The Halo TV series from Showtime, distributed globally by CBS Studios International, has announced 6 cast members, and is hinting that the iconic Master Chief's helmet might come off in the new science fiction series.
On Friday Halo announced that Natascha McElhone, Bokeem Woodbine, Shabana Amzi, Bentley Kalu, Natasha Culzac, and Kate Kennedy have been cast in the science fiction drama series based on the hugely popular video game.
They join Pablo Schreiber who has already been cast in the iconic role of Master Chief as Earth's most advanced warrior in the 26th century, and Yerin Ha who will appear as a new character named Kwan Ha, a shrewd, audacious 16-year-old from the Outer Colonies who meets Master Chief at a fateful time for them both.
The 9-episode Halo will start production later this year in Budapest where The Witcher coming to Netflix was also filmed, with Halo that will start to broadcast in early-2021.
With CBS Studios International distributing worldwide, it's highly likely that Halo will end up being shown on M-Net (DStv 101) in South Africa and across sub-Saharan Africa on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV service and its subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) offering Showmax from its Connected Video division.
In the Halo TV series Natascha McElhone will appear as two characters - Dr Catherine Halsey, the creator of the Spartan supersoldiers, and well as the iconic Cortana, the most advanced artificial intelligence in human history who holds a key to the survival of the race.
Bokeem Woodbine will play Soren-066, a privateer at the fringes of human civilisation whose fate will bring him into conflict with his former military masters as well as his old friend, the Master Chief.
Shabana Azmi will play Admiral Margaret Parangosky, the head of the Office of Naval Intelligence.
The British actor Bentley Kalu will play one of 3 new characters in the Halo TV series and appear as Spartan Vannak-134, a cybernetically augmented supersoldier conscripted at childhood who serves as the deputy to the Master Chief.
The British actor Natasha Culzac will appear in the role of Spartan Riz-028. a focused, professional and deadly, cybernetically enhanced killing machine.
Kate Kennedy will appear in the role of Spartan Kai-125, a courageous, curious, and deadly Spartan supersoldier.
Kyle Killen and Steve Kane are co-showrunners and executive producers, while Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey of Amblin Television will also executive produce along with series director Otto Bathurst and Toby Leslie for One Big Picture, Scott Pennington for Chapter Eleven, and Karen Richards.
Halo is produced by Showtime in partnership with 343 Industries and Amblin Television.
