Halo TV series moves from Showtime to Paramount Plus

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The Halo TV series has been in development for a long time, but should finally see the light of day in 2022. However, the series will no longer debut on Showtime, but will instead be exclusive to the Paramount + streaming service. Deadline broke the news of this latest change of direction for Halo: The Series, which will be officially announced today at the ViacomCBS Streaming Event.Halo: The Series has been plagued with false starts and complications for years. For a while, it seemed like the show’s woes were over when production began in 2020. But like so many Hollywood projects, production was halted due to the pandemic. Fortunately, Halo is back on track. Production is back on track in Budapest and ViacomCBS is now teasing a premiere window in the first quarter of 2022.

Halo: The Series stars Pablo Schreiber as Master Chief, Danny Sapani and Olive Gray as Jacob and Miranda Keyes, Bokeem Woodbine as Soren-066, Shabana Azmi as Admiral Margaret Parangosky, and Bentley Kalu, Natasha Culzac and Kate Kennedy as three new Spartan characters . Natascha McElhone plays Dr. Catherine Halsey. Originally, McElhone was supposed to play a dual role, also providing the voice of Master Chief’s AI partner Cortana. But due to scheduling issues brought on by the pandemic, Cortana will now be voiced by her video game voice actress, Jen Taylor.

The Showtime series will be made into production with game developers 343 Industries and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. Peaky Blinders and Black Mirror director Otto Bathurst will produce the first season with nine episodes.

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It remains to be seen which of the various Halo games, novels and comics could inspire the plot of the TV series. Rumor has it that the series could break with tradition by showing the face of Master Chief, but that has not yet been confirmed. IGN has been able to see Schreiber’s Mjolnir armor behind closed doors and report that it looks fantastic.
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