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.
On July 17, 2014, Microsoft confirmed that the studio would be closing. On October 29, 2014, both the vice president and the president of the company departed, and the company was officially closed.
History At time of closure, Xbox Entertainment Studios was developing their first projects: a documentary about the video game crash of 1983, a science-fiction drama titled Humans and a live action television series based on the Halo franchise in collaboration with film producer Steven Spielberg. Future projects were to have included a remake of the BBC sci-fi series Blake's 7, a reboot of the Canadian children's hospital documentary series Little Miracles, and an autobiographical series about rapper Nas. 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.
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.
In September 2014, The Hollywood Reporter reported that AMC was in talks to acquire the rights to revive Humans and that casting was underway.
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.
Original programming Xbox Entertainment Studios developed original films and series in collaboration with a variety of studios: Series TitleGenrePremiereEpisodesLengthEvery Street United Reality/SportsHalo: Nightfall Drama
Films TitleGenrePremiereLength Atari: Game OverDocumentary
Specials TitleGenrePremiereFormatLengthBonnaroo 2014 Live Festival ExperienceLive Music Special (Live Event)Miss Teen USA 2014Beauty pageantSpecial (Live Event)
Cancelled Series TitleGenreProducer(s)Director(s)PremiereEpisodesTime 3-2-1 ContactEducational Sesame Workshop02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA A Walk in Your ShoesRealityBreakthrough Entertainment02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA Big KidsComedy 02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA Blake's 7 RemakeSci-fi-dramaGeorgeville TVMartin Campbell02009TBA 201402009TBA 02009TBA Conker's Big BreakAdult comedy 02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA CroEdutainment Sesame Workshop02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA The Electric CompanyEducational Sesame Workshop02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA Untitled Halo live-action seriesLive-ActionSteven Spielberg TBA02009TBA 201402009TBA 02009TBAHumansSci-FiKudos TBA02009TBA 2015 Little MiraclesReality Breakthrough Entertainment 02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA Out ThereTeen dramaSesame Workshop02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA Sponk!Game show 02009TBA02009TBA 02009TBA Square OneEdutainment Sesame Workshop02009TBA02009TBA 02009 Street Dreams Biography TBA TBA02009TBA 201402009TBA
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External links Official website