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Halo, which became a huge video-game hit for Microsoft and helped it successfully launch its Xbox game console, will be transformed into a movie in 2007 as the result of a deal signed Wednesday between the software company and two studios, Universal and 20th Century Fox. The studios reportedly agreed to pay Microsoft $5 million, plus a percentage of the box-office gross for the rights. In addition, Microsoft reportedly plans to coordinate the opening of the film with its release of the Halo 3 videogame. (Halo 2 took in over $125 million in sales on the first day of its release last November.) As part of the deal, Universal will oversee production of the movie and distribute it domestically, while Fox will distribute it overseas.

We want this as much as the ‘Battle of the Network Stars: The Movie’ mentioned further down the page.

Now the Lost tidbit:

Britain’s Channel 4 has insisted that it has broken no regulations by airing numerous commercial breaks during its telecasts of the hit ABC drama Lost. Rules by British regulator OFCOM require that there should be at least 20 minutes of uninterrupted content before a broadcaster may cut in with ads. But a spokeswoman for the channel pointed out Wednesday that another rule requires that the natural flow of a scene not be interrupted. “We would have received far more complaints if we had cut it half way through a scene full of action,” she said.

IMDb: Studio Breifing