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Halo: Reach 'Deliver Hope' Short Is A Real Bummer

Microsoft has released a new video for Halo: Reach, and even nonfans should give it a look. The live-action short depicts some of the sacrifices that Noble Team made in their doomed attempt to defend Reach from a Covenant invasion. It was directed by Noam Murro (director of Smart People) and was filmed in Prague. In addition to doing a good job of getting us even more interested in the game, it's a stinging reminder of just how cool a live-action Halo film could have been.

The clip will be used in a Deliver Hope TV ad campaign starting August 29, so watch it now if you like spoiling commercials for your friends and family.

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  • so very emotional. hopefully the story shares the same feeling. but one things continues to bug me... if these live action scenes are so good, why hasn't there been a movie made?! make it happen Microsoft!

  • Oh look, another actiony commercial with slow sad piano music. How original.

  • i so wish they would do a movie already...its drives me crazy when they show things like this and then its so short

  • @OmegaSpartan08

    The movie hasn't been made yet because Microsoft wants too much of a cut of the revenue (Big shock, I know.) in exchange for use of the Halo license. Last I heard, Fox and Universal were going to jointly fund and produce the movie until they backed out because, well, as I just said, "M$" reared its ugly head.

    That's actually how District 9 came about. Peter Jackson was working on the Halo movie when Neill Blomkamp was brought in to direct it. When Fox/Universal backed out of Halo, Peter and Neill decided to work on a movie that Neill wanted to do. And that movie was District 9. Which is why I like to say that District 9 could've been Halo. Because if M$ would've backed off on the greed a little, we would've had a Halo movie just as great as District 9. Or maybe even better.

    On topic, that live-action trailer is really cool. I also like the other one that came out recently showing life on Reach just before the Covenant attack.
  • Great spot! Quite moving, especially with the stirring music. I actually favor the Covenant though (Elites at least), so even if it's a major theme I can't say I feel bummed by the human tragedy.

  • average...

  • That bomb the Spartans use is most likely a FURY tacticle nuke, it was mentioned in the Fall of Reach novel as being about the size of a football and having a yield slightly less then a kiloton. OMG bungie please tell us that we get to use one of those bad boys in the actual game. That would be epic to blow up that covie ship.
  • Pretty cool, but they should have shown him fly back down to save his friend.

  • All the live action shorts are amazing

  • beutiful just beutiful

  • That looked pretty cool.

  • this trailer is to epic for words,its so emotional,awesome,...its just..just...WE NEED A HALO MOVIE!!!

  • I might just have my wife buy me a 360 just so i can get this game..

  • I really like it.

  • Epic. Wish a full blown movie would come out.

  • Wow, that was really good. Reach is going to be awesome.

  • now im even more excited for the game! atleast i only have to wait 2 weeks for my halo reach console...

  • I hope that they decide to make more live action versions of Halo.

  • Did anyone notice that it's Kat that gets blown up?
  • Let's hear it for a movie, already!  That was awesome to watch: amazing graphics, lifelike fights and movements of characters.  MOVIE, MOVIE, MOVIE!!!

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