A movie for Halo series is still unsure. But it’s not a bad thing to recover the whole idea with a launch of a live-action internet series that will launch leading Halo 4. The company’s Xbox section is pouring substantial amount of money behind “Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn” which will be exclusively aired on gamers’ entertainment website Machinima and online community Halo Waypoint in the weeks leading up the release of Halo 4.
Company said that the project will be “the largest investment” Microsoft made. However, the company is keeping it very strict, and there aren’t many details available on this project..
After several pricey live-action shorts and commercials for previous “Halo” installments — helmed by Neill Blomkamp (“District 9″) and Rupert Sanders (“Snow White and the Huntsman”) — caught on, Microsoft wants to use the “Halo 4″ Web series as a way “to make ‘Halo’ accessible for people who haven’t played the games,” according to Matt McCloskey, director of franchise business management at 343 Industries, which is taking over the “Halo” franchise from Bungie Studios.
“We wanted to do something unique from a narrative standpoint that’s big in scale,” McCloskey added.
“Forward Unto Dawn” will play out over five weekly installments, around 15 minutes each, telling an original story about the game’s Master Chief and how he inspired a young UNSC cadet who will eventually become a leader aboard the UNSC Infinity spacecraft. Introduction of the new character will tie in with the plot of “Halo 4,” while providing a flashback to the beginning of the “Halo” franchise’s war between the humans and the evil Covenant.
“Every time we do a live-action commercial the audience says, ‘We want to see more so that we can explore the ‘Halo’ universe a little bit more,” said Frank O’Connor, franchise development director at 343 Industries. “Demand grew more and more out of the two little vignettes we’d previously produced.”
But Microsoft still wants to make sure that this web series also attracts the normal audience rather than only hardcore Halo fans.
“We wanted to do something unique from a narrative standpoint that’s big in scale,” McCloskey added.
“Forward Unto Dawn” will play out over five weekly installments, around 15 minutes each, telling an original story about the game’s Master Chief and how he inspired a young UNSC cadet who will eventually become a leader aboard the UNSC Infinity spacecraft. Introduction of the new character will tie in with the plot of “Halo 4,” while providing a flashback to the beginning of the “Halo” franchise’s war between the humans and the evil Covenant.
“Every time we do a live-action commercial the audience says, ‘We want to see more so that we can explore the ‘Halo’ universe a little bit more,” said Frank O’Connor, franchise development director at 343 Industries. “Demand grew more and more out of the two little vignettes we’d previously produced.”
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