Direct Download Link For Neil Blomkamp And WETA's Halo Trailer

This teaser was created to hype Halo 3 but it also teases us with Neil Blomkamp's vision of a live-action Halo universe.

I doubt we'll ver see that film. Shrug.

Peter Jackson Behind Halo Animated Series

[EDIT: This has turned out to be a little less clear than I at first thought... read on to the end of the post for all of the info]

The Halo movie may be dead in the water (or just sleeping, face down, liable to drown soon enough) but an animated series based upon the game is, I'm told, already very, very deep into production.

Apparently, Peter Jackson is behind the series, in direct collaboration with Bungie, the game's creators. It's also expected that he's directing at least one episode, as is be Neil Blomkamp,
the director attached to the Halo feature film.

Are we to see this very soon? Perhaps around the launch of Halo 3 in the Autumn? And where will we see it? My source specualted that the series might be, initially at least, exclusively available for download to X-Boxes.

This is likely to be the first look we get at the motion capture technology being prepped for Tintin, though the budget is bound to be far greater and the quality, almost inevitably, to be somewhat less impressive.

[EDIT: There seems to be a story online that may have been my sources' source - though they provided further info (admittedly, info they may have either assumed or invented).

Several people are now claiming this is all just the result of a misunderstanding, but I'm not convinced. It looks to me - as far as I can see, sniffing around various online reports and e-mailing everybody that I thought would have some inside info to share - that the project simply wasn't supposed to be announced yet. Will it be swept under the carpet only to be announced later?]

[EDIT: The original story has been edited, with the word 'animated' changed for 'interactive' or just plain removed. That could be the end of the chase...]

Crossing The Line In Action

A full 30 seconds of Peter Jackson's Crossing the Line can be yours to download now. This clip is at 1/16th of the native Red resolution, so it's no indicator of the breathtaking visual quality of the real deal - but it certainly aint no YouTube lego-vision job either.

The full film is still coming... but this makes for a pretty incredible trailer.

Stills From Peter Jackson's New Short, Crossing The Line

Red have posted a gallery of stills from Peter Jackson's Crossing the Line - see below for a taster, click to enlarge.

The full film is imminent.