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Rumor: Dreamworks looking at Halo novels for film adaptation
The success of Halo: Reach has spurred interest in a Halo film again, apparently -- this time with Dreamworks. As you all know, the idea of a Halo movie has been batted around for quite a while. Spielberg was rumored to be interested and Neill Blomkamp of District 9 even spent five months working on the film. Now it's in limbo, though a piece by Vulture offers fans hope. Dreamworks is apparently looking at novelizations of the game as source material, thus avoiding the quagmire of troubles Universal and Fox ran into sinking resources into developing a video game adaptation for the big screen. The Vulture piece says Fox and Universal resolved their issues out of court. So by focusing on the books, Dreamworks can claim that its project is something entirely different, allowing it to bypass the hefty costs the original project accrued. Oh, and before you get your hopes up, know that even if the movie is an honest possibility, it's still a long way out: as of now, there's been no writer hired, nor has a script been produced.
Original Halo novel trilogy soon reissued with 'new content'
Tor Books has announced plans to reissue the original Halo novel trilogy this year, beginning with Eric Nylund's Halo: The Fall of Reach this August. The novels -- also including William C. Dietz's Halo: The Flood and Nylund's Halo: First Strike -- will be reissued as trade paperbacks, which will serve as "definitive editions with updates and all-new original content." It's unclear exactly what the new content will be, though the press release does mention new edits, art and, as you can see on the right, new covers. You can check out a high res version of the Fall of Reach cover in the gallery below. In related news, Tor has announced that the first of a new Halo novel trilogy -- the Forerunner series by Greg Bear -- will launch sometime this year. %Gallery-93307%
