The last thing any diehard fan want’s to hear is that an adaptation will deviate from its source material. Well, the Halo TV show from Paramount is doing just that.
Over on Halo Waypoint, 343 Industries boss Kiki Wolfkill and franchise creative director Frank O’Connor spoke a bit about how the video game adaptation will differ from Halo video games. They’re calling the Paramount show’s canon the “Silver Timeline,” which will mostly follow Halo’s established storyline but split off where it makes sense.
“Halo’s core canon is extremely important to us and our fans, and we wanted to think of the simplest and most productive way to make sure we didn’t ‘break’ either medium by trying to force square pegs into round holes,” O’Connor explains. “We want to use the existing Halo lore, history, canon, and characters wherever they make sense for a linear narrative, but also separate the two distinctly so that we don’t invalidate the core canon or do unnatural things to force a first-person video game into an ensemble TV show.”
A new trailer for Paramount’s Halo will premiere during the AFC Championship Game on Jan. 30, 2022.
Suit up Spartans, the wait is almost over. The official trailer for #HaloTheSeries lands this Sunday during halftime of the AFC Championship Game on @CBS and @ParamountPlus. pic.twitter.com/fRzZ1Ml6cD
— Halo on Paramount+ (@HaloTheSeries) January 25, 2022
Given how many awful video game adaptations there are (usually due to ignoring canon), you wouldn’t be wrong to wince a bit at this news. However, the folks at 343 Industries are directly involved and sound confident in Master Chief’s journey onto the silver screen.
“I feel relief and pride and, admittedly, a degree of trepidation,” Wolfkill said. “Making this show has been a labor of love for so many from all over the world and it hasn’t always been easy, but the thing that carried us through is that we care so deeply about making this show for all of you.”
We’ll find out when Halo on Paramount premieres later this year.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
