Halo movie Dies

Goddammit!
It would seem that it is now official. Read for yourselves -

Wingnut Films -
"As was previously confirmed, we deeply regret that both Universal and Fox did not choose to move forward with financing the Halo film under the original terms of the agreement. At this time Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with their partner, Microsoft, have mutually agreed to postpone making a feature film based on the Halo video game universe until we can fulfill the promise we made to millions of Halo fans throughout the world that we would settle for no less than bringing a first class film to the big screen. We are fully supportive of Director Neill Blomkamp's vision of the film. Neill is a tremendously gifted filmmaker and his preliminary work on Halo is truly awe-inspiring. While it will undoubtedly take a little longer for Halo to reach the big screen, we are confident that the final feature film will be well worth the wait."

*sigh*

I feel gutted. This was one of the movies I was so looking forward to. A dream team of creativity, with Jackson, Walsh and Blomkamp at the helm, what could possibly go wrong???

...Studios.

Not the end of the world I guess, as no doubt Halo will be picked up by another studio somewhere down the line, but still, it leaves the bitter taste that it just won't be as good as if they made it now...