Launched on March 24 on Paramount+ in the United States with a first episode of 59 minutes, the Halo series has been a huge success on the platform. Although no official figures have yet been released, the Deadline newspaper reveals, however, that it is the best start for a series on Paramount +, thus dethroning “1883”, released last December and which is none other than the prequel to Yellowstone. When we know that 1883 had attracted 4.9 million viewers during its broadcast, we can indeed see that the platform did well to bet on Halo, whose creation process had started at the very beginning with Showtime before switching at Paramount+. We imagine that the boost from Microsoft with the integration of Paramount + in the Xbox Game Pass has undoubtedly helped the series take off, but whatever happens, within the American company, we welcome such a launch, as Tanya Giles, Chief Programming Officer at Paramount+, points out:
Bringing Halo to life as a streaming series has been one of Paramount+’s most rewarding efforts to date, and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the massive fan following for the series’ debut. Together with our amazing partners Showtime, 343 Industries and Amblin Television, we can’t wait for fans to experience more of this incredible universe.
Let’s hope that the interest around the series is maintained for the next episodes, which will be put online up to one episode per week, knowing that each of them will be around 60 minutes long. With a total of 9 episodes, there is enough to develop the lore, the characters and install real political issues. We recall that it is Steven Spielberg in person who is the producer and who has always supported the project since its inception. The story of the series takes up that of the video game, pitting human beings against the Covenant, a hostile and extremely powerful and technologically advanced extraterrestrial race. Only the Spartans, elite soldiers with superhuman abilities, are able to face them. Pablo Schreiber plays the role of Master Chief, also known as Spartan-117, Natascha McElhone plays Dr. Halsey, the originator of the Spartan super-soldiers, while it’s the actress Jen Taylor who plays Cortana, the AI that accompanies the Master Chief.
Here is the air date of each of the 9 episodes of Halo the series:
Episode 1 “Contact”: Thursday March 24, 2022
Episode 2 “Unbound”: Thursday March 31, 2022
Episode 3: Thursday, April 7, 2022
Episode 4: Thursday, April 14, 2022
Episode 5: Thursday, April 21, 2022
Episode 6: Thursday, April 28
Episode 7: Thursday, May 5, 2022
Episode 8: Thursday, May 12, 2022
Episode 9: Thursday, May 19, 2022