Xbox Entertainment Studios

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Xbox Entertainment Studios
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Entertainment
Founded2012;13 years ago (2012)
DefunctOctober 29, 2014;11 years ago (2014-10-29)
FateClosed
Headquarters
Santa Monica, California
,
United States
Key people
 Nancy Tellem (president)
Services
Parent Microsoft Studios
Footnotes /references
[1]

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. [2]

Contents

On July 17, 2014, Microsoft confirmed that the studio would be closing. [3] On October 29, 2014, both the vice president and the president of the company departed, and the company was officially closed. [1]

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 Atari: Game Over and the series spun off from Halo. [3]

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 United Reality/Sports June 15, 20141 season, 8 episodes25-31 min.
Halo: Nightfall Drama November 11, 20141 season, 5 episodes23-29 min.

Films

TitleGenrePremiereLength
Atari: Game Over [11] Documentary November 20, 201466 min.

Specials

TitleGenrePremiereFormatLength
Bonnaroo 2014 Live Festival Experience [12] Live Music June 12, 2014Special (Live Event)72 hrs.
Miss Teen USA 2014 [13] Beauty pageant August 2, 2014Special (Live Event)120 min.

Cancelled Series

TitleGenreProducer(s)Director(s)PremiereEpisodesTime
3-2-1 Contact [ citation needed ]Educational Sesame Workshop TBATBATBA
A Walk in Your Shoes [ citation needed ]RealityBreakthrough EntertainmentTBATBATBA
Big Kids [ citation needed ]ComedyTBATBATBA
Blake's 7 Remake [14] Sci-fi-drama Georgeville TV Martin Campbell TBA 2014TBATBA
Conker's Big Break [15] Adult comedyTBATBATBA
Cro [15] EdutainmentSesame WorkshopTBATBATBA
The Electric Company [15] EducationalSesame WorkshopTBATBATBA
Untitled Halo live-action series [16] Live-Action Steven Spielberg TBATBA 2014TBATBA
Humans [17] Sci-Fi Kudos TBATBA 20158 Episodes60 min.
Little Miracles [ citation needed ]RealityBreakthrough EntertainmentTBATBATBA
Out There [ citation needed ] Teen drama Sesame WorkshopTBATBATBA
Sponk! [ citation needed ] Game show TBATBATBA
Square One [ citation needed ]EdutainmentSesame WorkshopTBATBA60 min.
Street Dreams [18] Biography TBATBATBA 2014TBA30 min.

References

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