With the success of District 9, should Neill Blomkamp retry to start the Halo

[finmintyman]

movie or not? District 9 was such a good movie and surpassed my expectations greatly. Originally Halo was to be produced by Peter Jackson and Blomkamp was meant to direct it, but because of some funding issues it didn't fall through. So instead Peter Jackson decided to produce District 9 to give Neill a chance to direct a feature film. I am a huge Halo fan but I feel like a movie like Halo (like all movies based on video games) will be a flop. What's your opinion?

 

[Artemisc]

I think he should avoid it like the plague. District 9 was brilliant in part due to the lack of studio involvement. Halo comes with a lot of expectations, and baggage, and there will be people constantly second guessing whomever directs it. I think a sequel to District 9 could be killer with the right script.