Ahead of the release of A Minecraft Movie in a few weeks, the head-honcho of Xbox seems to be indicating that Xbox intends on making more movies and TV shows based on its properties.
“We’re learning and growing through this process, which is giving us more confidence that we should do more,” Spencer told Variety in an article about the upcoming Minecraft film. “We learned from doing ‘Halo.’ We learned from doing ‘Fallout.’ So all of these build on themselves. And obviously we’ll have a couple that miss. But what I’d say to the Xbox community that likes this work is, ‘You’re going to see more, because we’re gaining confidence and we’re learning through this.’”
Thus far Xbox’s foray into other forms of media has been mixed. The Halo TV show seems to have done well by Paramount’s, although its reception has been very mixed, largely due its handling of the source material.
But where Halo was not a slam dunk, Fallout on Amazon has been a massive success by every possible standard – critics loved it, fans and non-fans alike had a great time with it and brought in 65 million viewers in just the first week. It was so popular that the various Fallout games say massive boosts in players, too.
The big question, of course, is which IP Xbox might try to turn into a movie or TV show? I could easily see an official Call of Duty movie being made, for example. How about a new DOOM movie, this time without the Rock? Fable could potentially make for an interesting TV show. And it goes without saying that Gears of War could be made into something very special.