Academy Award(R) Winners Peter Jackson And Fran Walsh To Executive Produce HALO For The Big Screen For Summer 2007

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Universal Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox announced today that triple-Academy Award(R) winners Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will serve as the

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Mary Parent and Scott Stuber will produce HALO with Peter Schlessel. After Fox, led by President Hutch Parker, and Universal, led by Production President Donna Langley, acquired the feature film rights to HALO, the studios worked in conjunction with Schlessel in reaching out to a number of producers who

This unique alliance among Fox, Universal, Microsoft, and Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh promises a step forward in motion picture production. HALO will benefit from the experience and resources of the film studios, from Bungie Studios' groundbreaking vision, and from Jackson and Walsh's creative

HALO will be shot in its entirety in Wellington, New Zealand and will make use of the full range of Jackson's state-of-the-art production and post-production facilities, including Weta Digital Ltd., Weta Workshop Ltd., Stone Street Studios and Park Road Post.

"As a gaming fan, I'm excited to bring HALO's premise, action and settings to the screen with all the specificity and reality today's technology can

"I couldn't be more pleased, or proud, to continue our relationship with

Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos, Co-Chairmen of Fox Filmed Entertainment

"Peter Jackson is one of Hollywood's most exciting innovators, and our

Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh (each a winner of three Academy Awards(R) for their work on "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy) are currently in post-production on Universal Pictures' dramatic adventure "King Kong," in which Jackson brings his sweeping cinematic vision to the iconic story of the gigantic ape captured in the wild and brought to civilization where he meets his tragic fate. Jackson assumes directing, producing and co-screenwriting duties on "King Kong" and surrounds himself with a list of superlative filmmaking and acting talents. Jackson re-teams with longtime collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, co-writing the screenplay with three-time Oscar (R)-winning partner Walsh and their "The Lord of the Rings" co-writer, Academy Award(R) winner Boyens. Jan Blenkin, Carolynne Cunningham, Fran Walsh and Jackson are producing the film under their WingNut Films banner for a worldwide December 14, 2005 release.

Acclaimed screenwriter ("28 Days Later") and novelist ("The Beach") Alex

Donna Langley, President of Production, Universal Pictures and Hutch Parker, President of Twentieth Century Fox, will oversee the production for their respective studios along with Microsoft.

Bungie Studios (a division of Microsoft) created the international award-winning "Halo" in 2001, and the resulting franchise is supported by a rabid fanbase around the globe. "Halo" and its 2004 follow-up "Halo 2" have sold a combined 13.8 million copies worldwide and grossed more than $600 million (U.S.). Last November, "Halo 2" shattered records with $125 million in first-day sales.

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