Master Chief can feel it coming in the air tonight
TheHaloTV adaptation is weeks away. Over the weekend, we got a good look at the series thanks to a new trailer. And it looks like it has everything: Master Chief, Cortana, the Covenant, and a Halo to find.
While we’ve seen afew teasers before now, the official trailer forHalowas set to premiere this last weekendduring the AFC Championship Game halftime. Alongside a premiere date of March 24, the Paramount+ TV series also gave us a glimpse of what it’s doing in theHalouniverse.
In the trailer, we see a lot of familiar faces. Master Chief is obviously centered, but we also see his AI companion Cortana, some Covenant forces, and other Spartan operators. We even get a veryHeroessetup: Find the Halo, win the war.
It’s also a notable departure, as it turns out. If you’ve followed Halo lore or even the story of the games much, you’ll notice how it all feels a bit different. As a blog on theHalo Waypoint sitebreaks down, the events of the Paramount+ series exist in the “Silver Timeline.” It’s a timeline that contains key elements of the core canon, but with details that diverge in ways to fit the TV medium.
These can range from the titular ring station being a goal from the get-go to multiple Spartans being around. Or even as small as Cortana, whilestill portrayed by Jen Taylor, being a little less blue and AI-like.
Safe to say that you shouldn’t expect to seeHalo: Combat Evolvedin TV form here. But even with all that said, I’m still interested to see how it comes together. Video game adaptations have become a hot commodity on the silver screen, and while they’ve certainly ranged in quality, theseries have worked out okay. We’ll seeHalotake its turn on Paramount’s streaming service on March 24.
