Neill Blomkamp, aangesteld als regisseur van de Halo-verfilming, liet in een interview weten dat het project momenteel volledig op zijn gat ligt. Voornaamste reden zou zijn dat het niet botert tussen de twee filmstudio's die het project op zich hebben genomen: Fox en Universal.

"The film is entirely dead. In the configuration it was in. Whatever happens with that movie, assuming that movie gets made, will be a totally different configuration. It's not so much me as the entire vessel sank. Basically, it was a combination of; there were two studios involved that weren't getting along in the process of making it, Universal and Fox. That kind of stuff happens, it's a fragile industry. So the film collapsed at the end of last year, and it's been dead, ever since then. I'll be curious to see what happens."