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2018-06-28 21:19:52 UTC
Showtime Orders Halo TV Series!
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Showtime has announced that it has greenlit a 10-episode
season of the live-action drama Halo (working title)
based on the award-winning and record-shattering Xbox
franchise. Kyle Killen (Awake) is serving as writer,
showrunner, and executive producer, with Rupert Wyatt
(Rise of the Planet of the Apes) set to direct multiple
episodes as well as executive produce.
Reinventing how people think about video games, Halo and
has grown into a global entertainment phenomenon. The
franchise has sold more than 77 million copies worldwide
and has grossed more than $5 billion in sales.
In the Showtime adaptation, 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.
David Nevins, President and CEO of Showtime Networks Inc.,
said: "Halo is our most ambitious series ever, and we
expect audiences who have been anticipating it for years
to be thoroughly rewarded. 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 vision of Halo will enthrall fans of
the game while also drawing the uninitiated into a world
of complex characters that populate this unique universe."
Killen is known for serving as creator and showrunner for
Awake, Lone Star, and Mind Games. He also wrote the
feature film The Beaver, directed by Jodie Foster. Wyatt's
film and television credits include Rise of the Planet of
the Apes, Captive State, The Exorcist, The Gambler, Turn:
Washington Spies, and his debut feature The Escapist.
Halo is produced by Showtime in association with
Microsoft/343 Industries, along with Steven Spielberg's
Amblin Television. Scott Pennington will executive produce
alongside Killen and Wyatt, along with Justin Falvey and
Darryl Frank for Amblin Television. The series will be
distributed globally by CBS Studios International.
Halo the series will begin production in early 2019.
<http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/955127-showtime-orders-halo-tv-series>
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Showtime has announced that it has greenlit a 10-episode
season of the live-action drama Halo (working title)
based on the award-winning and record-shattering Xbox
franchise. Kyle Killen (Awake) is serving as writer,
showrunner, and executive producer, with Rupert Wyatt
(Rise of the Planet of the Apes) set to direct multiple
episodes as well as executive produce.
Reinventing how people think about video games, Halo and
has grown into a global entertainment phenomenon. The
franchise has sold more than 77 million copies worldwide
and has grossed more than $5 billion in sales.
In the Showtime adaptation, 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.
David Nevins, President and CEO of Showtime Networks Inc.,
said: "Halo is our most ambitious series ever, and we
expect audiences who have been anticipating it for years
to be thoroughly rewarded. 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 vision of Halo will enthrall fans of
the game while also drawing the uninitiated into a world
of complex characters that populate this unique universe."
Killen is known for serving as creator and showrunner for
Awake, Lone Star, and Mind Games. He also wrote the
feature film The Beaver, directed by Jodie Foster. Wyatt's
film and television credits include Rise of the Planet of
the Apes, Captive State, The Exorcist, The Gambler, Turn:
Washington Spies, and his debut feature The Escapist.
Halo is produced by Showtime in association with
Microsoft/343 Industries, along with Steven Spielberg's
Amblin Television. Scott Pennington will executive produce
alongside Killen and Wyatt, along with Justin Falvey and
Darryl Frank for Amblin Television. The series will be
distributed globally by CBS Studios International.
Halo the series will begin production in early 2019.
<http://www.comingsoon.net/tv/news/955127-showtime-orders-halo-tv-series>