DreamWorks Pictures could be the first to produce a successful Halo movie if plans to move forward with obtaining the rights go to plan.

Spielberg hopes to focus on novelizations of the game as opposed to the games themselves, which could result in many fans being left disappointed.

Whilst plans are still in their early days, with rights still not being sold to DreamWorks, they aren't giving up easily; attempting to reach where Fox and Universal couldn't

The halting, years-long effort to turn Microsoft’s $2 billion Halo video-game franchise into a movie is again moving forward: Insiders tell Vulture that DreamWorks Pictures is renewing its efforts to obtain the rights and revive the project, which has been in a state of suspended animation since late 2006. It's obvious why this property seems even more valuable now. Halo: Reach grossed $200 million on its very first day in release last month, making it 2010's best-selling game. But after Fox and Universal already dumped millions of dollars into developing the project only to come up with nothing, why does DreamWorks seem so intent on trying, and how will they steal away with this franchise without getting sucked into the other two studios' money pit?

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