IESB has posted an interesting scoop saying that Steven Spielberg is in talks to produce Halo: The Fall of Reach, screenwriter Stuart Beattie's adaptation of the Eric Nylund novel that is based on the series of video games. Here's an excerpt from their article:

IESB has learned exclusively (believe me this is solid and I've confirmed it three times over with studio executives and our close ties to CAA) that one of the biggest producers in Hollywood history is currently in active negotiations to develop the feature film adaptation and no it's not Jerry Bruckheimer or Peter Jackson. It's the man behind Jaws, E.T., Indiana Jones and Transformers, Mr. Steven Spielberg.

Spielberg is blown away by writer Stuart Beattie's take on the game in his script entitled HALO THE FALL OF REACH. This coupled with the fact that his Dreamworks umbrella is looking for a big tent pole to help launch their newly independant studio with distribution over at Walt Disney Pictures after losing Transformers to Paramount in the separation, it's the perfect combination.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=57861

No i don't think it will happen.

didn't he cancel this?

Peter Jackson don't do it anymore 

this is the first ime I heard steven spielberg want to do halo movie 

this will be great, fall of reach is an epic book so the movie will not be based on the video game.....

 I hope the best for this to be true

Well, I just finished reading The Fall of Reach and as a Halo fan, I can't believe it took me this long, it was awesome. As far as Spielberg goes, I hope to hell that he doesn't fuck this up if he does do the movie. Part of me wants this to be true just to have the chance to take my kids to the theater to see it but the other part of me doesn't want to see the Halo universe reduced to some Spielberg goofy Indiana Jones/Back to the Future shit. I like those movies but Master Chief spitting kid friendly one liners and doing completely ridiculously impossible action sequences is cringe worthy at best

i hope its true, i like spielberg movies alot.

Spielberg + (Aliens - E.T.) = Bad

Maybe it's just me, but I don't want to ever see a halo movie made. First thing first, the halo series isn't something that has a strong story in video games  let alone other mediums. I guess it is for the crowed that likes action first story second in terms of priority in their movies though.

You must not have read the books.  The Halo universe books are great space opera.  Nice mythology, great action, and some reasonably interesting characters.  Fall of Reach makes a great first movie and introduction to the universe.

No, he has to make the Ghost in the Shell movie first *mad*