Paramount+ unveiled the trailer for its upcoming live-action adaptation of Halo on Sunday, revealing our first substantial look at the intergalactic sci-fi drama. While taking inspiration from the popular video game series, the long-gestating TV adaptation by executive producer Steven Spielberg will exist in its own timeline separate from the series, and tell the story of Natascha McElhone’s Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey as she creates genetically-enhanced super soldiers known as Spartans to help win the 26th-century war against a shadowy organization known as The Covenant. Pablo Schreiber’s Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 is one of those super soldiers, and commands a Spartan battalion called a “unity” as the series’ lead protagonist. In the trailer, we get a taste of his origin stor...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 343 Industries / HALO Infinite Master Chief is ready to make his Hollywood debut. Paramount+ dropped the teaser for the upcoming Halo TV original series during Monday’s (Nov.15) Xbox 20th Anniversary celebration ahead of 343 Industries’ huge announcement. In the very brief look at the original series, we get a quick glimpse of the legendary Spartan soldier played by Pablo Schreiber suiting up for action. We also get to hear Cortana (Jen Taylor) say, “Hello, Master Chief.” Per GameSpot, Halo’s transmedia boss, Kiki Wolfkill, stated the show “will be similar to Game of Thrones in terms of the “scope and scale and complexity of relationships.” Related Stories “A lot of the background of Halo is this sort of political drama. It’s something that [is touched on...
Source: 343 Industries / HALO Infinite Your favorite Spartan, Master Chief, is back, and the box art for his new adventure is giving subtle hints as to what expect from the next Halo game. Ahead of Microsoft’s Halo Infinite campaign reveal tomorrow during tomorrow’s Xbox Games Showcase, the company showed off the box art for the Xbox Series X game. For one, it’s definitely taking a page out of the first game, Halo: Combat Evolved’s book. In it, we see Master Chief standing in a field with a destroyed Halo station in the background. Source: 343 Industries / HALO Infinite John-117’s pose is almost similar to his stance on the original Xbox game’s cover, but any gamer can clearly see Microsoft is going for a full-circle moment here for the game. Eagle-eyed fans also zoomed in on Master Chief’...