The eagerly-anticipated TV adaptation of much-loved video game Halo has finally arrived. After multiple attempts and a 20-year wait, the Paramount+ series has dropped in the US today (Thursday 24 March).
The $200m, nine-part adaptation follows the exploits of main character Master Chief - the towering, genetically-engineered supersoldier of the United Nations Space Command (UNSC). Like the video game, the action takes place in the 26th century, when the ruling UNSC finds itself under attack from an alien force known as the Covenant.
Halo became one of history’s most popular video games franchises after the first-person shooter launched on Microsoft’s Xbox in 2001. Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson and District 9’s Neill Blomkamp have all been involved in projects that have sought to bring an adaptation to the screen.
