Halo: Nightfall: Difference between revisions

'''''Halo: Nightfall'''''<ref name="E3">'''E3 2014 Microsoft Media Briefing'''</ref> is an upcoming live-action ''Xbox Originals''  webseries for the [[Xbox One]], [[Xbox 360]], and other [[Microsoft]] devices to be released in [[2014]].<ref name="Xbox.com">[http://news.xbox.com/2014/04/ent-xbox-originals-unveil '''Xbox.com''' - ''Xbox Originals: Coming Soon to a Screen Near You'']</ref> and it will consisting of five episodes.<ref name="amazon">[http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Master-Chief-Collection-Xbox-One/dp/B00KSQHX1K/ref=zg_bs_videogames_1 '''Amazon''': ''Halo: The Master Chief Collection'']</ref> The series is to be created by [[Wikipedia:Scott Free Productions|Scott Free Productions]] in conjunction with [[343 Industries]]. Acclaimed filmmaker [[Wikipedia:Ridley Scott|Ridley Scott]] has been confirmed as the show's executive producer along with Scott Free TV President [[Wikipedia:David W. Zucker|David Zucker]]; it will be directed by television director [[Wikipedia:Sergio Mimica-Gezzan|Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]].<ref name="Xbox.com">[http://news.xbox.com/2014/04/ent-xbox-originals-unveil '''Xbox.com''' - ''Xbox Originals: Coming Soon to a Screen Near You'']</ref> In the series, ''"A strange and treacherous world exposes elite UNSC operatives to a much deeper danger."''<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-US '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Halo: Nightfall description'']</ref>

''Nightfall'' will be filmed in Iceland and Ireland<ref>[https://icelandreview.com/news/2014/04/29/iceland-star-new-ridley-scott-movie '''Iceland on Review''' - ''Iceland to Star in New Ridley Scott Movie'']</ref> with filming in [[Wikipedia:Belfast|Belfast, Ireland]] reported to have started by early June 2014.<ref>[http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/ridley-scotts-halo-digital-feature-being-shot-in-belfasts-titanic-quarter-30323063.html '''Belfast Telegraph''': ''Ridley Scott's Halo digital feature being shot in Belfast's Titanic Quarter'']</ref> The series will have a $10,000,000 (USD) budget, which is considerably larger than ''[[Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s. The main character is said to have previously been referenced in a ''Halo'' game, though it will not be [[John-117]].<ref name="gigaom">[http://gigaom.com/2014/04/28/bonnaroo-halo-and-soccer-microsoft-aims-high-with-xbox-originals/ '''Gigaom''' - ''Bonnaroo, Halo and soccer: Microsoft aims high with Xbox Originals'']</ref> The project will have narrative connections to ''[[Halo: The Television Series]]''.<ref name="gigaom"/> On May 15, 2014, it was announced that actor [[Wikipedia:Mike Colter|Mike Colter]] is set to star in the feature. Colter will play [[Locke]]<ref name="machinima">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crDIiFV-Wmw '''Youtube''': ''Every. Halo. Ever. E3 2014'']</ref>, "a rising star in a futuristic army with reservations about those in command".<ref>[http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/05/15/first-actor-cast-in-ridley-scotts-halo-project '''IGN''' - ''First Actor Cast in Ridler Scott's Halo Project'']</ref>