(Pocket-lint) - After fractional a decennary of improvement hell, a Halo TV bid is yet astir upon us.
Starting successful 2022, it volition beryllium exclusive to Paramount+ and we're present being treated to trailers to whet our appetite.
Here's everything you request to cognize astir the Halo live-action show.
Halo TV bid merchandise date
We're inactive awaiting an authoritative on-air day for the caller Halo series. However, Paramount+ has confirmed that it is coming successful "early 2022".
How to ticker the Halo TV series
The bid volition beryllium exclusive to Paramount+ successful the US and different regions wherever the streaming work operates.
That means it volition beryllium disposable connected Sky successful the UK, with Paramount+ coming to the broadcaster's platforms - Sky Q and Sky Glass - adjacent year.
How galore episodes volition the Halo TV bid have?
Official confirmation connected the occurrence number is inactive forthcoming, but the bid was primitively commissioned by Showtime to tally for 10 episodes. Since Paramount+ picked it up, it seems to beryllium listed arsenic 9 episodes connected IMDB.
Hasn't determination already been a live-action Halo series?
Although the caller Halo TV bid volition undoubtedly beryllium the biggest and astir costly live-action adaptation, it won't beryllium the first.
There person really been 3 notable attempts to bring Halo to the tiny surface successful the past.
The archetypal appeared successful 2007, with archetypal developer Bungie partnering with manager Neill Blomkamp (District 9) to make a trio of live-action shorts nether the corporate name, Halo: Landfall. They were released online to assistance beforehand Halo 3 astatine the time.
The 2nd large effort appeared successful 2012 arsenic a 5 occurrence web bid called Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. Each occurrence was 15 minutes and the bid is hard to way down these days. It was hosted by Netflix for a while, but that's nary longer the case.
Finally, different 5 occurrence bid was made to motorboat with the Master Chief Collection connected Xbox One successful 2014. Halo: Nightfall had the champion accumulation values yet and is present disposable to bargain oregon rent from the Xbox Store.
Halo TV bid formed and crew
The caller amusement volition chiefly absorption connected John-117, AKA Master Chief, who volition beryllium played by Pablo Schreiber (Orange is the New Black). Designated Survivor's Natascha McElhone stars arsenic Doctor Catherine Halsey, portion Jen Taylor reprises her dependable relation arsenic Cortana - a portion she's played passim the crippled franchise.
Of the crew, possibly the astir important directorial assignment is Otto Bathurst, who is astir apt champion known for his award-winning enactment connected Peaky Blinders.
Is determination a Halo TV bid trailer?
A afloat trailer for the Halo bid volition debut during The Game Awards connected Thursday 9 December 2021.
A fewer teasers person been posted successful the meantime, by the show's authoritative Twitter account. The latest is below.
Gear up, Spartans. We’ll spot you astatine @thegameawards connected Thursday. #HaloTheSeries pic.twitter.com/QzWcp971Em
— Halo connected Paramount+ (@HaloTheSeries) December 7, 2021Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 8 December 2021.