Live Action Halo: *POST-E3 UPDATE*

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POST E3 UPDATE

Here is the description of Halo Nightfall:

> New Halo: Nightfall Live Action Digital Series – A strange and treacherous world exposes elite UNSC operatives to a much deeper danger in this live action series from 343 Industries and Scott Free Productions. Executive-produced by Ridley Scott and Scott Free TV President, David Zucker and directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (“Battlestar Galactica” “Pillars of the Earth,” “Heroes”), Halo: Nightfall is an exciting new story for Halo fans and fresh audiences alike.

Sauce: http://www.game.co.uk/en/halo-the-master-chief-collection-301155/?cm_sp=XboxOne--newfeatureVID--halomasterchief

And here is the official poster, featuring what looks like the destroyed Installation 04:
https://s3cmsassets.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/web/news-and-blogs/screenshots/thumbnails/halo-master-chief-collection-wallpaper-nightfall-7accb232b70546c3aa746fe7af1254af.jpg

E3 UPDATE #2

So Marlowe (the Spartan lead of Ridley Scott’s project Halo: Nightfall), at some point, becomes Agent Locke, a main character in Halo 5: Guardians (the second Soartan on Halo 5’s poster). This is implied/confirmed in the linked video where Franky says he is called Locke “in this time frame” (Halo 5’s) and also is the main character of Halo Nightfall (and we already know Marlowe is the main character in the digital feature). Maybe he is forced to change his name after joining ONI?

Franky interview:


Halo E3 Reveals, including snippets of Nightfall:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DqD2MkOwDcU

Previous posts are under the Spoiler tag, to reduce clutter:

E3 UPDATE #1:

Ridley Scott’s digital feature is officially called “Halo: Nightfall” and will supossedly tie right into Halo 5: Guardians. The feature will come alongside the Halo: Master Chief collection. Expect more tidbits of news throughout E3, and potentially a full-blown reveal at Comic Con.

In the E3 video, we can see some screenshots from the feature (which is well into production in Iceland and Belfast). I will link it when it gets uploaded to YouTube.

UPDATE: MAY 15TH 2014
The first casting for Ridley Scott’s Live Action Halo “digital feature” has been revealed! Mike Colter.

“Colter, best known for his roles in The Good Wife and The Following, will play Marlowe, a rising star in a futuristic army with reservations about those in command. Reps for Colter haven’t responded to the report.”

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/15/first-actor-cast-in-ridley-scotts-halo-project?abthid=5374853ddeb3d3c953000007

ORIGINAL POST
Microsoft just held a media briefing about everything Xbox TV and revealed a surprisingly small amount of info. But info is info, and we a thirsty! So there you have it. We have two projects: the new “digital feature” produced by Ridely Scott’s team (the creator of alien) which is coming later this year and the big looming shadow of the Halo TV show produced by the one and only Steven Spielberg.

So, what did they say about the projects?

HALO DIGITAL FEATURE

> 343 Industries and Scott Free Productions are creating a “Halo” digital feature to be released later this year. The project will be executive produced by Ridley Scott and Scott Free TV President, David Zucker. Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (“Battlestar Galactica,” “Pillars of the Earth,” “Heroes”) will direct.

On top of this official quote, there are a few more details: the project is going into production this coming week, it will shoot in Iceland and Ireland (like Game of Thrones, so expect a lot of green), and it isn’t clear whether it will come in episodic form or as a full movie deal. It is expected to launch alongside Halo Xbox One by the end of this year, and we will likely hear more about it (and perhaps even see it) at E3. When asked whether the show would compare to “Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn”, the reporters were told that yes, it will, but with a much larger budget and much greater production values.

What we know about this digital feature’s plot is that it will follow the story of a Spartan that ISN’T Master Chief Jon 117. Spartan II? III? IV? We do not know.

HALO TV

> The “Halo” television series is a groundbreaking original series based on the award-winning “Halo” franchise. Award-winning filmmaker, director and producer Steven Spielberg will executive produce the live-action TV series, created in partnership with 343 Industries and Amblin Television.

Little is known beyond this quote except this: the show is still far, far away. Microsoft is still putting the team together (which means showrunners, writers and such) and production won’t begin any time soon. It’s safe to assume that this show won’t be out in the air until at the very least the second half of 2015, but there is big promise here: a show with a budget comparable to Game of Thrones, and Halo done justice under the helm of Steven Spielberg. There is even a chance that Neil Blomkamp (the director of the canceled Halo movie) will helm the pilot, but that is mostly speculation.

The one thing we know about the plot of this one, according to the now-head-of-Xbox Phil Spencer: it will not just be “filler”. This implies that it will be relevant to the ongoing Halo story, and could potentially tie into the main series Halo games. The first thing that comes to mind is some sort of continuation to the Spartan Ops story, but that is (again) merely speculation.

TO SUM THINGS UP

As some of us feared, the Halo TV Show is still far away, but at least we have this digital feature coming up. From all the recent news, it seems we can gather that this Ridley Scott Halo feature is being set up as a little glimpse at what will eventually be the big Halo TV series- with a sizeable budget. What does this mean? E3 will be awesome, and we are finally getting what we always wanted and more- Halo done right in Live Action.

Sauce:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/28/xbox-unveils-its-tv-slate
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/08/halo-tv-wont-be-filler-microsoft-says

Discuss!

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I don’t know bout you guys but i’m trembling with excitement.

A new Halo live action project by RIDLEY -Yoinking!- SCOTT this year!!!

Then we have the TV series, Halo 5 and possible Halo 2 remake.

Yup Halo is about to face some awesome years.

Hope both these live action projects will make the whole movie industry take notice b4 they ramble again about "blablabla live action video games sux "

I say BRING IT!!

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I don’t know about you guys, but even for all of its faults I still love the heck out of FuD. Can’t wait to see what these guys can do with greater resources.

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> I don’t know about you guys, but even for all of its faults I still love the heck out of FuD. Can’t wait to see what these guys can do with greater resources.

FUD was great! It was small, but every big scene was well executed (dat crashing space elevator). I don’t think anyone disagrees with this opinion. Now, with a significantly upped budgets and some actual location shoots, it will be much better! I kind of hope the story of the digital feature ties in to the story of the TV show, maybe even with some overlapping cast members. What do you think?

Also, which Spartan would you rather see? A 3, a 2 or a 4? I would go with 2 since I have always wanted to see TFoR adapted to screen in some form. I actually doubt it will be a Spartan 2, though, since all of their stories are fleshed out by now. It’s more than likely going to end up being a 4, so I hope it’s Thorne.

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Here for the link! http://news.xbox.com/2014/04/ent-xbox-originals-unveil

Also what faults in forward unto dawn?

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SWEET.

The Scott Halo Feature will be good. Post-war Halo movie? Sign me up.

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> Here for the link! http://news.xbox.com/2014/04/ent-xbox-originals-unveil
>
> Also what faults in forward unto dawn?

I know a few, but I only remember the Hog’s machine gun not spining when fired, a dead person moving their eyes, wrong UNSC symbol on Pelican and Lasky’s blood on his forehead switching sides between scenes.

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FuD may not have been star wars, but it definitely wasn’t bad.

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Wait a second… The article states that the TV Series is ‘committed’ rather ‘in development.’

If I’m not misinterpreting the use of the word ‘committed,’ the TV Series is only a few months away… Not a few years.

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I really want to see some super human stuff from the Spartans.

Kicking someone meters upon meters into wall, through the wall, into someone, said someone is no longer recognizable as he/she flew into an intersection into a truck, said truck is now on its side.

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ROAD TRIP! grabs all of you

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> > Here for the link! http://news.xbox.com/2014/04/ent-xbox-originals-unveil
> >
> > Also what faults in forward unto dawn?
>
> I know a few, but I only remember the Hog’s machine gun not spining when fired, a dead person moving their eyes, wrong UNSC symbol on Pelican and Lasky’s blood on his forehead switching sides between scenes.

Also the pelican used was the new model that was used in halo 4 and not the old one.

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Adding onto my previous statement in regards to the TV series, would it make too much sense for Microsoft to announce a project that’s years away? Given the events with the cancelled film, you’d think that Microsoft would be more cautious to reveal such an ambitious project unless they were 100% sure that it would succeed. Spielberg is an expensive producer that’s constantly jumping through movie after movie, and it wouldn’t take much for things to go horribly wrong ESPECIALLY with a long-term project, such as a TV series.

Given these conditions, it would be an extremely dumb move on Microsoft’s part to announce the series without solid ground to stand on. And by solid ground, I’m referring to a completed or nearly completed season.

Also, as of late, Microsoft’s market strategy when it comes to building up hype for incoming media is to do a quick reveal, give a year of silence, and then release a ton of hype-inducing info months before the final launch. We’ve seen this with Halo 4, we’re currently seeing this with Halo Xbox One, and hell, they didn’t even reveal the release date for Spartan Assault before randomly smashing it into the market.

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According to the windows phone central web site we should be getting something in June.

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As much as I still despise the Kilo 5 characters, I’d love it if the Spartan in question, whose story will be released happens to be Naomi-010.
I just think her character has so much potential but 343i can do something more awesome and further develop Blue Team instead. But if they don’t? Then I’d rather it be Naomi than anyone else.

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> > Here for the link! http://news.xbox.com/2014/04/ent-xbox-originals-unveil
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> > Also what faults in forward unto dawn?
>
> I know a few, but I only remember the Hog’s machine gun not spining when fired, a dead person moving their eyes, wrong UNSC symbol on Pelican and Lasky’s blood on his forehead switching sides between scenes.

Also a few consistency errors, such as Halo 4-era covenant (even though its meant to be decades prior), the females being called ‘sir’ instead of ‘ma’am’, needle projectiles exploding on impact instead of detonating after a few seconds, and other very minor things that i can’t remember right now.

Anyway, i want to know what happened to Sully and Orenski because they did not make it into Halo 4, so i was hoping this series would shed some light on them…Is anyone else curious about this?

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> > > Here for the link! http://news.xbox.com/2014/04/ent-xbox-originals-unveil
> > >
> > > Also what faults in forward unto dawn?
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> > I know a few, but I only remember the Hog’s machine gun not spining when fired, a dead person moving their eyes, wrong UNSC symbol on Pelican and Lasky’s blood on his forehead switching sides between scenes.
>
> Also a few consistency errors, such as Halo 4-era covenant (even though its meant to be decades prior), the females being called ‘sir’ instead of ‘ma’am’, needle projectiles exploding on impact instead of detonating after a few seconds, and other very minor things that i can’t remember right now.
>
> Anyway, i want to know what happened to Sully and Orenski because they did not make it into Halo 4, so i was hoping this series would shed some light on them…Is anyone else curious about this?

I could have sworn originally Sully was supposed to be part of the crew of the UNSC Infinity in Halo 4. But maybe I just imagined reading that. I have no sauce.

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> Also a few consistency errors, such as Halo 4-era covenant (even though its meant to be decades prior)

Not a continuity error, the Covenant in FUD could well have been from Hesduros.

> the females being called ‘sir’ instead of ‘ma’am’

‘Sir’ is gender-neutral, it’s not male-exclusive.

> needle projectiles exploding on impact instead of detonating after a few seconds

The needle effects are different every time they pop up. Mehaffey is gunned down by needles and they explode as we typically see, when they hit John’s armour they just shatter on impact (which does happen in the games when the needles hit certain objects), the only real time this is an issue is when a needle is lodged in Chyler.

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> As much as I still despise the Kilo 5 characters, I’d love it if the Spartan in question, whose story will be released happens to be Naomi-010.
> I just think her character has so much potential but 343i can do something more awesome and further develop Blue Team instead. But if they don’t? Then I’d rather it be Naomi than anyone else.

As long as it isn’t Palmer, I’m ok.

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FUD wasn’t a high budget production, a lot of assets go re-used due to it. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Pelicans and Covenant are literally re-using the models from H4/Spartan Ops. Blue team is re-using armor from Reach trailers after all.

Its no Star Wars, but its also not Paragon Lost.