Halo TV Show Release Date Revealed Ahead of Live-Action Trailer Debut

Today, just ahead of its official trailer release, the premiere date for the Halo television series has been announced. The series, which is being developed to stream exclusively on Paramount+, is based on the popular Halo video game series, which premiered on the XBOX platform in 2001. For over 20 years, the first-person shooter games, which follow a group of elite soldiers battling against an alien menace known as the Covenant, have been among the platform’s leading games, with the helmeted super-soldier Master Chief becoming their de facto mascot.

The series will be taking a different path from the games, exploring the human side of Master Chief along with the expected sci-fi action sequences. The character will be played by Pablo Schreiber, who has held major roles in other series including the streaming giant Orange is the New Black on Netflix and the Neil Gaiman adaptation American Gods on Starz. The cast of the Halo show also includes Natascha McElhone as Dr. Catherine Halsey, Yerin Ha as Kwan Ha, Charlie Murphy as Makee, Shabana Azmi as Admiral Margaret Parangosky, and Bokeem Woodbine as Soren-066.

Today on Twitter, the official Halo account released a commercial promoting the fact that the full trailer for the series will debut during halftime at the AFC Championship game. The spot combines snippets of previously seen footage from Halo teasers, including a helmeted-up live-action Master Chief, with shots of exciting football action. At the end of the teaser, the first official pronouncement of the Halo release date was revealed. The show will begin streaming on Paramount+ on March 24, 2022. Check out the official announcement below:

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The Halo series was developed by Kyle Killen, who wrote the screenplay for Jodie Foster’s directorial effort The Beaver, and Steven Kane, a television writer on series including The Last Ship, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Alias. The six-episode series began production in October 2019, though they were delayed by the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, which prevented them from completing their sixth episode as scheduled. However, the show’s progress was put back on track and they’re now ready to go for their streaming premiere.

The fact that the Halo series dropped their release date so soon before the trailer premiere is a curious one. For some time, fans have known that the show was expected sometime in Q1 of 2022, so it made sense for the date announcement to be part and parcel with the trailer release. The fact that they were willing to drop this major tidbit just hours before the trailer’s premiere belies the fact that there must be some major bombshells in the trailer itself that they are clearing a path for.

Source: Halo/Twitter

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