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=== Pre-production ===
On [[October 4]], [[2005]], Bungie Studios announced that director [[Peter Jackson]] was signed onto the project as an executive producer.<ref>{{cite news | first=Joseph | last=Staten | url=http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=biggorilla&p=4955829 | title=The Great Hollywood Journey, Part II | date=[[2005-10-04]] | accessdate=2006-10-01 }}</ref> The following year, on [[August 10]], [[2006]], Universal Pictures announced that [[Neill Blomkamp]] was attached to helm the project, where he would make his feature film directorial debut. The [[Weta Workshop]] and [[Weta Digital]] film effects companies were also announced to be responsible for handling ''Halo'''s effects. The film will be shot in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]] and is slated for a summer 2008 release.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=15944 | title=''Halo'' Director Announced! | publisher=ComingSoon.net | date=[[2006-08-10]] | accessdate=2006-10-01 }}</ref> To keep the film's producers true to the Halo Universe, Bungie prepared an exhaustive encyclopedia known to some as either the "Halo Compendium" or the "Halo Story Bible", describing nearly every topic in the Halo games and novels including graphics of characters, species and vessels.<ref>{{cite news | first=Joseph | last=Staten | url=http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=greathollywoodjourney1&p=4542384 | title=The Great (Hollywood) Journey, Part One | accessdate=2006-10-01 }}</ref>
===Studio backout===
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