Peter Jackson presents… Halo
Writen by walking leaf on Thursday, 28 of September , 2006 at 7:52 am, ,
Lord Of The Rings and King Kong director Peter Jackson has signed a deal with Microsoft to create what he describes as a “new form of interactive entertainment”.
The Oscar and BAFTA winning filmmaker said he would be creating a series of video games based on the Halo franchise, which was originally created by Bungie Studios.
“I’m getting a little bored with films,” he said.
The series will appear on the Xbox 360 games console and Xbox Live.
Jackson, who is also producing a movie based on Halo, said: “More and more I’m looking forward to the release of games and not movies. I am more aware and excited about games.
“I do not have to keep delivering stories as movies – there are other things I can do.
“Technology is at a point where we can blend a lot of film storytelling with interactive entertainment.”
He added that the series would be aimed toward casual gamers.
The announcement was made at the X06 conference in Barcelona, at which Microsoft unveiled its line-up of games for the next coming months.
Xbox boss Peter Moore also unveiled a HD-DVD (High Definition DVD player), for the console, which will be released in Europe in mid-November, costing €199 or £129.
Microsoft also reveal a further Halo spin-off, called ‘Halo Wars’, a real time strategy game based on the popular first person shooter to be made by Ensemble Studios.
Jackson will set up an interactive arm of his firm, Wingnut, and will work with Halo creators Bungie Studios to develop the series.
He admitted his team was at the start of the process and still had to “work out how to do it”.
Jackson added: “Gaming could be a form of entertainment that you could enjoy with the emotion of film, but you could also be interactive.”
The filmmaker said that he had chosen the Halo universe as the first series because it was an “amazing world”.
“We put the best platform in the hands of the best story-tellers,” said Mr Moore.
Peter Moore stressed that this did not mean that Peter Jackson was making Halo 4 or any sequels to Bungie’s current game in development.
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