Xbox Reportedly Pitching Major Game IP to Hollywood for New Movie & TV Adaptations

Xbox is reportedly taking a more aggressive approach to turning its biggest game worlds into movies and TV series, with the company said to be pitching a bundle of major IP to Hollywood studios in hopes of landing new screen adaptations. The move is framed as part of a wider strategy to make Xbox an ecosystem that extends well beyond consoles.

Key takeaways

• Xbox is said to be shopping a package of its major intellectual properties with Hollywood studios for film and television adaptations.
• The franchises reportedly on the table include Halo, Warcraft, and The Elder Scrolls, among other Microsoft properties.
• Universal, Netflix, and Paramount have been named as companies that showed interest in the offer.
• Microsoft’s library includes Halo, Gears of War, Fallout, DOOM, Diablo, StarCraft, Overwatch, and more, though not every title may be included in the same pitch.

Xbox pushes further into Hollywood with an IP bundle

Reports circulating right now suggest Xbox has been approaching multiple Hollywood studios with a consolidated set of its key intellectual properties. The goal is to find new partners for adaptations across cinema and television, rather than treating each franchise as a one-off project.

Among the headline names reportedly included in the package are Halo, Warcraft, and The Elder Scrolls. The broader appeal, according to the way the plan is described, is that Xbox would have enough source material to sustain multiple years of screen content across entirely different genres—ranging from Halo’s science-fiction setting to The Elder Scrolls’ fantasy world, and Warcraft’s expansive universe.

Who’s interested—and what Xbox already has working outside games

Universal, Netflix, and Paramount are among the companies that have reportedly expressed interest. Microsoft also isn’t starting from scratch: Halo has already had a television adaptation, and other Xbox-linked properties have previously found their way into non-game media.

One example highlighted in the reporting is Netflix’s long-running efforts tied to Gears of War, a franchise that has been trying to secure a live-action adaptation that matches the scale of its setting.

For context on the depth of what’s available, Microsoft is said to have control over multiple major franchises—Halo, Gears of War, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, DOOM, Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch are all listed among the properties in its orbit. However, the reporting also makes clear that this does not automatically mean every one of those series is necessarily part of the specific bundle being offered to studios at this stage.

For now, the key unknown is which deals ultimately get finalized and which specific properties move forward. What’s clear from the current chatter is that Xbox believes it has some of the strongest game intellectual property in the market—and wants more of it to make the leap into Hollywood.