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- "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]
Nightfall will connect the stories of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians[5] and will have narrative connections to Halo: The Television Series.[6]
Synopsis
The series takes place on the distant human Outer Colony of Sedra between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians.[7] An Office of Naval Intelligence unit, led by Lieutenant Commander Jameson Locke, is on the planet to investigate terrorist activity. However, the unit is attacked by the terrorists and it is discovered that they are trying to use biological weapons that only affect humans. The unit is forced to work together with Sedran commander Randall Aiken to survive. During their search for the origins of the bioweapon, 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.[4][8]
Production
Nightfall will be filmed in Iceland and Ireland.[9] Filming in Belfast, Northern Ireland was reported to have started by early June 2014[10] and finished as of June 12, 2014, being subsequently continued in Iceland.[11]
The series will have a $10,000,000 (USD) budget, which is considerably larger than Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn's. 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,[11][12] "a rising star in a futuristic army with reservations about those in command". Locke was known tentatively as "Marlowe" during production.[13] On July 10, 2014, it was announced that actress Christina Chong will have a role in the webseries.[14] 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.[15]
Cast and characters
- Mike Colter as Jameson Locke[4]
- Christina Chong as Talitha Macer[4][8]
- Steven Waddington as Randall Aiken[4]
- Luke Neal as Michael Horrigan[4][8]
- Alexander Bhat as Alistair Estrin[4][8]
- Alexis Rodney as Arris Le[4][8]
- Christian Contreras as Gregory Ramos[4][8]
- Eric Kofi Abrefa as Haisal Wari[4][8]
- Jennie Gruner as Samantha Wisner[4][8]
- Sarah Armstrong as Jordan Gaines[4][8]
- Shaun Blaney as Mason Hundley[4][8]
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Sources
- ^ E3 2014 Microsoft Media Briefing
- ^ a b Xbox.com: Xbox Originals: Coming Soon to a Screen Near You Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name "Xbox.com" defined multiple times with different content - ^ Amazon: Halo: The Master Chief Collection
- ^ 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
- ^ Venturebeat: Microsoft bets big that multibillion-dollar game series Halo will thrive on television
- ^ Gigaom: Bonnaroo, Halo and soccer: Microsoft aims high with Xbox Originals
- ^ Xbox Wire: SDCC 14: 343 Industries and Scott Free Productions Offer First-Look of Halo: Nightfall
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j We Got This Covered: Halo: Nightfall Gets A Tense First Trailer, Rounds Out Cast
- ^ Iceland on Review - Iceland to Star in New Ridley Scott Movie
- ^ Belfast Telegraph: Ridley Scott's Halo digital feature being shot in Belfast's Titanic Quarter
- ^ a b Polygon: Halo 5's secret Spartan is Agent Locke, and his story will be revealed in Halo Nightfall
- ^ YouTube: Every. Halo. Ever. E3 2014
- ^ The Wire: Ridley Scott's ‘Halo’ Digital Feature Recruits ‘Good Wife’ Star Mike Colter (Exclusive)
- ^ Up & Comers - Christina Chong Lands Female Lead in Digital Feature ‘Halo: Nightfall’
- ^ a b SDCC 2014: 343 Industries and Scott Free Productions Offer First-Look of Halo: Nightfall
- ^ Twitter: Halo account on Nightfall
- ^ Comic Book Movie: First Image from HALO: NIGHTFALL is Released