Microsoft Gaming Boss Phil Spencer Says Xbox Fans Will See More Movie and TV Show Adaptations, Despite the Failure of Halo — So What's Next?

The nonaccomplishment of the TV adaptation of Halo surely hasn’t enactment Microsoft disconnected much adaptations of its video games. That’s according to Microsoft gaming main Phil Spencer, who has said fans tin expect much successful the future.

Spencer spoke to Variety up of the motorboat of A Minecraft Movie, the large screen, Jack Black-starring adaptation of the Microsoft-owned sandbox video crippled Minecraft. Big things are expected of it, and if it does well, it could spawn sequels.

It’s the latest Microsoft video crippled to get either a movie oregon TV show, and follows the phenomenally palmy Fallout Prime Video bid (Season 2 is connected its way). But the TV adaptation of Microsoft’s flagship Xbox game, Halo, failed, suffering a cancelation aft 2 big-budget seasons were poorly received.

Microsoft has learned from Halo, Spencer told Variety, and is gaining assurance successful the space. And so, expect much to come.

“We’re learning and increasing done this process, which is giving america much assurance that we should bash more,” Spencer said.

“We learned from doing Halo. We learned from doing Fallout. So each of these physique connected themselves. And evidently we’ll person a mates that miss. But what I’d accidental to the Xbox assemblage that likes this enactment is, ‘You’re going to spot more, due to the fact that we’re gaining assurance and we’re learning done this.’ ”

The question is, what Xbox crippled could we spot adapted next? In 2022, Netflix announced a live-action movie adaptation and animated tv bid based connected Gears of War. Unfortunately we’ve heard small since, prevention MCU prima Dave Bautista’s occasional telephone to beryllium formed arsenic Marcus Fenix.

Let’s person immoderate amusive speculation. Perhaps, fixed the occurrence of Fallout, Prime Video mightiness beryllium funny successful an Elder Scrolls / Skyrim TV show? With The Rings of Power and The Wheel of Time, Amazon whitethorn consciousness it has phantasy covered though.

Sony made a Gran Turismo movie and against each likelihood it seems to person been successful. Could Microsoft springiness the go-ahead to a Forza Horizon movie?

Microsoft owns Activision Blizzard, of course. Perhaps it’s yet clip for a Call of Duty movie, oregon different stab astatine a Warcraft adaptation. In his book, Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment, newsman Jason Schreier revealed that Activision Blizzard had bid successful improvement with Netflix for Warcraft, Overwatch, and Diablo, but they each fell by the wayside. Could Microsoft assistance revive the projects?

On a much household affable note, Microsoft present besides owns Crash Bandicoot, which you’d deliberation would beryllium bully for an animated movie oregon TV series, fixed the occurrence of the likes of Mario and Sonic connected the large screen. I’d emotion to spot Fable, which is acceptable for a reboot successful 2026, bask an adaptation of immoderate kind.

And finally, could Microsoft springiness Halo different spell with a big-budget movie?

Microsoft's console rivals Sony and Nintendo look further on this process. Sony has seen immense occurrence from the Uncharted movie, HBO's The Last of Us, and adjacent Twisted Metal is getting a Season 2. Sony has announced a Helldivers 2 movie, a movie adaptation of Guerrilla's Horizon Zero Dawn, and an anime adaptation of Sucker Punch's Ghost of Tsushima. The God of War TV amusement is already down for 2 seasons.

As for Nintendo, it has the astir palmy video crippled adaptation of each clip nether its belt: The Super Mario Bros. Movie. A sequel is successful the works, arsenic is simply a live-action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda.

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