Reports are saying that just now the show is beginning production. Why the hell are they starting now, and not soon after they announced a year ago?! Wouldn’t you think they would have had the story planned out and had the cast set, production ready to go? Sorry if this comes off as angry, but it seems odd that just now that they’ve begun production just now, so I guess this means we won’t be seeing a trailer for the show at E3. This is disappointing, but hopefully this long process results in an amazing show.
Remember there are two TV things, one of Speilberg and another with Scott, so I’d suggest one is further along than the other. 343i did also state it was “very early stages” when they announced the first one.
Anyhow the more Halo of this calibre the happier I get. I too wonder if we’ll see or hear anything for either of these at E3? They and HX1 can’t get here soon enough.
> Why the hell are they starting now, and not soon after they announced a year ago?!
Because it makes zero sense for this genre of TV show to be announced, and start production on the same day, UNLESS they had the script all worked out, locked in, actors lined up, and film locations lined up.
When it comes to TV shows and Movies, production means “We’re now filming the show!” , in Video Games it means “We’re no starting the final leg of our development.”
In the past year they’ve most likely been writing the scripts, lining up the actors, the music scores, the props, the costumes, the equipment, and the locations. Some of those things takes a few months to put together, and you can’t start production until those things are finished.
> but it seems odd that just now that they’ve begun production just now
We’re dealing with TV shows, most TV shows start production of each episode a month or so out, in that time they get all of the shots in, the dialog, the soundtrack, the special effects, the final editing, the marketing, and then the final version is released to the service providers to air. Which btw, most of the stuff that would take lots of time, is done with computers, so the amount of time is cut down a lot.
> so I guess this means we won’t be seeing a trailer for the show at E3.
No, that does not mean they won’t show the trailer at E3, but we haven’t heard anything about them showing anything related to it at E3 either, just because they just started production doesn’t mean they can’t take some scenes cut them together and give us a trailer for the first episode at E3, or in June.
According to Nancy Tellem, head of Xbox’s entertainment division, the TV show doesn’t even have a director, showrunner, or writer yet.
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And given that the Ridley Scott production is supposed to be out later this year, it makes sense that shooting only just began.
Why are so many people making blind assumptions that Halo will be absent during E3?
> Why are so many people making blind assumptions that Halo will be absent during E3?
We’re talking just the TV show, not Halo in general. Halo will be at E3. It’s been confirmed too many times at this point.
> Why are so many people making blind assumptions that Halo will be absent during E3?
I didn’t say Halo won’t be at E3, I said, and I quote “that does not mean they won’t show the trailer at E3, but we haven’t heard anything about them showing anything related to it at E3 either”, We’re talking about the show, and ONLY the show.