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In response to "pleaes connect the dots from District 9 to Halo, please." by colinski

the director of District 9 spent six months doing the planning for the Halo treatment, only to get shitcanned and have all the work thrown away -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Aug 10 '09, 12:23

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yup, basically got a vote of no confidence from the studios based on his inexperience. -- nm - znufrii Aug 10, 12:25 4
- for something as widely followed as Halo, I can see that... - colinski Aug 10, 12:28 3
  - I'd be surprised if he did after getting thrown under the bus like that. - znufrii Aug 10, 12:31
  - Peter Jackson would have been heavily involved. That was the key. -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:29 1
    - ah. unpopular man, sometimes. - colinski Aug 10, 12:30
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- (And it's really, really hot.) -- nm - David Aug 10, 12:28
- A weekend is not six months, though. -- nm - Spawn Aug 10, 12:26
and he's clearly used some of that work in this. -- nm - Reagen Aug 10, 12:24

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