Author: Lesley Goldberg / Source: The Hollywood Reporter
After more than four years sitting in development, a Halo TV series based on the video game franchise has officially been given the green light by Showtime.
The premium cable network announced Thursday that it has picked up 10 episodes of the live-action scripted drama series, with Kyle Killen (Awake) set to serve as exec producer, writer and showrunner. Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) will direct multiple episodes of the series and serve as an exec producer.
The drama is produced by Showtime and Microsoft/343 Industries and counts Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television among its producers. Production on Halo will begin in early 2019.
“Halo is our most ambitious series ever, and we expect audiences who have been anticipating it for years to be thoroughly rewarded,” Showtime CEO David Nevins said during the announcement. “In the history of television, there simply has never been enough great science fiction. Kyle Killen’s scripts are thrilling, expansive and provocative; Rupert Wyatt is a wonderful, world-building director; and their…
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