Guildies the world over can now breathe a sigh of relief. After months of debate over the cliffhanger-y end of season 4, Microsoft officially announced today that season 5 of The Guild is indeed going to be a reality and that the show will return to Xbox Live, MSN Video and the Zune Marketplace during Summer of 2011, sponsored by Microsoft and Sprint.
“I’ve never been more excited for anything. Take that Christmas 1989,” exclaimed show director Sean Becker (several exclamation points have been removed in editing). “I’m really excited for the renewal of season 5. I think this decision could really turn Microsoft into a household name.”
All joking aside, with season 5, The Guild continues to hold on to it’s rep as the “Gold Standard” of web series, often used by content creators as a guide and inspiration for how to successfully launch, extend, and build a community behind a property on the web. With over 100 million views and truckloads of awards under its belt, The Guild train is running full steam and showing no signs of slowing. “Every season has had a different style and sensibility. That has been on purpose,” explained show creator Felicia Day to us via e-mail. “We’re always exploring different aspects of our characters. This season will be no different!”
“Every season we look to raise the bar on this world Felicia has created and this season is no different,” continued Becker. “The convention based story line will allow us to take these characters further out into the unknown (meaning away from their computers), which will be new to us as well on the production side. I look forward to personally exploring this new environment as well as seeing the characters interact in it. It’s going to be a lot of fun, and by fun I mean extremely hard work.”
Added Felicia: “Expect more characters, more color more…fast quips! I’m not sure, let me write the season first.”
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Thank the gods I’m getting Guild withdrawl here. lol
sweet!
I love The Guild, but if they are the “gold” standard then that makes Dr. Horrible a Tiffany diamond. They aren’t even in the same league as Dr. Horrible. I’m just saying….
It’s the gold standard in the sense of it’s level of success with almost no budget, lack of industry professionals, and very little promotion. The article is specifically talking about using it as the model for a web series that has had runaway success seemingly out of nowhere.
As for Dr. Horrible. I guess if you are really into musicals then it might be your thing. But I’ll have to respectfully disagree that it’s the best web series around hands down.
Can’t wait!! Please god, let there be more Fawkes.
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get serious, this show is the golden child based on commercial success and overall popularity, Dr, horrible isnt even on the menu. Accept it, watch the guild…
YAY! I am so glad they will be returning! :)
YAY! I am so glad they will be returning! :)
Withdrawls don’t even begin to explain how ready I am for season 5!!!
Withdrawls don’t even begin to explain how ready I am for season 5!!!
I agree with a lot of what Rowgue said. In addition, this will the Guild’s fifth season plus comics. Dr. Horrible was three episodes and one origin comic. So, Dr. Horrible is more of a web mini-series and didn’t need to keep it up as long as the Guild has. That said, Dr. Horrible is fantastic.
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The Guild is like the “30 Rock” of the internet.
is it out yet?
when where and how soon
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