First announced in 2013, the highly anticipated areola television series, based on the Xbox megahit game franchise is finally set to premiere in the first quarter of 2022. But don’t sign up for a Showtime subscription yet. Although the program was originally scheduled to air on the premium subscription channel, ViacomCBS executives announced on Wednesday that it will be hosted on the company’s new streaming service Paramount +.
The next television series is produced by Showtime in collaboration with Microsoft’s subsidiary, 343 Industries and Amblin Entertainment. Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey will serve as executive producers on behalf of Amblin alongside Steven Kane (he produced Starship Troopers) and Kyle Killen (Awake), as well as five other EPs representing One Big Picture, Chapter 11 and 343 Industries. Directed by Otto Bathurst and starring Pablo Schreiber de American gods fame, as well as Natascha McElhone, who was incredible in Ronin, Avengers: Age of Ultronis Bentley Kalu, The magicianNatasha Culzac and Catastrophefor Kate Kennedy, the series was considered Showtime’s “most ambitious series ever”.
areola the television program was originally scheduled to premiere in the first quarter of 2021, however, the outbreak of COVID-19 disrupted its filming schedule, with only 60% of the first season filmed. In addition to the one-year delay, the first season had its episode count reduced by one, so we will only have 9 episodes to start.
“We were looking for exclusive programs in addition to Star Trek franchise on CBS All Access and we were thinking, what could be a defining series for Paramount +, ”said David Nevins, creative director and president of CBS and CEO of Showtime Networks Deadline. However, after seeing the initial footage – combined with the popularity of the original Showtime series Your honor starring Bryan Cranston – channel executives decided to move areola for Paramount +. “areola it always fit the bill, but seeing that, we felt it would work, ”said Nevins. Despite the platform migration, Showtime will continue to produce the series.
“It delivers the visceral emotion of playing the game, along with a much deeper emotional experience around the Spartans, human beings who have had their humanity chemically and genetically altered,” he continued. “The story is about recovering what makes them human and, therefore, it is a very powerful story.”
Paramount + will be available as a broad-play service, rather than free streaming with support for Pluto ads or premium paid offers from Showtime. “We all feel that Halo is a broad and premium payment program,” said Nevins, so you will probably need to spend money to watch it, instead of suffering from occasional commercial breaks.