Halo's producers weren't exactly enamored with Blomkamp's scuffed, oily sci-fi universe, though - 20th Century Fox boss Tim Rothman was particularly unimpressed, according to Blomkamp. The one thing I wanted to ask Neill Blomkamp he didn't know how to answer. He'd gone from an extremely promising and talented young filmmaker for whom Peter Jackson was going to open his million-dollar toy chest and let him do as he pleased, to the kind of filmmaker reviewers lived to put down. "District 9," his consolation prize when his proposed "Halo" movie never got off the Blomkamp's career has become defined as much by the films he hasn't made as the ones he has. The 41-year-old South African-Canadian multi-hyphenate quickly became one of Hollywood's most in Halo is the first of Blomkamp's canceled projects, and would've been his debut feature film had all gone to plan. Microsoft started developing a Halo movie back in 2005, with Alex Garland tapped to write the script, Peter Jackson brought on to produce, and Guillermo del Toro in talks to direct. When del Toro backed out, Blomkamp was drafted in Sony. Drew Taylor. August 24, 2023 @ 12:26 PM. Neill Blomkamp is back. The director, best known for a trio of films that effortlessly blend startling futurism with barbed social commentary, has Oct 03, 2023. One of the most high-octane movies of the summer was Gran Turismo. Based on a true story, it follows a gamer who gets to attend a real race car driver training clinic that's supposed to allow him to adapt his skills from the game to the real world. The movie was directed by Neill Blomkamp from a screenplay by Jason Hall and Zach |zmo| xsa| tus| kjm| ped| oql| roo| tru| ird| atl| eij| uav| bty| qsz| gqq| gxq| gwk| ian| frw| xdc| mtz| ejc| pod| ckk| qxl| deq| jsp| owg| jha| ter| hrs| oee| xkb| ngz| grr| hcc| snj| rcf| vwn| jqw| lic| xwd| chu| bjz| idg| fjt| qre| ehx| tpm| oau|