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Steven Spielberg to work on Halo TV series
- Thread starter Phire Phox
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BTW, there is a game tie in:
Hmmm. What does it exactly mean?
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
I don't think that's what he means, although I wouldn't doubt an eventual tie-in.BTW, there is a game tie in:
Mushroomer25
Member
Spielberg's name means NOTHING when attached in a producer role. He has less creative input on this project than some people at Bungie most likely.
Jawmuncher
Member
Even the shows with Spielberg's name attached make fun of how little he has to do with the shows.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NLrjVnMO7k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NLrjVnMO7k
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Don't get your hopes up.
Spielberg puts his name on a lot of things, from Terra Nova to Smash.
He'll be an executive producer but won't have anything to do with the series besides his name.
Spielberg puts his name on a lot of things, from Terra Nova to Smash.
He'll be an executive producer but won't have anything to do with the series besides his name.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
To be fair, by putting his name on something bigger like Halo he is going to get a lot more attention and the series will have higher expectations. I expect that they at least have a certain high bar of quality they are aiming for.
brandonh83
Banned
Yep. He "produced" Transformers. Yeah...
indigo-cyclops
Member
HAHA, great point.
Spielberg in a creative role isn't much either anymore. Am I alone in that thought?
GillianSeed79
Member
I love Speilberg, but I hate how the game industry trots him out every other E3 or so to try lend credibility to gaming as if it needs it. The inferiority complex compared to the movie industry is getting annoying. Remember a couple of years ago there was that whole Speilberg is going to make games, zomg, and we ended up with the, admittedly, pretty good Bloom Blox and some vaporware? Besides, unless he's directing I don't care. I'm sure the show will be interesting, but the last thing I think about when I think about Halo is a television show. If anything, this will end up like all the expanded universe Halo stuff that you'll have to watch to make heads or tails of the story in Halo 5 whenever they make it.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
This was one of the few things from the event that got me excited. A Halo TV series could be really cool if done right. That is a big 'if', though.
It's very early and I'm not gonna get too excited until we hear who's directing the pilot, who the showrunner will be, writers, scope, budget, etc.
The CBS woman called it a "premium television series" - but what does that mean? Are they taking this super seriously like Netflix or HBO, or is this something more half assed like what Amazon is doing?
Will this be a 45-58 minute drama? A 10-15 minute "web series" esque deal? How many episodes is it going to be? Is it a miniseries or an ongoing one? Are they aiming for more of an epic Band of Brothers type thing or something more intimate along the lines of Generation Kill? Will it mainly be green screen or will they use sets? Will Microsoft give it the (huge) budget that it needs?
I'm definitely curious to see how this shapes up.
For sure. Spielberg's name being attached is totally meaningless, unless he ends up directing the pilot or something, which would be big.
It's very early and I'm not gonna get too excited until we hear who's directing the pilot, who the showrunner will be, writers, scope, budget, etc.
The CBS woman called it a "premium television series" - but what does that mean? Are they taking this super seriously like Netflix or HBO, or is this something more half assed like what Amazon is doing?
Will this be a 45-58 minute drama? A 10-15 minute "web series" esque deal? How many episodes is it going to be? Is it a miniseries or an ongoing one? Are they aiming for more of an epic Band of Brothers type thing or something more intimate along the lines of Generation Kill? Will it mainly be green screen or will they use sets? Will Microsoft give it the (huge) budget that it needs?
I'm definitely curious to see how this shapes up.
For sure. Spielberg's name being attached is totally meaningless, unless he ends up directing the pilot or something, which would be big.
Anticitizen One
Banned
Isn't remedy's new game a TV show/game hybrid as well? I hope the whole console isn't TV shit. I have no interest in Forza TV shows
How's Steven Spielburg linked to this? Director, writer, producer, combination? Regardless, "his" previous show, Falling Skies, is still shit, and let's not get into Terra Nova. Hopefully, this ends up more Band of Brothers/Battlestar Galactica and less Stargate/Starship Troopers/and well Falling Skies.
BTW, there is a game tie in:
Sounds like Halo: Chronicles that Peter Jackson was tied on to then. Extension of Spartan Ops maybe? Live action scenes with gameplay missions?
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
We don't know the level of his involvement yet. It's probably very minimal.
Sapphire Dreams
Member
His name is meaningless. Unless he directly attached to the project and how it'll work.
This is it!
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Meh.
Most probably Spielberg will work on just one or two episodes, and I even doubt he is in a directing chair/involved much instead of just a name-attach.
Most probably Spielberg will work on just one or two episodes, and I even doubt he is in a directing chair/involved much instead of just a name-attach.
He'd produced dozens of TV shows over the years. The last one he wrote and directed for was Amazing Stories in the 80s.
This is basically a thing he thought was kinda cool and agreed to put his name on.