A new Halo teaser trailer offers the first look at the Spartan Squad in Paramount+'s TV series adaptation of the hit video game franchise. Based on the Xbox sci-fi series, the story centers on the war between the United Nations Space Command and the alien race known as the Covenant in the far future of the 26th century. The series will focus on the iconic Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 as he fights to save humanity and bring peace to the galaxy.
Pablo Schreiber is set to lead the cast of Halo as Master chief alongside Natascha McElhone, Charlie Murphy, Jen Taylor, Shabana Azmi, Bokeem Woodbine, Kate Kennedy, Natasha Culzac, Yerin Ha and Bentley Kalu. Development on the series has suffered in development hell for years, with Steven Spielberg attached to produce a 2015 series before it was subsequently delayed to 2019 as Rupert Wyatt signed on to produce with Spielberg and now a 2022 release with Otto Bathurst joining the producer roster. Halo was previously set for a 10-episode first season at Showtime with Kyle Killen attached as showrunner, though the series would later shift to Paramount+ with Killen and co-showrunner Steven Kane stepping down by the end of production.
A few weeks after revealing the first trailer for the series, a new Halo teaser trailer has arrived from Paramount+. The video offers the first look at the Spartan Squad in the show and confirms the first trailer is set to premiere during this week's Game Awards. Check out the exciting teaser trailer below:
The new Halo teaser trailer may still not offer much insight into the show's translation of the source material's stories to the screen, but it does come as an exciting look at the large scale production put into the adaptation. Reports of the show's budget have ranged from $41 million spent just in 2019 to a grand total of $200 million for its 10-episode first season. Given the Halo games' sci-fi setting and grandiose set pieces, it's certainly not outside the realm of possibility for the series to have cleared the nine-figure mark in its budget, though $200 million does seem a bit far given the likes of The Mandalorian was reportedly made on a $100 million budget.
The other exciting news to come from the Halo teaser trailer is the confirmation that a proper trailer is set to premiere during The Game Awards on Thursday. With the show set to premiere sometime in 2022 and the latest installment in the franchise, Halo Infinite, now available, it's certainly the right time to bring the first full look at the TV adaptation to fans of the series and entice newcomers to join the bandwagon. Only time will tell how audiences respond to the project when the first Halo trailer drops this week.
Source: Paramount+