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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Jul 19 2024 12:30:06

Paramount Plus just cancelled one of its best sci-fi series but producers are 
already shopping for a new streamer

Date:
Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:20:52 +0000

Description:
The improved critical reception to season two of the videogame adaptation 
wasn't enough to save the show on Paramount Plus.

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The long gestating TV adaptation of hit videogame series Halo is bowing out 
on Paramount Plus after two seasons. The best Paramount Plus show , which 
followed Pablo Schreibers Master Chief John-117 during a 26th century war 
between the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant, had a troubled 
development process, with Steven Spielberg first discussing a film adaptation 
in the mid-2000s. 

Things finally got moving with the TV version a decade later, with an 
announcement made for a 2015 premiere on Showtime, which was then delayed to 
2019, with Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt on board to 
direct and Kyle Killen as showrunner. By the time the show made it to air in 
2022, it had moved to Paramount Plus  you could also find it on YouTube 
before Halo season two was released in February earlier this year  Wyatt had 
been replaced by Peaky Blinders  Otto Bathurst and Steven Kane had come on 
board as co-showrunner. 

The problems didnt end there though, with Kane and Killen exiting the show 
before the second season, which didn't get great reviews , and David Weiner 
appointed new showrunner. This behind the scenes turmoil is perhaps the 
reason that Paramount have decided to cut ties with the show, although 
sources say that the shows producers  Amblin, Xbox and 343 Industries  are 
keen to shop the series to other best streaming services for a potential 
third season or more. How do fans feel about the cancellation? 

While a statement from 343 Industries thanked the millions of fans who 
propelled the Halo series to be a global success and said the production 
company remains committed to broadening the Halo universe in different ways 
in the future, fans of the franchise have mixed feelings about its 
cancellation. 

Many have taken to social media to complain that the TV iteration was a poor 
adaptation. One Reddit user defended the show, stating the second was a 
massive improvement [...] Had the game not existed and it was its own thing, 
it would have been an internet darling. Comment from r/xbox 

However another reflected the disappointment in the show as a whole, saying I 
cancelled it after a few episodes, while a third discussed how deviation from 
the game's storyline and focusing too much on Master Chiefs backstory robbed 
him of his mystique or at least what makes him cool. 

There may yet be a future for Halo on another streaming service, but its game 
over for Master Chief and co. at Paramount Plus. You might also like 6 shows 
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