Halo's daddy to work with Ron Howard

Last year, Alexander Seropian -- founder of Bungie and co-creator of Halo -- co-founded Spectrum MediaWorks:

"Comprised of a group of experienced and innovative entertainment producers, game creators and networked media experts, Spectrum came together to focus on the confluence — not convergence! — of the industries of digital filmed entertainment, games (consoles/PCs) and networked media (web, wireless, etc)."

Last month, word came out that Ron Howard was going to be working on a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game tied in to a reality TV show.

Turns out the two are working together.

Spectrum MediaWorks is building its flagship franchise, X Quest, "from the ground up as a TV show and a game structurally designed to exist in the same virtual world." (Quote from TeamXbox.com.)

It sounds like Seropian and Jim Banister from MediaWorkswill help do the X Quest MMO game, and Ron Howard/Brian Gazer (Imagine Entertainment) and Mike Darnell (Fox) will bring the show and MMO together.

According to Variety, the basic premise is two teams (with no training) will be locked in separate high-tech "biocrafts" that simulate being in space -- for 30 days.

Other people involved in the project include Brady Connell and Jim Susko (Base Camp Films), and David Nevins (Imagine TV).

The title of the game will likely change, and how it ties into the show hasn't been announced -- though there's rumbling of players being able to playing along with (or against) players on the show.