This is an interesting bit of news that I just noticed from my RSS feeds. May as well pass it along:

Vidgame adaptation rumored to be too pricey — It’s game over for Universal’s and Fox’s participation in the feature adaptation of Microsoft’s “Halo.” — Both of the studios that agreed to co-finance the screen adaptation of the popular Microsoft game have abruptly backed out of the picture.

Source: Variety.com article.