{"id":813152,"date":"2026-10-25T06:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T06:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/813152\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T06:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T06:04:12","slug":"xbox-turns-down-netflix-500-million-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/813152\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Turns Down Netflix $500 Million Offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/more-halo-remakes-are-on-the-way.jpg\" data-caption=\"Halo Studios, Microsoft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/more-halo-remakes-are-on-the-way.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"more-halo-remakes-are-on-the-way\"\/><\/a>Halo Studios, Microsoft<\/p>\n<p>Netflix reportedly offered Microsoft $500 million for a seven year deal that would allow the streaming giant to adapt shows and films about Xbox characters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/puck.news\/what-if-peter-rice-doesnt-change-netflix-all-that-much\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Puck<\/a> broke the news, indicating that Microsoft responded with an offer for $800 million \u2013 as a result, the deal has reportedly fallen through.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Puck, Xbox said, \u201cWe have received record-breaking interest in our I.P.; Netflix is a valued partner and we are excited for the forthcoming release of our Minecraft and Diablo animated series together, among other adaptations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is now said to be in pursit of \u201csmaller deals with more partners,\u201d doing things on a case-by-case basis rather than an overarching exclusivity deal.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft previously partnered with Paramount to produce the live-action \u201cHalo\u201d series, which ran for two seasons.  They currently have a \u201cCall of Duty\u201d film in the works at Paramount, a third season of \u201cFallout\u201d at Amazon and a sequel to \u201cA Minecraft Movie\u201d opening next year.<\/p>\n<p>Titles like \u201cGears of War,\u201d \u201cThe Elder Scrolls\u201d and \u201cSea of Thieves\u201d are also being pitched for possible adaptations.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix has various works based on games coming out, including the animated \u201cCyberpunk: Edgerunners\u201d which returned this week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Halo Studios, Microsoft Netflix reportedly offered Microsoft $500 million for a seven year deal that would allow the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[94966,59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-813152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-bigslider","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}