Wilson Chapman editorMaster Chief is finally gearing up for action.Paramount Plus has unveiled the official trailer for its highly anticipated science fiction series “Halo.” The first look footage also revealed a premiere date of March 24.Based on Xbox Game Studios’ best-selling series of first-person shooter video games, “Halo” is set in the 26th century and focuses on the adventures of Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber), a cybernetically enhanced super-soldier known as a Spartan that defends humanity under the orders of the United Nations Space Command.
While plot details of the live-action series are being kept under wraps, most games in the “Halo” franchise focus on the UNSC’s war with an alien theocracy known as the Covenant.
In addition to Schreiber, “Halo” will also feature Natascha McElhone as Dr. Catherine Halsey, the creator of the Spartan program, and Jen Taylor, who reprises her voice role as the AI Cortana from the “Halo” video games.
The main cast is rounded out with Yerin Ha, Charlie Murphy, Shabana Azmi, Bokeem Woodbine, Olive Gray, Kate Kennedy, Natasha Culzac, Bentley Kalu, Danny Sapani and Jesse Tyler Ridgway.The live-action “Halo” series has been in development since 2013 and was initially set to be produced by the now-defunct Xbox Entertainment Studios as a show exclusive for the Xbox One. “Halo” was ordered to series in 2018 by Showtime and began filming October 2019 before pausing production due to COVID-19 in 2020.
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