Spielberg announces Halo TV series

[Quintus 6,495]

 

Great news for me

[Jay 46,242]

Wow, that came out of nowhere

[Quintus 6,495]

It's a partnership with Microsoft, who have literally just unveiled their next generation system. That's where it was announced.

[indy4 160]

I have exactly zero interest in this as a TV show, but it would be awesome if JW wrote a score or two.

[BloodBoal 8,711]

Wow, that came out of nowhere

Not entirely. There were plans to make a Halo movie (directed by Blomkamp and produced by PJ, if I remember correctly). Of course, that never came to be.

[Jay 46,242]

I know that.

http://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18011

But the project died.

[Quintus 6,495]

A blessing in disguise, perhaps. A tv production has the potential to do much greater justice to the universe and its lore than a movie ever did.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

if it's as successful as many other SS produced tv series it won't be on too long.

[Quintus 6,495]

We've got to be grateful for the scraps we're given.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

what is Halo, other than some shoot-um up game?

[publicist 4,650]

Halo is a multi-billion dollar science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and now managed by 343 Industries and owned by Microsoft Studios. The series centers on an interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant. The Covenant are led by their religious leaders, The Prophets, and worship an ancient civilization known as the Forerunners, who perished in combat with the parasitic Flood. Many of the games center on the experiences of Master Chief John-117, a cybernetically enhanced human super-soldier, and his artificial intelligence (AI) companion, Cortana. The term "Halo" refers to the Halo rings: large, habitable structures that were created by the Forerunners to destroy the Flood. They are similar to the Orbitals in Iain M Banks' Culture novels, and author Larry Niven's Ringworld concept.[1][2]

Story overview

In the distant past, an intellectual race called the Forerunners fought an alien parasite known as the Flood. The Flood, which spread through infestation of sentient life, overran much of the Milky Way Galaxy. One of the races affected was humanity, who went into space and came into conflict with the Forerunners. Exhausted by their war and after having explored all other options, the Forerunners conceived a weapon of last resort to combat the Flood. Using an installation known as the Ark, they built large ring-shaped megastructures known as Halos. The Halo Array, when activated, would destroy all sentient life in the galaxy—depriving the Flood of their food. Delaying as long as they could, the Forerunners activated the rings and disappeared.[12]

Tens of thousands of years later, in the 26th century, humanity—under the auspices of the United Nations Space Command, or UNSC—colonize many worlds thanks to the development of faster-than-light "slipspace" travel. Tensions escalate between the older and more stable "Inner Colonies" and the remote "Outer Colonies", leading to civil war. The UNSC creates an elite group of enhanced supersoldiers, known as Spartans, to suppress the rebellion covertly.[13] In the year 2525, the human colony of Harvest falls under attack by a theocratic alliance of alien races known as the Covenant. The Covenant leadership declares humanity heretics and an affront to their gods—the Forerunners—and begins a holy war of genocide. The Covenant's superior technology and numbers prove decisive advantages; though effective, the Spartans are too few in number to turn the tide of battle in humanity's favor.

In 2552, the Covenant arrive at Reach, the UNSC's last major stronghold beyond Earth, and launch an invasion of the planet. The last Spartans and UNSC military are unable to stop the Covenant from bombarding the surface with plasma. Following directives to avoid leading the Covenant to Earth, Cortana, the AI aboard the fleeing UNSC ship Pillar of Autumn, selects random coordinates that lead the ship to a Halo installation. The Covenant follow, damaging the Autumn and leading its crew to take the fight to the ring's surface. The Covenant accidentally release Flood imprisoned on the ring; in order to nullify the threat, the ring's AI caretaker, 343 Guilty Spark, enlists the help of the Spartan, John-117, or Master Chief. However, before the pair can activate Halo's defenses, Cortana reveals that Halo's activation would mean their own destruction. Master Chief and Cortana instead detonate the Autumn's engines, destroying Halo and preventing the escape of the Flood. They return to Earth with a few other human survivors, warning of an impending Covenant attack.

The Covenant, unaware of the destructive nature of the rings, attempt to fire another ring, Installation 05, in order to fulfill their religious prophecy.[14] and to do so launch an attack on Earth. Helping the Chief to defend the Earth are SergeantAvery Johnson and Commander Miranda Keyes. One race in the Covenant, the Elites, learn the truth about the rings, and join forces with humanity in order to stop the firing of the ring. Though they are successful, the unexpected shutdown of the installation triggers a fail-safe protocol, priming all the rings for firing from one location, referred to as the Ark.[15] Still oblivious to the true nature of the rings, the Covenant High Prophet of Truth and the remaining loyalist Covenant proceed to head to Earth, where they believe the Ark is buried. A battle rages on Earth between human forces, the Covenant and a Flood-infected army. Eventually, the Covenant is repulsed and flees through a slipspace portal, and the Flood is purged from Earth, resulting in the devastation of Africa....

Read all about it HERE.

[Quintus 6,495]

what is Halo, other than some shoot-um up game?

It's vile filth which should be banned.

[JoeinAR 1,957]

what is Halo, other than some shoot-um up game?

It's vile filth which should be banned.

doesn't sound like vile filth, just a very heavily plotted story that I know nothing about.

[Brónach 1,330]

Meh.

[Quintus 6,495]

what is Halo, other than some shoot-um up game?

It's vile filth which should be banned.

doesn't sound like vile filth, just a very heavily plotted story that I know nothing about.

Well, it's an usually rich sci-fi universe in the vein of Starship Troopers meets Battlestar Galactica. Unlikely to be done properly, but if it were to be it has the potential to be a major new sci-fi saga. It doesn't hurt to have my fingers crossed.

[Jay 46,242]

Would the first episode of the show start where the original Halo game starts, or would it start with that game that took place before Halo 1?

[JoeinAR 1,957]

what is Halo, other than some shoot-um up game?

It's vile filth which should be banned.

doesn't sound like vile filth, just a very heavily plotted story that I know nothing about.

Well, it's an usually rich sci-fi universe in the vein of Starship Troopers meets Battlestar Galactica. Unlikely to be done properly, but if it were to be it has the potential to be a major new sci-fi saga. It doesn't hurt to have my fingers crossed.

keep them crossed. sounds very very expensive

[Quintus 6,495]

I have no idea, but that would certainly be my hope. Or it could begin with the invasion of Reach, the human colony world.

[Jay 46,242]

Xbox Studios Close To Deal With Showtime for Halo Series

[Quintus 6,495]

Meh

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,386]

Whats Halo?

[Jay 46,242]

Pablo Schreiber to Play Master Chief in Showtime’s Halo Series

[Fargo 304]

I'm sure this series will be just great. Just great.

[Manakin Skywalker 5,941]

Man, they announced this series in 2013 and still haven't started filming. Meanwhile they just announced the Mandalorian less than a year ago and already finished the entire first season.

[Jay 46,242]

Spielberg moves slow, Disney moves fast 

[JoeinAR 1,957]

Spielberg lies.

[Wojo 2,458]

I've talked to countless people in the industry who are happy that Spielberg is slow. 

[Quintus 6,495]

On 5/22/2013 at 5:39 PM, Brónach said:

Meh.

 

It's 6 years since I made this thread and I probably felt like this around a couple of years after it.

[Jay 46,242]

You did:

On 5/5/2014 at 11:42 AM, Quintus said:

Meh

 

[Xander Harris 9,674]

Listening to people talk about stuff like this on a stage in front of hundreds of nerds is just cringe-inducing.

[King Mark 3,975]

one of the few game series I never played

wait this thread is 6 years old?

[Xander Harris 9,674]

This was the biggest announcement of 2013.

[Jay 46,242]

Showtime’s Live-Action Halo Series Finally Resumes Production

[Edmilson 12,374]

On 4/24/2019 at 3:27 AM, King Mark said:

one of the few game series I never played

wait this thread is 6 years old?

 

Now it's 7 years old.

[Quintus 6,495]

The pandemic started a fair bit earlier on the set of this. 

[Manakin Skywalker 5,941]

The show is going on a decade old and hasn't even premiered yet. 

[Quintus 6,495]

I'm surprised they're still even trying to make this. I can't think of anything more redundant. 

[Manakin Skywalker 5,941]

A Halo show or movie would've been wildly successful 10-15 years ago. But at this point the community is relatively small. Halo itself has become as niche as listening to film music.

[crumbs 16,007]

This will tank hard.

 

Fidget-Spinner: The Movie would be more relevant.

[Jay 46,242]

I dunno. I think a TV show is good or bad based on how good or bad it is, not because of what it's based on. Millions of people watched The Witcher and only a small percent had read the books. 

 

This show being good or bad is completely unrelated to how prevalent the video game series currently is if you ask me. It will be good or bad if it tells a cool story in a cool way or not. 

[Pieter Boelen 1,032]

14 minutes ago, Jay said:

I dunno. I think a TV show is good or bad based on how good or bad it is, not because of what it's based on. Millions of people watched The Witcher and only a small percent had read the books. 

Also, with GoT just finished, there was a gap to fill for dark fantasy.

[Jay 46,242]

Right but that was just one random example. 

 

Battlestar Galactica was based on some goofy 70s show and it turned out to be incredible. 

 

Hannibal was the third adaptation of the same book and it ended up being one of the best shows of the 2010s

 

Etc etc

 

I'm not saying I'm expecting Halo to be good or anything, I'm just saying the newer games not being as good as the older games doesn't really have anything to do with the story they're gonna tell in the show, or how they tell it

[Manakin Skywalker 5,941]

I think for the most part the viewers of this show will primarily be newcomers, considering most of the Halo community seems to be very disillusioned about the show not following the established canon, and will be discounting even the older games' stories.

[Jay 46,242]

People will watch if there's a good trailer and marketing, and / or good word of mouth from critics. 

 

Showtime needs a hit so they'll probably be pretty hands on which could go either way 

[Jay 46,242]

Halo TV show brings back original Cortana actress

[Jay 46,242]

Live-Action Halo Series Shifting From Showtime to Paramount+

 

No surprise there

[Disco Stu 15,517]

I wonder, if I did a free trial of CBS All Access to try Discovery, will I be able to do another free trial of Paramount+.  

[Jay 46,242]

Good question!

 

If it's tied to your email address whether you can do another one or not, just use a different email address

 

If it's tied to your credit card whether you can do another one or not, just use a different credit card

 

If it's tied to your physical address, well, hmmm

[Disco Stu 15,517]

14 minutes ago, Jay said:

Good question!

 

If it's tied to your email address whether you can do another one or not, just use a different email address

 

If it's tied to your credit card whether you can do another one or not, just use a different credit card

 

If it's tied to your physical address, well, hmmm

 

Well with the re-branding/re-launch they might just wipe the slate clean, in terms of letting inactive users do trials again.  I can hope!

[Xander Harris 9,674]

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