Era-rw.png

Halo: Nightfall: Difference between revisions

From Halopedia, the Halo wiki

No edit summary
Line 68: Line 68:
*[[Samantha Wisner]]<ref name="waypoint"/> {{1st}}
*[[Samantha Wisner]]<ref name="waypoint"/> {{1st}}
|title-2=Species|
|title-2=Species|
*[[Forerunner]] {{C|Technology only}}
*[[Human]]
*[[Human]]
|title-3=Organizations|
|title-3=Organizations|

Revision as of 16:41, August 30, 2014

"WE'VE GOT A NEW CONTACT, UNKNOWN CLASSIFICATION!"
This article may contain information based upon upcoming, unreleased, or recently-released content, and may not be fully complete. Additionally, the information may be subject to change if it is based on pre-release material. Please update it as soon as any relevant and accurate material is available.
You may be looking for the Halo: Reach level of the same name.

Template:Film Infobox

"Survival is a choice."
— Official tagline

Halo: Nightfall[1] is an upcoming live-action Xbox Originals webseries for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, and other Microsoft devices to be released in 2014.[2] Consisting of five episodes,[3] the series is to be created by Scott Free Productions in conjunction with 343 Industries. Acclaimed filmmaker Ridley Scott has been confirmed as the show's executive producer along with Scott Free TV President David Zucker; it will be directed by television director Sergio Mimica-Gezzan.[2] In the series, "A strange and treacherous world exposes elite UNSC operatives to a much deeper danger."[4]

Serving as an origin story for Agent Locke, a secondary playable character in Halo 5: Guardians,[5] Nightfall will connect the stories of Halo 4 and Guardians.[6] and will have narrative connections to Halo: The Television Series.[7] The series will also incorporate interactive features with the upcoming Halo Channel application for Xbox One.[5] Viewers can complete challenges related to the series to unlock features that can be used in Halo games. Each episode has several challenges and "Second Story" videos that expand on events that were not shown in the series. Additionally, viewers can access the Halo Channel's new "Halo Encyclopedia" to gain information on characters, locations, weapons, and vehicles that are featured in Halo: Nightfall.[8]

Synopsis

The series takes place between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians.[9] An Office of Naval Intelligence unit, led by Lieutenant Commander Jameson Locke, is deployed on the distant human Outer Colony of Sedra to investigate terrorist activity. Sedra is described as a backwater world harboring a disdain for the Unified Earth Government and the UNSC. During their investigation, the unit is attacked by the terrorists and it is discovered that they are trying to use biological weapons that only affect humans. Locke's team is forced to work together with Sedran Colonial Guard commander Randall Aiken and his troops to track down the origin of the bioweapon. During their search, the unit is drawn to a perilous alien artifact: a partially functioning section of Installation 04, the Halo ringworld destroyed by the Master Chief in the first Halo game. A grave threat present on the ancient construct soon turns the mission into a desperate fight for survival.[4][10]

Production

The series will have a $10,000,000 (USD) budget, which is considerably larger than Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn's. 343 Industries also considers the series' scope to be larger and more ambitious than that of Forward Unto Dawn in terms of the characters' interaction with one another as well as their environment, and less time will be spent with the characters in relative safety than in Forward Unto Dawn. The series' driving dynamic is noted as being the ONI operatives' tension with the inhabitants of Sedra when the two are forced to work together in the face of a common threat. Producer Ridley Scott was quick to accept the project when it was first pitched to him as video game tie-in media was still relatively unknown ground to him.[11]

The first official trailer was released on July 24th, 2014, at San Diego Comic-Con, which stated that Locke's team was tracking down reports of an element that specifically targeted humans on the distant colony of Sedra.[11]

Filming and effects

Nightfall was filmed in Iceland and Ireland.[12] Filming in Belfast, Northern Ireland was reported to have started by early June 2014[13] and finished as of June 12, 2014, being subsequently continued in Iceland.[14] The scenes set on the colony of Sedra were filmed in Ireland, while Iceland is used to portray the locales of the Halo fragment.[5]

The cast and crew faced many difficulties due to the challenging weather conditions of Iceland. While the environment is meant to be uncomfortably hot in the series, the actual temperature was often below freezing as Iceland was experiencing the coldest recorded weather in some time in addition to frequent strong winds and rainstorms. To create the illusion of a hot environment, the cast had fake sweat applied on them which would rapidly freeze, becoming highly uncomfortable for the actors. Cast members falling over was also an everyday occurrence. Due to the hardships they faced the cast and crew would play games, place bets on falling on screen or nominate a "chief of morale" among them to keep their spirits high.[5]

Cast and characters

On May 15, 2014, it was announced that actor Mike Colter is set to star in the feature. Colter will play the main character, Jameson Locke,[14][15] "a rising star in a futuristic army with reservations about those in command". Locke was known tentatively as "Marlowe" during production.[16] On July 10, 2014, it was announced that actress Christina Chong will have a role in the webseries.[17] She will play Talitha Macer, a member of the Sedran Colonial Guard and the series' the female lead.[10] Many of the roles in the series were rather physically demanding and there was a focus on the actors' fitness and athleticism in the casting process; however, it was noted that some of the cast still had difficulties with these aspects during filming.[5]

Costumes and props

The Condor transport craft, known tentatively as the "Super Pelican", was created for the series as a Sedran equivalent to the UNSC's more modern dropships. A life-size set was created to portray the craft. The main characters are wearing armor that has been noted by Frank O'Connor as having been developed in Seongnam (the site of the UNSC's Special Warfare Center) and incorporating elements and technology from MJOLNIR, ODST and UNSC Marine armors.[5]

Appearances

Characters

Species

Organizations

Locations

Weapons

Vehicles

Technology



Gallery

  • Halo: Nightfall first poster

    Halo: Nightfall first poster

  • Promotional poster for Halo: Nightfall.[18]

    Promotional poster for Halo: Nightfall.[18]

  • Agent Locke, portrayed by Mike Colter.[19]

    Agent Locke, portrayed by Mike Colter.[19]

  • Locke, along with two soldiers.

    Locke, along with two soldiers.

  • Promotional image of part of the group.

    Promotional image of part of the group.

  • First image of the Condor vehicle.

    First image of the Condor vehicle.

  • Nightfall - Treacherous.jpg
  • Nightfall - Overhead.jpg
  • Nightfall - Incapacitated.jpg
  • Nightfall - LockeAikenMacerWisner.jpg
  • Nightfall - Cover.jpg

Sources

  1. ^ E3 2014 Microsoft Media Briefing
  2. ^ a b Xbox.com: Xbox Originals: Coming Soon to a Screen Near You Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Xbox.com" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ^ Amazon: Halo: The Master Chief Collection
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Halo Waypoint: Halo: Nightfall description
  5. ^ a b c d e f YouTube: Halo: Nightfall Panel - SDCC 2014
  6. ^ Venturebeat: Microsoft bets big that multibillion-dollar game series Halo will thrive on television
  7. ^ Gigaom: Bonnaroo, Halo and soccer: Microsoft aims high with Xbox Originals
  8. ^ Halo Waypoint: Halo Channel
  9. ^ Xbox Wire: SDCC 14: 343 Industries and Scott Free Productions Offer First-Look of Halo: Nightfall
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k We Got This Covered: Halo: Nightfall Gets A Tense First Trailer, Rounds Out Cast
  11. ^ a b c SDCC 2014: 343 Industries and Scott Free Productions Offer First-Look of Halo: Nightfall
  12. ^ Iceland on Review - Iceland to Star in New Ridley Scott Movie
  13. ^ Belfast Telegraph: Ridley Scott's Halo digital feature being shot in Belfast's Titanic Quarter
  14. ^ a b Polygon: Halo 5's secret Spartan is Agent Locke, and his story will be revealed in Halo Nightfall
  15. ^ YouTube: Every. Halo. Ever. E3 2014
  16. ^ The Wire: Ridley Scott's ‘Halo’ Digital Feature Recruits ‘Good Wife’ Star Mike Colter (Exclusive)
  17. ^ Up & Comers - Christina Chong Lands Female Lead in Digital Feature ‘Halo: Nightfall’
  18. ^ Twitter: Halo account on Nightfall
  19. ^ Comic Book Movie: First Image from HALO: NIGHTFALL is Released

Template:Film

Retrieved from "https://www.halopedia.org/index.php?title=Halo:_Nightfall&oldid=1090928"