After shutting down due to the ongoing health crisis earlier this year, Showtime’s series adaptation of the hit video game franchise Halo has resumed production. The news was announced through the series’ Twitter account with a behind-the-scenes look at Pablo Schreiber with part of Master Chief’s helmet. Additionally, IGN announced a casting change. Actress Natasha McElhone […]
Super Sisters in Gaming!
Red Stewart presents the best “sistas” in gaming…. Female partners in gaming can be so much more than just the requisite romantic interest. While we have come a long way from the damsel-in-distress trope, it still seems like female NPCs rarely get much time to shine as anything other than the target paramour of the […]
Halo: Infinite delayed to 2021
Just a few weeks after 343 Industries showed off gameplay footage of the anticipated next chapter in the Halo franchise, they have announced the release Halo: Infinite has been pushed back from this fall to 2021, meaning the game will not be a launch title for Microsoft’s next gen console Xbox Series X. 343’s studio head Chris […]
Halo Infinite debuts 8 minutes of gameplay and teases new features
At the XBOX Showcase event, the world saw the first footage from Halo Infinite in an eight-minute demo. 343 Industries describes Halo Infinite has a “spiritual reboot” of the franchise, which they designed as a way to let new players enter the long-running story with ease. The first look footage ran on a locked 60fps […]
Halo cast assembles ahead of production on Showtime’s TV series
Back in 2013 it was first announced that a live-action Halo TV series was in the works, originally intended as an Xbox Live exclusive series with Steven Spielberg serving as producer, only for the project to spend the next five years stuck in development hell before being revived by Showtime in 2018 when the cable […]
Showtime’s Halo series adds six to its cast
Having enlisted Pablo Schreiber (American Gods) to portray the iconic Master Chief back in April, Showtime has now added a further six names to the cast of its hotly-anticipated TV adaptation of the bestselling video game franchise Halo. As reported by THR, Natascha McElhone (Designated Survivor), Bokeem Woodbine (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Shabana Azmi (Neerja), Bentley Kalu […]
Pablo Schreiber cast as Master Chief in Halo TV series
Showtime has found its Master Chief for its long-gestating Halo TV series, with Orange Is the New Black and American Gods’ Pablo Schreiber signing on to portray the iconic video game protagonist. Thank you all so much for your support on this journey! I am honored and humbled to be able to make a living […]
Showtime’s Halo TV series adds The Last Ship showrunner
THR is reporting that Steven Kane (The Last Ship) is joining Kyle Killen (Lone Star) as co-showrunner on Showtime’s long-gestating Halo TV series. According to the site, Killen had been looking to add a second showrunner in order to allow him to focus on writing and producing Stateside, with Kane then managing the physical production […]
Halo TV series will be helmed by Robin Hood and Peaky Blinders director Otto Bathurst
After losing director and executive producer Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) a couple of months ago, Showtime has found a new director for its highly anticipated Halo television series, with Robin Hood and Peaky Blinders director Otto Bathurst now set to helm the sci-fi video game adaptation. Wyatt had to step away from the show due to […]
Halo TV series moving forward at “a very rapid pace”
It may have had a setback last month with the departure of executive producer Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), but 343 Industries has announced during its final community update of 2018 that work on the live-action Showtime TV series is moving ahead at “a very rapid pace.” “It’s been a year of […]
