> When I first played Halo: Combat Evolved, one of the aspects of Halo that enthralled me the most was the feeling that I was jumping into a moment in time amidst a vast universe and set of stories yet to be experienced. I was compelled by that sense of scale and mystery and the promise of so much more to come. That same potential and promise is what has kept me with Halo, first as a player and a then as a developer, since the beginning. I love the Halo universe – its characters, stories, and stakes. I also love that it’s a place where we can invite other creative voices in to help us express it in different ways and to give our fans and players a chance to engage with our worlds differently.
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> Today we announced that we are working with some incredible talent to bring you an epic new story experience set in the Halo Universe, the Halo TV series. SHOWTIME brings its powerful legacy of experience in building stories for premium cable and together with Amblin Television and legendary storyteller Steven Spielberg, have been gracious partners in helping put together the right creative team to bring Halo to television. We are thrilled to have experienced showrunner Kyle Killen (Lone Star) and blockbuster director Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) on board, both of whom bring their own flavor of vision, intelligence, and voice to Halo. We couldn’t have asked for a stronger or more passionate team to collaborate with.
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> As we think about what it means to bring videogame franchises to movie or TV - the biggest challenge can often be finding the right balance between moments fans have already experienced and moments that have yet to be experienced through a different medium, perspective, or creative lens. We are excited to navigate these creative waters to bring you something that is both respectful of what you already know and love, but also new and surprising and enthralling.
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> It’s a journey that we’re excited to take with you, our fans, and this new creative team. We’re already in the pre-production phase and we plan to go into full production in 2019 so hang on… this is going to be an awesome ride!
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> - Kiki Wolfkill, Head of Transmedia, 343 Industries
> It’s a big day for Halo – today, SHOWTIME president and CEO David Nevins announced the network has ordered a 10-episode season based on the legendary video game franchise!
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> In its adaptation for SHOWTIME, Halo (working title) will take place in the universe that first came to be in 2001, dramatizing an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant. Kyle Killen (Awake) will serve as executive producer, writer and showrunner. Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) will direct multiple episodes and also executive produce the hour-long series which enters production in early 2019.
Update:
August 6, 2018
IGN article:
> Showtime’s Halo TV series will have Master Chief as lead character, tell a ‘new story’
Great more names and non-information lol. They might as well just create a system that releases a statement every 6 months that says ‘not cancelled yet.’
Welp, hopefully the show is good when it comes out. I don’t think Halo will get a second chance at a tv show.
Also, forum monitor cameos on the show 343i? Please lol it would be totes awesomeeeeeee
Should be interesting, just hope it’s not on some USA only service where a lot of fans have to wait another year just so can get the episodes. Plus Showtime sounds like a US company so hopefully ends up on other services outside the US.
As excited as I am for this show, I can’t help but be a little angered by this news.
Back at E3 in 2013 they announced they were in the process of making a TV series along with Steven Spielberg as the producer(or some other role).That was huge news! Then it went silent until 2017, when they said the show was certainly still in the works, and on its way. Now its mid-2018, and they release news of a show (seemingly different from what they announced in 2013) and that is only in preproduction, and is going to be on Showtime. Does that mean there are two show? Is this the same one that has been hinted at this whole time? If it is the same, why has it taken so long?
Again, Im excited for the show, but this lack of information and openness doesn’t help.
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> As excited as I am for this show, I can’t help but be a little angered by this news.
> Back at E3 in 2013 they announced they were in the process of making a TV series along with Steven Spielberg as the producer(or some other role).That was huge news! Then it went silent until 2017, when they said the show was certainly still in the works, and on its way. Now its mid-2018, and they release news of a show (seemingly different from what they announced in 2013) and that is only in preproduction, and is going to be on Showtime. Does that mean there are two show? Is this the same one that has been hinted at this whole time? If it is the same, why has it taken so long?
> Again, Im excited for the show, but this lack of information and openness doesn’t help.
Pulling this stuff together takes a very long time. Especially with a franchise like Halo. It’s not as simple as going, “hey that’d be sweet. Let’s do it.” Contract negotiations, finalizing terms, etc. all take a ton of time. And with something like Halo they want to be very careful it’s done right.
If you read, you’d notice they mention that it is still being made with Spielberg’s help so I’m not sure how you get that it’s “different” from what they initially announced. They were intentionally vague and never gave details.
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> > As excited as I am for this show, I can’t help but be a little angered by this news.
> > Back at E3 in 2013 they announced they were in the process of making a TV series along with Steven Spielberg as the producer(or some other role).That was huge news! Then it went silent until 2017, when they said the show was certainly still in the works, and on its way. Now its mid-2018, and they release news of a show (seemingly different from what they announced in 2013) and that is only in preproduction, and is going to be on Showtime. Does that mean there are two show? Is this the same one that has been hinted at this whole time? If it is the same, why has it taken so long?
> > Again, Im excited for the show, but this lack of information and openness doesn’t help.
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> Pulling this stuff together takes a very long time. Especially with a franchise like Halo. It’s not as simple as going, “hey that’d be sweet. Let’s do it.” Contract negotiations, finalizing terms, etc. all take a ton of time. And with something like Halo they want to be very careful it’s done right.
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> If you read, you’d notice they mention that it is still being made with Spielberg’s help so I’m not sure how you get that it’s “different” from what they initially announced. They were intentionally vague and never gave details.
I missed the part where they mentioned Spielberg, so that’s my bad. However, it’s been 5 years and there was little to no news on the show. Only that they were making it.
Yes it takes time for all that paper work, contracts, auditions and everything else, but updating your fans once or twice in 5 years and saying “Hey, it’s still on.” Isnt a good way to keep them excited.
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> > > As excited as I am for this show, I can’t help but be a little angered by this news.
> > > Back at E3 in 2013 they announced they were in the process of making a TV series along with Steven Spielberg as the producer(or some other role).That was huge news! Then it went silent until 2017, when they said the show was certainly still in the works, and on its way. Now its mid-2018, and they release news of a show (seemingly different from what they announced in 2013) and that is only in preproduction, and is going to be on Showtime. Does that mean there are two show? Is this the same one that has been hinted at this whole time? If it is the same, why has it taken so long?
> > > Again, Im excited for the show, but this lack of information and openness doesn’t help.
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> > Pulling this stuff together takes a very long time. Especially with a franchise like Halo. It’s not as simple as going, “hey that’d be sweet. Let’s do it.” Contract negotiations, finalizing terms, etc. all take a ton of time. And with something like Halo they want to be very careful it’s done right.
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> > If you read, you’d notice they mention that it is still being made with Spielberg’s help so I’m not sure how you get that it’s “different” from what they initially announced. They were intentionally vague and never gave details.
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> I missed the part where they mentioned Spielberg, so that’s my bad. However, it’s been 5 years and there was little to no news on the show. Only that they were making it.
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> Yes it takes time for all that paper work, contracts, auditions and everything else, but updating your fans once or twice in 5 years and saying “Hey, it’s still on.” Isnt a good way to keep them excited.
There was literally no news. There is nothing to update. “No news today boys.”
“Nope, still no news.”
You’re asking for the impossible here and basically putting 343 between a rock and a hard place. They said it wasn’t cancelled when asked - what else could they do? That’s literally the only viable answer. They aren’t going to clue the public into the production pipeline or say, “Oh yeah we’re currently negotiating with [name] for [reason] but we expect this to take a few weeks.” because we don’t need to know that.
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> > > > As excited as I am for this show, I can’t help but be a little angered by this news.
> > > > Back at E3 in 2013 they announced they were in the process of making a TV series along with Steven Spielberg as the producer(or some other role).That was huge news! Then it went silent until 2017, when they said the show was certainly still in the works, and on its way. Now its mid-2018, and they release news of a show (seemingly different from what they announced in 2013) and that is only in preproduction, and is going to be on Showtime. Does that mean there are two show? Is this the same one that has been hinted at this whole time? If it is the same, why has it taken so long?
> > > > Again, Im excited for the show, but this lack of information and openness doesn’t help.
> > >
> > > Pulling this stuff together takes a very long time. Especially with a franchise like Halo. It’s not as simple as going, “hey that’d be sweet. Let’s do it.” Contract negotiations, finalizing terms, etc. all take a ton of time. And with something like Halo they want to be very careful it’s done right.
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> > > If you read, you’d notice they mention that it is still being made with Spielberg’s help so I’m not sure how you get that it’s “different” from what they initially announced. They were intentionally vague and never gave details.
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> > I missed the part where they mentioned Spielberg, so that’s my bad. However, it’s been 5 years and there was little to no news on the show. Only that they were making it.
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> > Yes it takes time for all that paper work, contracts, auditions and everything else, but updating your fans once or twice in 5 years and saying “Hey, it’s still on.” Isnt a good way to keep them excited.
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> There was literally no news. There is nothing to update. “No news today boys.”
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> “Nope, still no news.”
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> You’re asking for the impossible here and basically putting 343 between a rock and a hard place. They said it wasn’t cancelled when asked - what else could they do? That’s literally the only viable answer. They aren’t going to clue the public into the production pipeline or say, “Oh yeah we’re currently negotiating with [name] for [reason] but we expect this to take a few weeks.” because we don’t need to know that.
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> They told us what we needed to know.
I disagree completely. They don’t need to give us updates that would spoil the series or plot, but giving us something would help, rather then saying “it’s still on” after 5 years of silence.
I personally enjoyed 343’s Halo games, but the series is fading fast. Halo 5 wasn’t well received, and Halo Wars 2 didn’t have enough of an impact even though it was a step in the right direction. If Halo Infinite and this TV show aren’t good, the series will essentially die, and being a long time Halo fan that scares me. Keeping people blind for years when the games you put out aren’t up to par with what fans want is simply not the right strategy.
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> > > > > As excited as I am for this show, I can’t help but be a little angered by this news.
> > > > > Back at E3 in 2013 they announced they were in the process of making a TV series along with Steven Spielberg as the producer(or some other role).That was huge news! Then it went silent until 2017, when they said the show was certainly still in the works, and on its way. Now its mid-2018, and they release news of a show (seemingly different from what they announced in 2013) and that is only in preproduction, and is going to be on Showtime. Does that mean there are two show? Is this the same one that has been hinted at this whole time? If it is the same, why has it taken so long?
> > > > > Again, Im excited for the show, but this lack of information and openness doesn’t help.
> > > >
> > > > Pulling this stuff together takes a very long time. Especially with a franchise like Halo. It’s not as simple as going, “hey that’d be sweet. Let’s do it.” Contract negotiations, finalizing terms, etc. all take a ton of time. And with something like Halo they want to be very careful it’s done right.
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> > > > If you read, you’d notice they mention that it is still being made with Spielberg’s help so I’m not sure how you get that it’s “different” from what they initially announced. They were intentionally vague and never gave details.
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> > There was literally no news. There is nothing to update. “No news today boys.”
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> > “Nope, still no news.”
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> > You’re asking for the impossible here and basically putting 343 between a rock and a hard place. They said it wasn’t cancelled when asked - what else could they do? That’s literally the only viable answer. They aren’t going to clue the public into the production pipeline or say, “Oh yeah we’re currently negotiating with [name] for [reason] but we expect this to take a few weeks.” because we don’t need to know that.
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> > They told us what we needed to know.
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> I disagree completely. They don’t need to give us updates that would spoil the series or plot, but giving us something would help, rather then saying “it’s still on” after 5 years of silence.
> I personally enjoyed 343’s Halo games, but the series is fading fast. Halo 5 wasn’t well received, and Halo Wars 2 didn’t have enough of an impact even though it was a step in the right direction. If Halo Infinite and this TV show aren’t good, the series will essentially die, and being a long time Halo fan that scares me. Keeping people blind for years when the games you put out aren’t up to par with what fans want is simply not the right strategy.
Seriously? You are asking the impossible. They didn’t give us any news because there was no news to give. There’s only so many ways you can say, “there’s no news to give” before it gets old and people get tired of hearing it.
You want your cake and to eat it too but that’s not how stuff like this works. They told us it was gonna happen and that we’d get more info when they had it. They had more info they could share, they shared it.
That’s how the industry works. We aren’t entitled to more information because we want it.
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> > > > > > As excited as I am for this show, I can’t help but be a little angered by this news.
> > > > > > Back at E3 in 2013 they announced they were in the process of making a TV series along with Steven Spielberg as the producer(or some other role).That was huge news! Then it went silent until 2017, when they said the show was certainly still in the works, and on its way. Now its mid-2018, and they release news of a show (seemingly different from what they announced in 2013) and that is only in preproduction, and is going to be on Showtime. Does that mean there are two show? Is this the same one that has been hinted at this whole time? If it is the same, why has it taken so long?
> > > > > > Again, Im excited for the show, but this lack of information and openness doesn’t help.
> > > > >
> > > > > Pulling this stuff together takes a very long time. Especially with a franchise like Halo. It’s not as simple as going, “hey that’d be sweet. Let’s do it.” Contract negotiations, finalizing terms, etc. all take a ton of time. And with something like Halo they want to be very careful it’s done right.
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> > > > > If you read, you’d notice they mention that it is still being made with Spielberg’s help so I’m not sure how you get that it’s “different” from what they initially announced. They were intentionally vague and never gave details.
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> Seriously? You are asking the impossible. They didn’t give us any news because there was no news to give. There’s only so many ways you can say, “there’s no news to give” before it gets old and people get tired of hearing it.
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> You want your cake and to eat it too but that’s not how stuff like this works. They told us it was gonna happen and that we’d get more info when they had it. They had more info they could share, they shared it.
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> That’s how the industry works. We aren’t entitled to more information because we want it.
Not impossible, it was probably just mis-handled but there are some that are getting frustrating and it’s understandable. I’m still surprised they even mentioned Showbox after how long it’s been. I don’t think anyone’s asking for a full production detail with plot, etc…just basic information like if they had found any casting or if they were planning to bring it to Netflix, etc…the series has been in production for long enough and I’ve seen countless shows/movies, big budgets give details at least a year or 2 with minimum details so it’s just odd to assume they have nothing newsworthy.
The industry isn’t always like this but the one’s that usually do take this long usually end up cancelled or we end up with projects DNF. I don’t think entitlement has anything to do with it…it’s more curiosity, concern.
Hi. I’m Mr. Martini. I’m submitting my audition tape to play a Spartan in the new Halo series. I am a method actor. Here is my audition: https://i.imgur.com/1fTMDTk.gifv
Its about time, not sure what took them so long. I hope its worth the wait, which for me means something better than previous halo live action stuff. As long as they move forward, not backwards with overall quality.
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> Its about time, not sure what took them so long. I hope its worth the wait, which for me means something better than previous halo live action stuff. As long as they move forward, not backwards with overall quality.
Make it similar to forward unto dawn with a little more action and it should be great