Bungie co-founder Jason Jones and author Margaret Stohl have formed new studio Stone Kite Studios based in Los Angeles.
The studio will bring together people with experience in film, television, comics, literature, and games to create original universes across multiple forms of media.
The first universe from Stone Kites, One Zero One, started from an original manuscript by Jason Jones, who is one of the creators of Halo and Destiny. It will be available in digital and print formats.
One Zero One is set in the near future and tells the coming of a worldwide conflict between humanity and a rogue army of AI-driven robotic soldiers.
The One Zero One No. 1 comic releases today and is the first part in a four-part limited comic series. New issues will release for free online through 2027. Prose, audio, and screen projects will further expand the world of One Zero One.
“I’ve spent my whole life making games, but I’ve always wanted to write,” said Jones in a statement with GamesBeat. “I used to bike fifteen miles along Lake Michigan to the used bookstores in North Chicago, and bike home again with a backpack full of sci-fi paperbacks. Margie was the first person to believe I could write a book of my own, the first person to read it, and the one person I trusted to help me develop it into epic entertainment that leaves the world a better place.”
Margaret Stohl is the CEO and co-founder of Stone Kite and added, “I’ve spent my career creating books, games, comics, film and television, and I’ve seen how often the medium that tells the first story ends up defining everything that comes after it.
“Stone Kite is about breaking down those old media silos. Instead of starting in one medium and adapting outward, we bring the best global creators from different disciplines into the room from day one to shape the world together.
“We change the conversation. We never say that’s how it’s traditionally done. We build communities, and we listen to them. That’s how we’re creating worlds that people can explore for decades, in whatever ways they want.”
Stohl is a #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling novelist, as well as a Marvel Comics writer.
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