Based on the video game series of the same name, Halo has been cancelled at Paramount+ after just two seasons.
Another one bites the dust as Paramount+ cancels Halo. The video game adaptation recently returned for a second season, but the powers that be have decided not to move forward with another season, as Deadline reports.
The first series streamed on Paramount+ in 2022 and while critics were mildly excited by it, fans criticised the show’s decision to have the central character Master Chief remove his helmet, something that’s a big no-no in the games.
The series follows a cybernetically enhanced super soldier Master Chief as he works to protect humanity from an alien alliance in the 26th century.
The second season had a slightly better reception and lead actor Pablo Scheiber said the second season of Halo was far superior to the first one.
“There’s no question the second season is far stronger than the first,”Scheiber told GamesRadar in January. “I will stake my reputation on that. It’s absolutely improved. The art director who came on board, James Foster, is fantastic. He created a visual world that just makes a lot more sense. It’s so beautiful, incredibly cinematic. And the dialogue is better. It’s just a better season, period.”
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There is hope yet. According to Deadline, Amblin Television, Xbox and 343 Industries are shopping the series around to see if they could re-home with another distributor.
