The much-anticipated Halo movie, which died a premature death after Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson tried to get it off the ground a couple of years back, may be alive again. And not just that, but it may have an even bigger name than Jackson's attached to it as producer now…Steven Spielberg.
IESB is reporting that "Spielberg is blown away by writer Stuart Beattie's take on the game in his script entitled Halo the Fall of Reach. This coupled with the fact that his DreamWorks umbrella is looking for a big tent pole to help launch their newly independant [sic] studio with distribution over at Walt Disney Pictures after losing Transformers to Paramount in the separation, it's the perfect combination."
The report also notes how Spielberg actor Shia LaBeouf has been talking about how the director is fascinated with the game BioShock lately, and also that word has it that "CAA, who rep both Spielberg and Beattie, is pushing these negotiations heavily."