Company:Xbox Entertainment Studios
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Fate | Closed |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Defunct | October 29, 2014[1] |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, United States |
Key people | Nancy Tellem (president) |
| Parent | Xbox Game 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.[2]
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
| Title | Genre | Premiere | Episodes | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Every Street United | Reality/Sports | 2014-06-14 June 15, 2014
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008 1 season, 8 episodes
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025 25-31 min.
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| Halo: Nightfall | Drama | 2014-11-11 November 11, 2014
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008 1 season, 5 episodes
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025 23-29 min.
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Films
| Title | Genre | Premiere | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atari: Game Over[11] | Documentary | 2014-11-20 November 20, 2014
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060 66 min.
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Specials
| Title | Genre | Premiere | Format | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnaroo 2014 Live Festival Experience[12] | Live Music | 2014-06-12 June 12, 2014
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Special (Live Event) | 72 72 hrs.
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| Miss Teen USA 2014[13] | Beauty pageant | 2014-08-02 August 2, 2014
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Special (Live Event) | 120 120 min.
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Cancelled Series
| Title | Genre | Producer(s) | Director(s) | Premiere | Episodes | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-2-1 Contact[14] | Educational | Sesame Workshop | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| A Walk in Your Shoes[14] | Reality | Breakthrough Entertainment | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Big Kids[14] | Comedy | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| Blake's 7 Remake[15] | Sci-fi-drama | Georgeville TV | Martin Campbell | TBA 2014 | TBA | TBA |
| Conker's Big Break[14] | Adult comedy | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| Cro[14] | Edutainment | Sesame Workshop | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| The Electric Company[14] | Educational | Sesame Workshop | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Untitled Halo live-action series[16] | Live-Action | Steven Spielberg | TBA | TBA 2014 | TBA | TBA |
| Humans[17] | Sci-Fi | Kudos | TBA | TBA 2015 | 008 8 Episodes
|
060 60 min.
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| Little Miracles[14] | Reality | Breakthrough Entertainment | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Out There[14] | Teen drama | Sesame Workshop | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Sponk![14] | Game show | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| Square One[14] | Edutainment | Sesame Workshop | TBA | TBA | 060 60 min.
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| Street Dreams [18] | Biography | TBA | TBA | TBA 2014 | TBA | 030 30 min.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pitcher, Jenna (October 29, 2014). "Xbox Entertainment Studios Reportedly Shuttered as Heads Leave". IGN. http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/10/30/xbox-entertainment-studios-reportedly-shuttered-as-heads-leave.
- ↑ Farber, Dan (2013-02-11). "Microsoft's Xbox Entertainment Studio working on interactive TV". CNET. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57568826-93/microsofts-xbox-entertainment-studio-working-on-interactive-tv/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dawn Chmielewski (17 July 2014). "Microsoft to Shutter Xbox Entertainment Studios (Updated)". Re/code. http://recode.net/2014/07/17/microsoft-to-shut-down-xbox-entertainment-studios/.
- ↑ "Xbox Entertainment Studios to Debut Documentary Series Exclusively on Xbox in 2014". xbox.com. 19 December 2013. http://news.xbox.com/2013/12/ent-xes-lightbox.
- ↑ McWhertor, Michael (2013-05-22). "Halo TV series early in development, but Microsoft expects 'dramatic impact on how people think about TV'". Polygon. http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/22/4354018/halo-tv-series-xbox-one-343-industries-steven-spielberg.
- ↑ Sweney, Mark (2013-08-15). "Microsoft to fund Blake's 7 remake for Xbox Live service". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/15/microsoft-blakes-7-xbox-one-bbc.
- ↑ Samit Sarkar (11 February 2014). "Report: Xbox Entertainment Studios making TV series based on Nas (update)". Polygon. http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/11/5402092/xbox-entertainment-studios-nas-tv-comedy-series.
- ↑ "Xbox Execs Talk Momentum and the Future of TV". Microsoft. 2013-02-11. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2013/feb13/02-11Xbox.aspx.
- ↑ Goldberg, Lesley (12 September 2014). "AMC Lands Xbox Drama Series 'Humans'". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amc-lands-xbox-drama-series-732512.
- ↑ "Um desenho animado de Conker 's foi cancelado pela Microsoft em 2014, segundo ex-funcionário". 9 November 2022. https://www.centralxbox.com.br/2022/11/09/um-desenho-animado-de-conker-s-foi-cancelado-pela-microsoft-em-2014-segundo-ex-funcionario/.
- ↑ "First Documentary Explores Fabled Atari Mystery". Xbox Wire. December 19, 2013. http://news.xbox.com/2013/12/ent-xes-lightbox. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Xbox and Bonnaroo join forces for a live festival experience". Xbox Wire. February 6, 2014. http://news.xbox.com/2014/02/ent-bonnaroo. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Miss Teen USA 2014 is Miss South Carolina K. Lee Graham [Recap]". August 4, 2014. http://guardianlv.com/2014/08/miss-teen-usa-2014-is-miss-south-carolina-k-lee-graham-recap/.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9 "Um desenho animado de Conker 's foi cancelado pela Microsoft em 2014, segundo ex-funcionário". 9 November 2022. https://www.centralxbox.com.br/2022/11/09/um-desenho-animado-de-conker-s-foi-cancelado-pela-microsoft-em-2014-segundo-ex-funcionario/.
- ↑ "Microsoft to fund Blake's 7 remake for Xbox Live service". The Guardian. August 15, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/15/microsoft-blakes-7-xbox-one-bbc. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ↑ Watercutter, Angela (May 21, 2013). "Steven Spielberg Working on Live-Action Halo Series for Xbox". Wired. https://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/05/steven-spielberg-halo-xbox/. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Xbox Entertainment Studios and UK's Channel 4 Partner on Original Drama with Kudos". Xbox Wire. April 7, 2014. http://news.xbox.com/2014/04/ent-xes-humans. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Xbox One is getting a biographical show about Nas, of course". Engadget. February 11, 2014. https://www.engadget.com/2014/02/11/xbox-one-nas/. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
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