'Virtual meetings are a new and special kind of hell, so I think people will relate,' said MythicQuest creator RMcElhenney about the series' upcoming special episode filmed entirely on iPhones and in quarantine
is set to return to Apple’s streaming platform with an appropriately titled special,The one-off, which drops May 22, was entirely written, filmed and edited remotely on Apple iPhones as the cast and crew waits out the novel coronavirus pandemic from their respective homes around the country.
The half-hour installment leans into the moment, with the team behind the biggest ever multiplayer video game suddenly forced to live and work in quarantine.
“Lots of workplaces are figuring out this whole working-from-home thing, and the gaming industry is no different. Virtual meetings are a new and special kind of hell, so I think people will relate. Yes, we’ve all had low points, but there have also been incredible moments of triumph and we wanted to celebrate that,” said McElhenney in a statement announcing the entry Friday.
He continued, “We needed to shoot this episode fast without sacrificing quality. Thankfully, we’re living in a time when everyone’s got a camera in their pocket. Having an iPhone coupled with the ingenuity of our crew, allowed us to make this unique piece of television in just days. We hope people enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it.”
The series, which is produced by Lionsgate, 3Arts Entertainment and game maker Ubisoft, has already been renewed for a second season. Its quarantine installment comes on the heels of a produced-from-home entry from CBS’, which became the first scripted series to produce an episode remotely, with its focus on how the legal system had moved to Zoom. In the weeks since, other series, includinghave found a way to generate fresh content through animation.
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