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TIL filmmaker Peter Jackson had planned to produce a film adaptation of “Halo” in the 2000’s but it fell through due to lack of financing. Instead Jackson, along with first-time director Neill Blomkamp, used many of the “Halo” props to make the critically-acclaimed film “District 9”.

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