we do end up getting a Halo movie; it seems like it'd be a huge success and, with minimal changes to the plot, could seamlessly transfer to the big screen... possibly more than once.🤞
Was Halo Forward Unto Dawn not a movie?
It's much too late for it, sadly. Although the technology available now would make it much easier to make than in the 2000s.
@@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060 Did it come out in theatres? I don't remember it actually seeing a theatrical release, which is what people refer to when they imagine "a movie coming out"
@Fyre No but it is on DVD. And it's actually not too shabby. Could be better though.
Done right, I have no doubt it easily could.
Man! What could've been! This was simply incredible to watch.
I appreciate all the work you put in, editing this video, trying to line up game footage to the events of the script, Luc. You never skimp on quality. Cheers!
Thanks man, takes a lot longer than ya might think so I appreciate that :)
Oh well, at least we still got the Paramount+ Halo tv show, which absolutely respects the source material and is loved by everyone
Lmao
Definitely one of the series of all time.
Yes definitely....🤮🤮🤮
Jimmy Rings is the best character in all of the John Halo series
Can’t believe Master Chief fucks
Pretty messed up that a script like the tv series will get green lit, but a script that the fans are actually pumped for is in production hell. What a world folks. In any case keep it up my dude
That honestly sounds amazing! It's a genuine tragedy this didn't come out. A team of Alex Garland and possibly PETER JACKSON making Halo movies would go so damn hard. Amazing video!
The fact that 343 was sitting on this GOLDMINE and chose to make the Halo tv show instead is unforgiveable
@@jomama7933 Fr, I especially thought the scene with Chief taking off his helmet and then the scene cutting away was a funny, unintentional middle finger to the show.
@@jomama7933 Its what happens when we let LGTBQ propaganda take over society.
Chiefs buttcheeks, strongwoman spartans, forbidden love stories.
Spastics will try to call me a bigot for pointing it out, but the proofs in the pudding. Not just Halo.
We forfeited good story telling for modern political appeasement. Thats the reality of it.
WHY WOULD THEY CANCEL THIS MASTERPIECE!?!?
This movie would have been a banger!!! Hopefully, Alex Garland will pick this project back up and make it a reality!
Sadly I don’t think it up to Alex Garland
12:30 that little note made me so insanely happy. I will do backflips if this comes to fruition.
God, I would trade this movie for the show in a heartbeat
This could totally be picked up for a Combat Evolved Remake in the same vein as the Dead Space Remake. One that doesn't just rebuild it in a new engine, but adds more weight and depth to the story.
This NEEDS to happen! Its a money pit just waiting for any writer and producer 🤣 love your videos bro I'm a big fan of Halo and you channel 🙂 much love and best wishes bro 😀
Someone needs to shout out to Corridor Crew to get behind this script and make this happen!
This is literally a perfect adaptation of CE. An adaptation doesn't need to be one to one, this is perfect.
I was 11 when CE came out, and First Strike was one of the first novels that I ever read. I'd love a faithful movie.
I can’t believe we almost got a HORROR HALO FILM and Microsoft just let it go to waste… Some of it is cheesy, but in the best way.
This whole video was more entertaining than the entire tv series.
As much as I hate the halo tv show one thing I did like about it was the gore and gritty feeling in the combat.
This scrip sounds really good but one thing I can’t budge on is the removal of the swamp, the swamp where the flood is introduced is one of my favourite environments in gaming because it’s subtly unnerving even for a first time player who doesn’t know what’s about to happen and I can only dream how it would look in a movie where the director just gets it.
I'm listening to this and watching the remaining time go down sadly.... This is bad ass I don't want it to end!
Reminds me how great the original novels The Fall of Reach, The Flood and First Strike are and how much I wish we had full novels covering the events in Halo 2 and 3.
Thank you so much for sharing this! This gave me a taste of my old love of Halo and how good it really is/was.
Love the brutality. A Halo film would definitely need to be on par with Aliens, Predator, and the Thing in terms of gore and not shy away from body horror.
Torturing the Elite for information before executing it is also a great detail that you'd expect at this point. There's zero reason to show any mercy to them.
hell, the halo CE marines are heavily inspired by the marines in Aliens (that and mecha anime i guess but i dont watch that)
Ya it's sad it probably wouldn't happen anymore since halos tried to become more kid friendly changing the games to teen rated
Back in the 2000s the r rating was avoided by many studios in favor of PG13. This movie would’ve been a big budget r rated film which was more likely the reason studios didn’t want to make it.
Someone has got to animate this script. We got a full script we just need someone determined and dedicated to give this life.
HaloFollower has done some pretty good animations recently. Maybe he could take it up.
I'm not even a horror fan but 28 days and 28 weeks later are two of my favourite movies. 👌🏼 This movie would have been so good.
this was incredible, they love and respect the existing lore and plot and only add to it. Its such a shame that the Halo show didn't even come close to this.
4:20 Calling it now, Jenkins gets turned. Chief guns him down with the 'Nothing Personal' pistol. And now we continue
I really wish this would get picked up to be made. This is all I want from a video game movie. Thanks for sharing this man.
Now, imagine this with Marty’s score behind it!
This is creative liberty done right. Using the original work, but changing it while still respecting it. And of course, doing it good.
We need this movie. With all the amazing fan content people have made, I think we could come together and make this happen
I came across this years ago through limewire if I remember correctly, instantly downloaded it. It's still sitting in my dropbox, never to be deleted. The only issue I had was that Chief removed his helmet while recovering from a fight. Though, idk if I still feel that way or not. Edit: just checked the upload time stamp - 1/7/2014
7:59
“There’s another deep guttural scream in the distance. Not human or animal and it’s growing louder & louder. So loud it wakes him sharply from his dream.”
*WAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!*
This is the best thing I've ever heard about Halo. Such a damn shame this movie wasn't made. This is the best gruesome and more... "brutal" retelling of CE's events that I've ever heard, aside from The Flood book. As a game developer and modder myself, I'm almost tempted to remake this entire re-telling of the story in game form as a Halo mod... but... I really don't have time these days with work and such.
This script absolutely glasses the TV show to smithereens. It ADDS to the lore and enhances moments, it doesn't throw it away and slap a halo sticker onto chief's bare cheeks. We already know how it would like and feel with those old Halo 3 and Reach commercials, it's easy gold waiting to happen.
What I really want is another halo anime, but not like halo legends where its just shorts a full on a series or something like that. I would choose "I Know you" to be the opening song.
I would like them to tell us what the hell happened to Anders first.
Honestly, they could make an animated adaptation with good voice actors. Would be a lot easier to do the action scenes than a shit ton of practical and CG work with the Covenant. The only issue is that you might lose a bit of the brutality. But the motion comics of Halo Evolutions had a decent amount of brutality.
I think it would be more feasible than a live-action feature film, though I'd still like to see it.
@@nutyyyy Look at Legend of Vox Machina and Invincible. You only lose brutality if you want to.
This script leaked a long time ago. It's an adaptation *of* an adaptation. Things that were lost in translation between CE and The Flood were lost even more between The Flood and the movie. Then for a while, it disappeared. I went looking for my copy, and it was gone. I went looking for where it had been leaked online in the first place, and it was gone. I panicked. I thought *I* had lost the last copy! Glad it's back, but I recommend reading it for yourself, cause there's a lot of very interesting and wonky portrayals
What portrayals are wonky??
Its an adaptation of a video game that keeps all major details the exact same, while adding more detail that wasnt present in the games. Do you mean it conflicts with the arbitrary information overexplained in the books?
@@SlyElliot Most notably Chief and Cortana's relationship being rocky for no reason. I'd say it's lacking backstory to get past the awkward phase of them meeting, but then so was CE since The Fall of Reach came out afterwards, and they didn't feel the need for him to ask how to turn her off
@@icarusgaming6269 Well in a movie that only lasts like 1 hour and 45 minutes you need to do 2 things to their relationship from the game/book
(1.) You have to condense their banter and relationship from a 8-10 hour active gaming experience down to a much shorter time frame.
(2.) you need conflict between characters to make it interesting so its way more interesting for them to start out rocky and then have the relationship and characters develop throughout the movie, than to just have the relationship be static and good for no reason the entire time.
@@SlyElliot This is what I think has been overemphasized lately. You don't need conflict between *every* character. Some of my favorite onscreen relationships are ones that aren't played for drama, and just treated as a constant that reacts to everything else changing around them. Chief being a static protagonist (at least until Halo 4) also makes this a harmonious decision. Cortana changes when she learns what the installation really is, and also when she's presented with a scenario she can't analyze her way out of, but the way Chief applies the same militaristic mentality to these twists the whole way through is a core element. I think the way The Flood used new characters to add conflict while keeping core elements the same was a cleaner way to adapt this story
@@icarusgaming6269 I'm with you on the Cortana Chief relationship. Having it start comfortable (enough) and get rocky because of what she learns fits the script better.
I want to live in the timeline that this movie was actually produced.
The scene at 15:00 is exactly how i felt in the game with all my allies being slaughtered and i was just trying to push on through.
Dude, I can't even express how much I need this. I need this with my soul
The moment you said "And then he takes his helmet off" literally gived me an Ad after it lol.
*we were on the verge of greatness, we were this close*
I fricking drooled so much, I made a little river for a bunch of ants to use and live as fishing folk. This is sick!!!
God this makes me sad. Halo CE has been my favorite halo game since I was a kid in the 2000’s. If this movie came to fruition I would genuinely cry in the theater. This video already was giving me some tears because of how amazing this would have been if I was able to see it when I was a kid or even my early teens whatever decade it would have come out
THEY HAD THIS SCRIPT AND "HALO THE FLOOD" FOR CREATIVE REFERENCE FOR THE HALO TV SHOW AND THEY STILL SAID
"NAH That's too hard, we don't have good sorce material, so we're just gonna make garbage."
WTF.
Meanwhile The Last Of Us TV show is just eating Halos lunch!
This sounds better then the tv show honestly
We're in the bad ending alternate universe for sure as we never got this
Back when halo was rated M and we were all still hoping for a movie.
That was another time
For how good this is, it's now my head canon
I need to see a copy of this script so I can read it myself, because this sounds like one hell of a movie. How it utilizes the Flood's use of psychological torture (which I think is actually their most terrifying aspect) and does it incredibly well. I also like how alot of nesh details like Jenkin's Magnum, and the ODSTs' resentment of Spartans (lore/details that aren't present in the games). It's super disappointing that this never got made, and what's even more disappointing is knowing this exists is we got the awful TV show instead. This would have been a blast to see on the big screen.
There's a link in the description to a PDF of the script.
It's painful that studios see a script like this and go "hmmm not sure" but see the Halo Paramount show script and go "yep this is it Chief"
The only thing that sucks is that we never hear anything about the man, the myth, the legend; Sgt.Jonhson. I would have loved for them to at least mention him and how he would be Chief right hand man/partner at points in the script/movie.
seeing as how halo was inspired by the movie aliens, it wouldve been easier for people to spot the sergeant reference in the movies rather than the games. maybe they were worried people would say it is a direct copy.
He wasn't that important in Halo 1
They should save him for a sequel since this script is already too legendary n doesn’t need a sjt j
This needs to release i dont care if the script is 20 years old somebody got to pick it up its so much better than the tv show
This sounds like a perfect adaptation. It keeps what makes halo special while changing it to fit the new medium it’s in.
I love how most of the amazing halo stuff is dropped but all the crappy halo things actually get made...
yup halo 4 halo 5 infinite halo series
With AI voice prints now a thing, and Halo MCC's extensive mod tools, we could literally make this as a mod for Halo CE.
Great Script gave me chills, but not having Sergeant Johnson in the Movie is unforgivable.
Ooooh, now this is something we must let cook 🔥
The Last of Us TV show is a perfect example. Creative Liberties that went well due to respect of the og ip
Dang I'm glad this script is finally getting recognition. I remember when it was leaked out years ago, and it was definitely interesting to read
A flood movie would HAVE to have the most horrifying transition of a human to flood. It would have to be super gory
Literal chills at Keyes' final monologue. Who do we have to crowdsource a bribe to in order to get this movie made as-written?
I will expect the line “ahhhhh load them up” from an elite or two
This would have been such a great movie! Not only for fans but for sci-fi lovers as well! Why on earth did they decide not to do it?? T_T
9:25 I always wanted to do that, but Hunters never dropped their weapons, awesome idea!
This could single handedly revitalise Halo, we need something like this!
Man why couldn't Foehammer survive? Like of all things that changed why didn't that change too? Damn. Still an amazing film concept though. 10/10
This is incredible, I can't believe we almost got this. The fact that they've been sitting on this script and didn't make it happen is hugely disappointing. This is infinitely better than the genetic writing we got in the TV show.
Now we need someone to make a crowdfunded movie using this script... someone call the guy doing the Charity Falls shorts, they could use his CGI talents!
I love the idea of Joe and Martin working togheter again, in a halo game or a halo movie ❤🔥
Now THIS is the opportunity for the Halo show to make amends. Make the entire season 1 a wild fever dream of Jimmy Rings and take this script and use it
Alex Garland is a phenomenal filmmaker
This. We could've had this. But we got Master Cheeks crying.
I feel like Nyland's Fall of Reach would have been the perfect adaptation for a show or movie. Show Chief's origins, the insurrection, and the introduction to the Covenant. Everything leading up Reach's fall. Then season 2 or sequel movie can focus on Alpha Halo until it's destruction. Season 3 would combine both H2 and 3 to wrap up the War. Maybe TWD it and have a mid season cut to end the H2 arc.
From a 'what makes the most money without angering fans' perspective (IE give me those big long term profits.) Doing Fall of Reach as the opening film, this Halo script (or close analogue) for the sequel, then two films for Halo 2 and Halo 3 seems like the go to choice. There is too much material to combine Halo 2 and 3 into a single film without having to cut to much out of it. Plus, if you go at a sane production/release schedule, doing 2 films means more profit from merch and secondary sources. Open it up with 'We are doing a Halo Quartet.' as the public facing marketing strategy, deliberately bringing up this unproduced script and citing 'minimal adjustments' for it. If you don't completely botch Fall of Reach, bankrolling the rest will be comedically easy. Sometimes for max profit, you have to just accept that the product is an R rated one.
"Where is Sgt. Johnson? Is he safe? Is he alright?" This would have been amazing!
Alex garland is one of my favorite writer/director ever. his movies are sooooo good
I would make a Halo movie, picking up the setting of the TV show, (covenant introduction) we would follow a group of Spartans, no master chief no noble six, but maybe Sargent Johnson. So this grupo is tasked to take a out a rebel leader, but the Covenant suddenly arrives and the Spartans are killed, but Sargent Johnson survives and it would be a horror movie without the flood about Johnson trying to survive.
This would've been a terrifying movie to watch but so f-BLEEP-ing awesome.
Wouldn't invading a covenant ship and taking it to earth be against The Cole Protocol?
They should make the Flood more like Necromorphs or 1982 "The Thing" . The Flood are more intelligent but imagine if they actually LOOKED more scary too. The Flood are more Creepy than horror or scary.
The Thing is a perfect way to do it. Alien and the Thing should 100% be the tone for the flood.
@@nutyyyy I agree! They need an upgrade to feel more menacing. I know any weapon can dispose of them. But what if one couldn't be hurt by them? You have to burn it! But plasma is kind of like fire so hmm
Sounds like the action of Dredd, the atmosphere of 28 Days later and the protagonist from Ex Machina.
We have the script
We have the community making their own Halo vids matching Hollywood quality
Let's go....
im expecting this movie to be like the really gritty ODST trailers and live action stuff, but hopefully not one of those movies where it looks like someone is carrying camera with them following chief around the whole time
343 should turn this into an audio drama just like what fox did with William Gibson second script
HX you should check out avp galaxy they have all the alien predator and avp scripts
I would recommend Gibson draft 1st and 2nd drafts ,Alien:engineers and the wooden planet script
I know it would be hard to organise but I’d love to see an interview with David Scully, voice actor for SGT Johnson