Master Chief will not be coming to a screen near you for the next couple of years. Although it was originally supposed to come out next summer, the Halo movie is now quasi-officially confirmed as a 2008 release.

This really won't surprise anyone. The film doesn't even have a director attached yet and while our man Uwe can pump out a few hundred video game movies in a year's time, Peter Jackson will likely want to produce a film that is more ponderously executed.

As an ancillary note, am I the only one who is worried about Jackson's involvement? Back when he was doing zombie gore movies, I was a big fan, but his recent output is simpering maudlin melodrama at its worst. Hobbits jumping in slow motion on a bed for ten minutes? King Kong ice skating in Central Park, right before he climbs the Empire States Building to indulge his love of sunsets? At least he's not directing.FLORIAN ECKHARDT

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