The Halo franchise continues its arduous road towards having a mainstream media adaptation that’s recognizable for more than just the hardcore gamers who’ve watched Landfall, Forward Unto Dawn and Nightfall, or read any of the novels, for that matter. Just last year, fans were treated to a first look at Showtime’s Master Chief, actor Pablo Schreiber, as well as some early clues to what the rest of the cast will look like in the network’s Halo TV series.

A lot has happened since then, including COVID-19, which has inevitably delayed production for Showtime’s Halo, after it started filming almost a year ago. If that seems like a lot, it really isn’t considering the Halo series spent years in development hell changing its director and producer lineup constantly.

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However, as the entertainment industry slowly finds its course during the pandemic, the Halo crew is back at it once more, as an Instagram post by Schreiber posing with half of Master Chief’s helmet in front of John-117's trailer confirmed the show is back to filming.

While this preview is certainly not much to generate hype for Halo fans, it is one of the few official updates ever since the cast was announced in 2019. Joining Schrieber are Natascha McElhone playing Dr. Catherine Halsey and Cortana, Shabana Azmi as Admiral Margaret Parangosky; those three will be rounded by a new team of unknown Spartans with Bokeem Woodbine, Bentley Kalu, Natasha Culzac and Kate Kennedy playing obscure characters like Soren-066, Vannak-134, Riz-028 and Kai-125, respectively.

Showtime’s Halo series is meant to be set around the same time as Halo: Combat Evolved, so Schrieber’s Master Chief will probably be busy fighting the Covenant, perhaps maybe even the Flood, but it’s still a mystery if the Arbiter, Brutes and Prophets could eventually show up. Whatever the case, even if it's not a full recreation of the events in the games, the Halo series looks to be a less out there interpretation of what Guillermo Del Toro reportedly had in mind for a Halo movie project.

For now, given Halo on TV is far from finishing production and with Halo Infinite also being delayed for next year, Master Chief’s only appearance in the near future will be on the Xbox Series X and S in easter egg form from inside the console and, of course, once Halo 4 hits The Master Chief Collection next week.

Halo the TV series is set to premiere on Showtime in 2021.

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Source: Pablo Schreiber|Instagram