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July 17, 2014 Link to this post
MS studio closure shouldn't affect Halo projects
There've been rumblings all week about layoffs at Microsoft... and today, Variety has an article explaining that Xbox Entertainment Studios, responsible for (among other stuff) the two live-action Halo projects currently in the works, is going to be closed. However, it sounds like both projects are among those which will see completion - or at least that's the plan now.
Tellem, Jordan Levin and some of the Xbox Entertainment Studios team will remain with the company to see the completion of its original programming already in production, Microsoft said.
That includes "Halo," the first major project spearheaded by the division, is in advanced negotiations for a pickup at Showtime in a shared window with Xbox. Project is a co-production with Amblin TV.
Others are the "Halo" prequel story "Nightfall," exec produced by Ridley Scott, and the docu "Signal to Noise," about the notorious Atari "E.T" game flop in the early 1980s.
(Bolding mine, to show that both Halo projects are mentioned specifically.) Thanks to thebruce0 for noticing. (Louis Wu 21:27:08 UTC)
