# Xbox Entertainment Studios

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

| Title | Genre | Premiere | Episodes | Length |
| Every Street United | Reality/Sports | June 15, 2014 | 1 season, 8 episodes | 25-31 min. |
| Halo: Nightfall | Drama | November 11, 2014 | 1 season, 5 episodes | 23-29 min. |

### Films

| Title | Genre | Premiere | Length |
| Atari: Game Over | Documentary | November 20, 2014 | 66 min. |

### Specials

| Title | Genre | Premiere | Format | Length |
| Bonnaroo 2014 Live Festival Experience | Live Music | June 12, 2014 | Special (Live Event) | 72 hrs. |
| Miss Teen USA 2014 | Beauty pageant | August 2, 2014 | Special (Live Event) | 120 min. |

### Cancelled Series

| Title | Genre | Producer(s) | Director(s) | Premiere | Episodes | Time |
| 3-2-1 Contact | Educational | Sesame Workshop | | 02009TBA | 02009TBA | 02009TBA |
| A Walk in Your Shoes | Reality | Breakthrough Entertainment | | 02009TBA | 02009TBA | 02009TBA |
| Big Kids | Comedy | | | 02009TBA | 02009TBA | 02009TBA |
| Blake's 7 Remake | Sci-fi-drama | Georgeville TV | Martin Campbell | 02009TBA 2014 | 02009TBA | 02009TBA |
| Conker's Big Break | Adult comedy | | | 02009TBA | 02009TBA | 02009TBA |
| Cro | Edutainment | Sesame Workshop | | 02009TBA | 02009TBA | 02009TBA |
| The Electric Company | Educational | Sesame Workshop | | 02009TBA | 02009TBA | 02009TBA |
| Untitled Halo live-action series | Live-Action | Steven Spielberg | TBA | 02009TBA 2014 | 02009TBA | 02009TBA |
| Humans | Sci-Fi | Kudos | TBA | 02009TBA 2015 | 8 Episodes | 60 min. |
| Little Miracles | Reality | Breakthrough Entertainment | | 02009TBA | 02009TBA | 02009TBA |
| Out There | Teen drama | Sesame Workshop | | 02009TBA | 02009TBA | 02009TBA |
| Sponk! | Game show | | | 02009TBA | 02009TBA | 02009TBA |
| Square One | Edutainment | Sesame Workshop | | 02009TBA | 02009TBA | 02009 60 min. |
| Street Dreams | Biography | TBA | TBA | 02009TBA 2014 | 02009TBA | 30 min. |