HALO: Pablo Schreiber Suits Up As Live-Action Master Chief In New Still From Paramount+ Series

HALO: Pablo Schreiber Suits Up As Live-Action Master Chief In New Still From Paramount+ Series

Ahead of the new trailer for the series landing later today, a new look at Halo has been revealed alongside comments from star Pablo Schreiber about how this TV show will do the video games justice...

By JoshWilding - Dec 09, 2021 12:12 PM EST
Filed Under: Halo
Source: Entertainment Weekly

The live-action Halo TV series has been a long time coming. Originally in the works for Showtime, the series is now heading to Paramount+ with Pablo Schreiber (Orange is the New Black) in the lead role as Master Chief. Doing the hit Xbox series justice won't be easy, but this newly revealed still - ahead of the first trailer later tonight - bodes well for the show remaining faithful to the games.

The actor calls preparing for the show "a herculean task," and says "It's a huge job, from setting the tone on set down to the grueling task of waking up at the crack of dawn to work out, then go to shoot, and go home to work out some more. Nothing about it is easy, and I wouldn't want it to be."

Describing Halo as a "classic hero's journey," Schreiber adds: "It takes place very much in the universe that the video games created, but it's a it's a TV show. We get to expand that universe and create stories in it. There's going to be some new characters that are introduced, there's going to be a lot of familiar characters that everyone will know from the game."

Halo takes 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. The series will weave deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure, and a richly imagined vision of the future.

Otto Bathurst (Robin Hood) will be directing and executive producing Paramount+'s adaptation of the Halo series, while Jonathan Liebesman, Roel Reiné, and Jessica Lowrey also direct.

Check out this new look at the show below courtesy of EW:
 

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Fogs
Fogs - 12/9/2021, 12:46 PM
Nice suit.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 12/9/2021, 12:52 PM
Where that trailer at?
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 12/9/2021, 12:56 PM
I remember being pumped up back in the day when Peter Jackson was developing a movie.
Himura
Himura - 12/9/2021, 1:45 PM
@OldMan - And we got District 9 out of it
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 12/9/2021, 1:02 PM
Schreiber has a lot of range as an actor. Looking forward to his performance.
Cap1
Cap1 - 12/9/2021, 1:36 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - He was fantastic in Lorelei from this year, not sure if you caught that. Quite a departure for him, very soulful performance. He'd be a great choice for The Thing
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 12/9/2021, 1:42 PM
@Cap1 - Yeah,I think he definitely has the tough guy, but has a heart of gold, trait nailed with his role on American Gods.
Cap1
Cap1 - 12/9/2021, 1:50 PM
@ModHaterSLADE - was legitimately shocked when I found out he wasn’t Irish after his role as Sweeney, had the accent down to a T
Nunyabiz
Nunyabiz - 12/9/2021, 1:06 PM
I enjoy the games but am not willing to pay extra for P+
grif
grif - 12/9/2021, 2:15 PM
@Nunyabiz - wait for dvd or bluray if not a bootleg thats my plan
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/9/2021, 1:13 PM
They really gonna get me to pay for Paramount+….
Himura
Himura - 12/9/2021, 1:46 PM
Please be good. Halo is my favorite franchise and I have been waiting years for this.
SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 12/9/2021, 2:11 PM
I guess there will always be video game adaptations, but this seems especially pointless as the games are such amazing scripts on their own. Also, it makes me just want a Mandalorian style stuntman in a suit style show with Steve Downes iconic voice. We’re gonna see Chief’s face in this aren’t we
JustAChillFan
JustAChillFan - 12/9/2021, 2:12 PM
Don't get me wrong, I love halo, but if you're going to make a halo show, I'd rather see something in the vein of reach or halo wars, something that doesn't focus on chief, maybe other Spartans or focus on early in the war.
RitoRevolto
RitoRevolto - 12/9/2021, 2:35 PM
Are all of the episodes dropping on the same day or is it a weekly release?
PC04
PC04 - 12/9/2021, 2:40 PM
Yup this is what gets me to subscribe to Paramont. Halo Infinite btw...is gorgeous!
Santanaonfire
Santanaonfire - 12/9/2021, 3:22 PM
Spot on! Looks like it was ripped straight from the game!
TheMapleSyrup
TheMapleSyrup - 12/9/2021, 4:21 PM
He looks awesome. Just hoping that his voice is as epic as Steve Downes'
dragon316
dragon316 - 12/9/2021, 6:04 PM
@TheMapleSyrup - be better if they use him that be good surprise
Darkknight2149
Darkknight2149 - 12/9/2021, 4:51 PM
Frank Sobotka. The target is Frank. Sobotka.
DalekCraigWasson
DalekCraigWasson - 12/9/2021, 5:42 PM
@Darkknight2149 - I don't understand. I'm not hearing Frank Sobotka's name in any of this?
AnthonyVonGeek
AnthonyVonGeek - 12/9/2021, 6:20 PM
Damn, and I just cancelled my Paramount+ cause I keep getting “error” when trying to watch something and I was also paying premium and there were still commercials but really pissed me off was last week when trying to watch it there was a “share my info with the NFL” pop up that covers the screen and there was only a “click yes” option so either I click yes or I can’t watch anything so I canceled. I might try again to watch this when it comes out, hopefully they’ll have all those bugs fixed by then. 🤞
Hawkguy
Hawkguy - 12/9/2021, 6:43 PM
I'm curious about what he'll sound like.

I know I'll catch shit for this, but I feel like Master Chief's voice in the games is such an outdated voice performance. Such an over-the-top 'old tough guy' voice. That worked years ago, sure, but games have moved on and have people giving much better performances with much more heart.
Hawkguy
Hawkguy - 12/9/2021, 6:52 PM
My opinion doesn't mean shit, though. I'm not a huge Halo fan, but I've always thought it was pretty cool. You can't not get pumped up by that theme music!

I think Reach is the only game I've played through and I've played multiplayer at other people's houses occasionally.

One of those games where I still had a fun time while being the absolute worst player.
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