I just found out from a tweet of Beyond Entertainment via gameinformer.com that the rumored Halo movie is indeed false.

Microsoft admitted as such. While disappointing, I’m glad they decided NOT to leave we fans hanging on this one.

Here’s the full text from the article by Ben Reeves of GameInformer:

This morning, a few rumors started to circulate that Alien director Ridley Scott was on track to produce a feature-length Halo film. According to Microsoft, this is not the case.

The Halo franchise has had a torrid affair with Hollywood, trying to kickstart a film, and coming seemingly close a few times, but never actually succeeding. Production Weekly sparked a whole new set of rumors about a possible Halo film, but according to a Microsoft spokesperson, these are just fan dreams.

“We expect you’ve seen the rumors circulating about the Halo movie,” wrote the spokesperson. ‘We’re trying to get out ahead of this one and let you know that as we’ve previously stated, we have no plans for a Halo motion picture at this time.”

Sigh…I had hopes that with the success of the Forward Unto Dawn mini-series that a movie might just be in the works. Though, I’d rather have a stellar game in the next installment than a movie. So, let’s hope we can count on that, right?

-Sal