Halo Series Posters From Paramount Plus Give New Look At The Characters

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The Halo Series is less than a month away from premiering on Paramount Plus, so that means it’s time for the show to ramp up its promotional efforts, as is the case with the new official character posters that have just been released.

Since making its video game debut and expanding its lore to book format in the early 2000s, the Halo franchise has been a coveted intellectual property for an eventual movie or TV adaptation, including a canceled Halo movie. Although the first few trailers may have received some mixed reactions from fans, especially due to design changes in some characters, now anyone can give the cast a more thorough look in their individual artwork.

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Nevertheless, there aren’t many recognizable faces here, as one of the known aspects about Halo series is that it will be expanding the main cast with a few new characters. Among them is Soren-066 and Kwan Ha Boo, played by Bokeem Woodbrine and Yerin Ha, respectively. One person who will be all too familiar for Halo fans is Dr. Catherine Halsey, the creator of the Spartan-II and mother-like figure for the now non-camera shy Master Chief.

While it’s safe to say these three characters look the part and blend in with the general aesthetic chosen for Paramount Plus' Halo, they will remind many of the fact that the show’s starting cast is missing people like Sergeant Avery Johnson. Also notably absent is Cortana, whose design differs from every Halo game out there now that she’s abandoned her blue complexion in favor of a more humanized appearance. Regardless of Dr. Halsey needing no introduction, that is not the case for the other two.

Soren-066 comes from the Pariah short story, where he’s