Xbox Entertainment Studios Explained

Xbox Entertainment Studios
Type:Subsidiary
Fate:Closed
Location:Santa Monica, California, United States
Key People:Nancy Tellem (president)
Industry:Entertainment
Parent:Microsoft Studios

Xbox Entertainment Studios was a short-lived American television and movie studio based in Santa Monica, California created internally by Microsoft Studios in 2012, in order to create "interactive television content" for Xbox Live.[1]

On July 17, 2014, Microsoft confirmed that the studio would be closing.[2] On October 29, 2014, both the vice president and the president of the company departed, and the company was officially closed.[3]

History

At time of closure, Xbox Entertainment Studios was developing their first projects: a documentary about the video game crash of 1983,[4] a science-fiction drama titled Humans and a live action television series based on the Halo franchise in collaboration with film producer Steven Spielberg.[5] Future projects were to have included a remake of the BBC sci-fi series Blake's 7,[6] a reboot of the Canadian children's hospital documentary series Little Miracles, and an autobiographical series about rapper Nas.[7] The studio also intended to co-produce certain live events for Xbox Live, including future editions of the Call of Duty Championship, the Miss Teen USA beauty pageant and the VGX.[8]

Before the closure was announced, the studio released a street soccer focused reality series titled Every Street United to coincide with the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Before closing, it released the video game documentary and the series spun off from Halo.[2]

In September 2014, The Hollywood Reporter reported that AMC was in talks to acquire the rights to revive Humans and that casting was underway.[9]

Several years after its closure, it was revealed that the studio were developing additional projects before closing, such as an adult animated series based on the Conker franchise.[10]

Original programming

Xbox Entertainment Studios developed original films and series in collaboration with a variety of studios:

Series

TitleGenrePremiereEpisodesLength
Every Street UnitedReality/Sports
Halo: NightfallDrama

Specials

TitleGenrePremiereFormatLength
Bonnaroo 2014 Live Festival Experience[12] Special (Live Event)
Miss Teen USA 2014[13] Beauty pageantSpecial (Live Event)

Cancelled Series

TitleGenreProducer(s)Director(s)PremiereEpisodesTime
3-2-1 Contact[14] Educational Sesame Workshop02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA
A Walk in Your ShoesRealityBreakthrough Entertainment02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA
Big KidsComedy 02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA
Blake's 7 Remake[15] Sci-fi-dramaGeorgeville TVMartin Campbell02009TBA 201402009TBA 02009TBA
Conker's Big BreakAdult comedy 02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA
CroEdutainment Sesame Workshop02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA
The Electric CompanyEducational Sesame Workshop02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA
Untitled Halo live-action series[16] Live-ActionSteven SpielbergTBA02009TBA 201402009TBA 02009TBA
Humans[17] Sci-FiKudosTBA02009TBA 2015
Little MiraclesReality Breakthrough Entertainment 02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA
Out ThereTeen dramaSesame Workshop02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA
Sponk!02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA
Square OneEdutainment Sesame Workshop02009TBA02009TBA 02009
Street Dreams [18] BiographyTBATBA02009TBA 201402009TBA

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Farber . Dan . Microsoft's Xbox Entertainment Studio working on interactive TV . CNET . 2013-02-11 . 2013-12-20.
  2. Web site: Microsoft to Shutter Xbox Entertainment Studios (Updated). Dawn Chmielewski. Re/code. 17 July 2014.
  3. Web site: Xbox Entertainment Studios Reportedly Shuttered as Heads Leave. October 29, 2014. Pitcher. Jenna. October 30, 2014. IGN.
  4. Web site: Xbox Entertainment Studios to Debut Documentary Series Exclusively on Xbox in 2014. xbox.com. 19 December 2013.
  5. Web site: McWhertor . Michael . Halo TV series early in development, but Microsoft expects 'dramatic impact on how people think about TV' . Polygon . 2013-05-22 . 2013-12-20.
  6. Web site: Sweney . Mark . Microsoft to fund Blake's 7 remake for Xbox Live service . The Guardian . 2013-08-15 . 2013-12-20.
  7. Web site: Report: Xbox Entertainment Studios making TV series based on Nas (update). Samit Sarkar. Polygon. 11 February 2014.
  8. Web site: Xbox Execs Talk Momentum and the Future of TV . Microsoft . 2013-02-11 . 2013-12-20.
  9. Web site: Goldberg. Lesley. AMC Lands Xbox Drama Series 'Humans'. The Hollywood Reporter. 12 September 2014. 13 September 2014.
  10. Web site: Um desenho animado de Conker 's foi cancelado pela Microsoft em 2014, segundo ex-funcionário . 9 November 2022 .
  11. Web site: First Documentary Explores Fabled Atari Mystery. Xbox Wire. December 19, 2013. February 14, 2014.
  12. Web site: Xbox and Bonnaroo join forces for a live festival experience. Xbox Wire . February 6, 2014 . February 14, 2014.
  13. Web site: Miss Teen USA 2014 is Miss South Carolina K. Lee Graham [Recap]. August 4, 2014.
  14. Web site: Um desenho animado de Conker 's foi cancelado pela Microsoft em 2014, segundo ex-funcionário . 9 November 2022 .
  15. Web site: Microsoft to fund Blake's 7 remake for Xbox Live service. The Guardian. August 15, 2013. February 14, 2014.
  16. Steven Spielberg Working on Live-Action Halo Series for Xbox. Wired. May 21, 2013. February 14, 2014. Watercutter. Angela.
  17. Web site: Xbox Entertainment Studios and UK's Channel 4 Partner on Original Drama with Kudos . Xbox Wire . April 7, 2014 . April 7, 2014.
  18. Web site: Xbox One is getting a biographical show about Nas, of course. Engadget. February 11, 2014. February 14, 2014.

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