Tag: Halo

  • Halo Episode 5 Brings Back The Action As War Breaks Out And The Chief Faces A Reckoning

    Halo Episode 5 Brings Back The Action As War Breaks Out And The Chief Faces A Reckoning

    Now that’s more like it.I’ll admit I’ve found myself surprisingly charmed by the unique direction that season 1 showrunners Steven Kane and Kyle Killen have taken this “Halo” series so far, flaws and all. Rather than walking down the obvious path of crafting a straightforward adaptation of “Combat Evolved,” they instead opted for a downright…

  • Pedro Pascal Compares ‘The Last of Us’ HBO Series to ‘The Mandalorian’

    Pedro Pascal Compares ‘The Last of Us’ HBO Series to ‘The Mandalorian’

    After decades of Hollywood failing to adapt popular video games, the genre might be starting to turn a corner. “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” is a bona fide blockbuster, cementing the Sega adaptation as a reliable franchise for Paramount. And Steven Spielberg’s long-gestating “Halo” series has earned decent reviews (a massive accomplishment within the much-maligned genre).One…

  • This Halo Episode 3 Teaser Features A Familiar Blue AI

    This Halo Episode 3 Teaser Features A Familiar Blue AI

    Paramount+ has dropped a teaser for the third episode of “Halo,” and it features a glimpse of a certain blue AI, who may be familiar to fans of the Xbox video games on which the series is based. That’s right: it looks like Cortana is about to make her live-action debut on the next episode of “Halo.”The…

  • Halo Episode 2 Introduces Soren, But Who Is He?

    Halo Episode 2 Introduces Soren, But Who Is He?

    Paramount+ has managed to score a big hit with “Halo,” the big-budget streaming adaptation of the wildly popular video games of the same name. Things are moving right along in the first season with the show’s second episode recently hitting the streaming service. It brought a lot to the table, revealing more of Master Chief’s…

  • Paramount+ Releases First Full Episode Of Halo Series Online For Free

    Paramount+ Releases First Full Episode Of Halo Series Online For Free

    Maybe you’re a fan of the game franchise “Halo.” Maybe you saw all the crazy drones in the sky over Austin, Texas during the SXSW festival advertising the new Paramount+ series. Maybe you just like Pablo Schreiber a whole lot. Whatever your fandom level, even if you’re not a Paramount+ subscriber, you can still check…

  • Easter Eggs You May Have Missed In Halo Episode 1

    Easter Eggs You May Have Missed In Halo Episode 1

    After such a long and tortured path to making its way to a screen near you, you didn’t think the creators behind “Halo” would neglect to include all sorts of Easter eggs and references — no matter how obvious or how niche — throughout the long-awaited premiere episode of the new Paramount+ series, did you? The…

  • Halo Makes First Contact In A Messy, If Promising Premiere

    Halo Makes First Contact In A Messy, If Promising Premiere

    Looking back, it’s remarkable to think about how a first-person shooter called “Halo: Combat Evolved” triumphantly arrived on the scene in 2001 and changed the medium forever, boldly introducing us to that eponymous ringworld within its very first few seconds and wasting no time moving the action to one of the most well-realized settings of any…

  • ‘Halo’: Everything You Need to Know About the Paramount Plus Video Game Adaptation

    ‘Halo’: Everything You Need to Know About the Paramount Plus Video Game Adaptation

    The road to getting an adaptation of the popular video game “Halo” to audiences has been an exceedingly long and twisted one. The game has been captivating audiences since 2001, and since that time Hollywood has been determined to bring the ambitious, intense, large-scale world it created to life.In 2005 plans for a feature film…

  • Paramount Reveals ‘Star Trek 4’ With Original Cast Details, ‘A Quiet Place III,’  ‘Transformers’ & More

    Paramount Reveals ‘Star Trek 4’ With Original Cast Details, ‘A Quiet Place III,’ ‘Transformers’ & More

    Paramount‘s big ViacomCBS Investors Event held this afternoon dropped a barrage of Paramount+ television offerings news about the Taylor Sheridan-verse, yet another “Yellowstone” spin-off, more “South Park,” “Halo” news, and more. However, that’s not all the offered in their battalion of announcements meant to dazzle investors and Wall Street. Included in their offerings was a…

  • Halo Season 2 Ordered At Paramount+ Before First Season Premieres

    Halo Season 2 Ordered At Paramount+ Before First Season Premieres

    Paramount+ is showing its confidence in the upcoming series “Halo,” with a season 2 renewal before the first season of the show even airs, according to Variety. Considering that video game adaptations can be tricky, this is likely — fingers crossed — good news for video game fans. The series is set to premiere on…