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[EdibleExplosives]

The best thing to come out of the conference, and it really didn't need to be announced at it.

 

[Dennis]

Can't be worse than Crystal Skull.

 

[fleck0]

Spielberg's TV efforts are so half-assed.

 

[Oersted]

I thought it was stupid as fuck until they announced Spielberg.

He was involved in Transformers. Be patient.

 

[John Harker]

So... Falling Skies, or Defiance?

... all the money and genius in Hollywood couldn't make Halo a movie.
So now we're excited about a hand-me-down TV show that has been beaten to the punch already?

Should be fun to see develop!

 

[faceless007]

He was an EP on Terra Nova too. Just saying.

 

[Spongebob]

This could be fun to watch, I guess.

 

[Clevinger]

I'm sure he'll put the same effort in this as he put into Falling Skies and Smash and Terra Nova.

"Sure, you can put my name in the credits. Give me my check."

 

[R3TRODYCE]

We'll see. I remember Peter Jackson was supposed to do something with Halo and we saw how well that went.

 

[Warm Machine]

As a exec producer it means he just signs the cheques.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

This has the potential to be fucking awesome.

Frankie, when will we get more clarity/news?

 

[Randdalf]

He'll have about as much involvement with this as he did the Transformers movies.

 

[BLaZiN PRopHeT]

I noticed that they mentioned 4 studios working on entertainment. So does that mean they will have 3 more shows in production?

 

[JWong]

Band of Spartans

 

[H_Prestige]

Would be hilarious if you have to buy a XBO to watch it.

 

[jtb]

He's an exec producer. That speaks for itself, really.

and that Peter Jackson game worked out great, right????

 

[Palette Swap]

Would be hilarious if you have to buy a XBO to watch it.

If it was XBO exclusive content, it would probably just be pirated to hell or most people would ignore it so it would be useless to brand awareness. That wouldn't make much economic sense either way.

 

[TUROK]

It better be a miniseries in the vein of Band of Brothers. I don't want some Falling Skies or Terra Nova crap.

Would be hilarious if you have to buy a XBO to watch it.

According to Joystiq, it will be shown exclusively on the console.

 

[Seance]

It may last a season if it isn't as piss-poor as the "Forward unto Dawn" web series.

 

[Mindwipe]

Steven Spielberg, executive producer of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is involved! Woo!

Oh, wait.

 

[jtb]

Are people really surprised by the fact that it's likely XBO exclusive? Why the fuck else would they make it?

see: House of Cards. Arrested Development.

 

[SlowRevolution]

Spielberg's name being attached to something doesn't mean much anymore.

Hope it turns out good, though, it would be good for the industry to have a game-to-TV/movie adaptation that isn't total shit. Going to wait to see who else is involved before having any expectations, though.

 

[petethepanda]

he's a great director, but the tv shows THEY ATTACH HIS NAME ONTO suck ass.

This, unfortunately.

Still, seeing how FUD was surprisingly good, I have high hopes for this.

 

[Casimir]

Sorry to say but creatively speaking, Spielberg is past his prime. This isn't an actual win for gamers interested in the Halo universe, only for the Microsoft marketing team that can now name drop. As someone who really enjoyed his early work, all of his recent output has been pablum at best.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

What if Michael Bay?

 

[strafer]

Terra Nova was a great show. Shame it got canned.

And The River.

 

[soulassssns]

I am looking forward to it but..... I hope it doesn't have all that teen angst crap in it.

 

[Conor 419]

Yeah nice one Microsoft, further drive Halo into the ground.

 

[FlyingTeacup]

Yeah nice one Microsoft, further drive Halo into the ground.

halo fans want to play halo, not watching it.

 

[Secret Fawful]

Oh fuck off, Microsoft.

What now? Shia LeBeouf as Master Chief?

 

[My Name Is Luke]

Oh fuck off, Microsoft.

What now? Shia LeBeouf as Master Chief?

MICHAEL CERA IS...HALO

 

[Veronica]

please be gritty as hell and on HBO.

oh who am i kidding. will probably be worse than starship troopers 2.

 

[Jawmuncher]

If its anything like band of brothers we'll be good.

 

[dragonelite]

Be like Forward Unto Dawn please.

 

[Grisby]

Could be cool. FUD was a pretty awesome step for live action halo.

 

[Ryaaan14]

I will watch this like it's Game of Thrones.

 

[Slime]

I'm sure this will be as much Spielberg show as Revolution is a JJ Abrams show.

 

[soulassssns]

Yeah nice one Microsoft, further drive Halo into the ground.

Feel free to move on elsewhere.

 

[Tashi]

I really enjoyed FUD so I'm definitely looking forward to this even though it's not what I wanted announced today (Halo 2 anniversary PLEASE!)

 

[Shaanyboi]

Spielberg's involvement means very little in terms of his TV projects.

 

[Kikujiro]

Terra Nova was a great show. Shame it got canned.

And The River.

Is this post sarcastic? Can't tell.

Terranova was absolute garbage.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

The big announcement of the unveil. A non game ><

I hope it's good cause I will probably watch it.

 

[Ushae]

This could be huge. I'm interested.

 

[Boss Man]

This was pretty cool and unexpected. Not really games, but still. Spielberg man.

 

[Wickerbasket]

This is literally the only thing they showed that excited me; I'm holding out hope that this series will be good.

It would be a shame if it was exclusive to the Xbox system though; I'd hope they would at least have a blu ray release.

 

[Rogue_Ledr]

This will fall apart in like a few months and go way of that Halo movie attempt.

Don't hold your breath people.

 

[GodofWine]

This thread might actually be better in the OT..since its not about a game

Microsoft is not only trying to own the house, they are trying to own all of gaf!! Egads!!!

 

[Penguins&PolarBears]

Katzenberg and J.J. were in the video with Spielberg. Would be cool if they're also working on content for Xbox TV shows.

Is MS becoming a competitor to Netflix, Amazon, HBO video services?

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

BTW, there is a game tie in:

 

[Anticitizen One]

Spielberg is way past his prime and they need to improve the Halo games and make a movie before even thinking about TV