What To Expect From Paramount+'s Halo TV Show
Despite all of the delays, a Halo TV show is finally getting made. The Halo TV series is an anticipated addition to an increasingly stacked slate of announced content on the Paramount+ streaming service, a rebranding of CBS All Access following the re-merger of Viacom and CBS, intended to expand distribution of the company's other properties. Based on the Halo updates, the video game adaptation promises to recreate the look and feel of the original video game franchise while giving a fresh approach to the central story.
The upcoming Halo TV show has been in development since 2013, facing several delays and multiple creative changes. In June 2021, Kyle Killen, one of the Halo showrunners, announced he was leaving the project, while his partner Steve Kane announced that he would also be leaving after Halo season 1 [via Variety]. Rupert Wyatt (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) was originally set to direct multiple episodes, but Wyatt left and was replaced by Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders), who also serves as one of the executive producers for Halo season 1 alongside Kane and Killen. Despite the tumultuous production, the series is well into production. In November 2021, an initial trailer even revealed exciting details for the Halo TV show.
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Since the initial announcement, Steven Spielberg has also been attached as executive producer (along with Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey), with Spielberg's Amblin Television production division co-producing the project with Xbox Game Studios' 343 Industries. Originally slated as a Showtime title in 2018, Viacom executives made the decision to bring Halo over to Paramount+ after seeing the completed footage last
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