Otto Bathurst will be the director and executive producer of the science fiction series, Halo that Showtime will produce later in 2019 based on the hugely successful video game series.
Halo now has a 9-episode first season order, with Kyle Killen who will also be serving as executive producer, as well as writer and showrunner.
Otto Bathurst will helm multiple episodes of the live-action series that Showtime is producing in partnership with 343 Industries, along with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television.
No international or South African broadcaster has yet been announced but it's very likely that M-Net (DStv 101) will eventually grab Halo for South Africa and Africa where several other Showtime drama series reside on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform.
Halo will be distributed globally by CBS Studios International.
Halo will begin production later this year.
In a statement Showtime says "Halo will take place in the universe that first came to be in 2001, dramatizing an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant."
"Halo will weave deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future".
