• 10 Video-Game Movies You'll See Before Halo

    We're totally calling it: the Halo movie is never happening. When Steven-freakin-Spielberg says he wants to make a film, and Microsoft still says no, it's doomed. Here are 10 other video game films you'll see before you ever see Halo.

    After seeing District 9, we're sad we'll never get to see Halo done by Neill Blomkamp and Peter Jackson, because those are some storytelling and visual-effects chops. The truth is, video game movies don't have to suck — as long as someone better than Uwe Boll is in the director's chair, and you avoid the kind of bizarre decisions that went into giving us Doom.

    So here are the ten movies that have a better chance of reaching screens than Halo right now - some of which might even be great.

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    Send an email to Charlie Jane Anders, the author of this post, at charliejane@io9.com.

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