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WETA, the special effects and design house behind movies like Lord of the Rings and District 9, has teamed up with Valve for a little cross-promotion, with some of its original designs to be featured in Team Fortress 2. More »
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Weta Workship, the New Zealand studio that specializes in fantastical concept design and manufacturing, the team responsible for making a drivable Halo Warthog, is making more Halo vehicles. Exactly two Mongoose-style ATVs. And you can win one. More »
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It's Comic-Con, so allow me to indulge in some toy coverage. Well, not that this is a toy. It's more like a full-size replica of the alien assault rifle from District 9. More »
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Master Chief is a big man, but he wasn't always big. He was once a boy, called John! And when John was a boy - no, a baby - then maybe these Halo helmets would have fit him. More »
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When a Hollywood special effects master sits down and whips up a custom Xbox 360 console, this is the end result. More »
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Once upon a time, Microsoft was going to make a big budget Hollywood version of the Halo franchise. Until it spectacularly fell apart. That doesn't mean it won't ever happen, says the company. More »
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SAN DIEGO, California – Peter Jackson has been a gamer his entire life, so when Microsoft hired him to produce the movie version of Halo, there was genuine excitement in the air. More »
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You now know that, in the right hands, the DS can draw some amazing pictures of fast cars. But did you also know that, in the right hands, it can do naked ladies as well? More »
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New Zealand's WETA made a real Warthog for Neil Blomkamp's Halo movie pitch. The movie never went anywhere. But the Warthog? It's still around, still being driven by grown men dressed as Halo marines. More »
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Yeah, Weta are a special effects house (Lord of the Rings, etc), but they're also in the business of selling merch. And when Weta sell merch, they don't do lunchboxes and cheap action figures. They do expensive stuff. This is their upcoming Halo 3 collection, featuring five statues that vary in not only size, but tackiness as well, as they range from the classy to the, well. Tacky. No word on price yet, but here's a hint: they won't be cheap. More »
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The rate things are going, they may never make a Halo movie. So that short Neil Blomkamp put together last year may be as close as you get. And these shots of the Warthog used in that short may be as close as you get to it. Built by WETA, the guys behind the special effects for Lord of the Rings, it's crazy the amount of detail that went into a vehicle built not for a movie, or even a trailer, but a cheap concept pitch. Plenty of pics at the link below. More »
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We already told you that Halo was "entirely dead." But even after losing major partners Fox and Universal, Microsoft and Peter Jackson aren't ready to give up. According to Variety, Jackson has his highly-regarded co-founded studios Weta Digital and Weta Workshop knee-deep in preproduction. You may know them from Lord of the Rings or King Kong. Chances are that Weta's creative assets will make for one hell of a sales pitch, and besides, making a Halo movie with massive amounts of talent* seems like a no-brainer. Shouldn't Hollywood be excited? They're the ones blaming Halo for their lot in life. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=316326&view=rss&microfeed=true Mmm, live action Warthog. It looks even more like a puma in real life. GamerSyde has put up this cam footage of the second live action Halo short by Neill Blomkamp and Weta on YouTube, and...well here it is. Not the best quality, but you get the idea. In case you missed the first clip, Arms Race, I've added it after the jump for your viewing pleasure. More »
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Last month Bungie showed off Weta Workshop's fully functioning Warthog to Halo fans, making them gaze upon their Jeep Cherokees in utter disgust at the lack of weapon hard points. Now the Weta Holics has posted photos of the Warthog doing its impression of fans' pants when they first caught eye of it, complete with raised suspension and armored marine manning the chain gun in back. Exactly what happens to me when I get excited. More »
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The gang at New Zealand's WETA Workshop built this "fully-functioning, four-wheel steering, powerful, off-road vehicle with a machine gun on the back" for filming those Halo short films, one of which was seen in part at the Microsoft E3 2007 press conference. While that may have resulted in a few furrowed brows and stink-eyed looks, I can't imagine this sweet ride not ultimately leading to some strained zippers in the pants of the Halo fanbase. More »
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New Zealand effects company and production studio Weta Workshop brought us optical magic for Xena and Lord of the Rings, and it is working on Peter Jackson's Halo film. The workshop commissioned a large public sculpture in downtown Wellington called "Tripod" to celebrate the Kiwi film industry. Seems innocuous enough, but up close, the statue reveals the truth: Halo or not, Weta are hardcore Ninty fanboys. Hit the jump for the picture proof and just wait for a pic of Peter Jackson's "secret" Mario ass tatt to surface. Brian Ashcraft More »
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You've heard the talk, right? That Mr. Denzel Washington might be portraying enigmatic space motocrosser soldier Master Chief in the movie adaptation of Halo? Well, it seems that that particular casting rumor is going to live about as long as a dozen glazed donuts in Harry Knowles basement apartment. More »
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