Grasp Chief has fought his final battle at Paramount+.
The streamer has canceled its online game adaptation Halo after two seasons. The sequence, primarily based on the XBox franchise and starring Pablo Schreiber as Grasp Chief John-117, completed its second season in March.
“We’re extraordinarily happy with this formidable sequence and wish to thank our companions at Xbox, 343 Industries and Amblin Tv, together with showrunner and government producer David Wiener, his fellow government producers, the whole forged led by Pablo Schreiber as Grasp Chief and the superb crew for all their excellent work,” Paramount+ mentioned in a press release. “We want everybody one of the best going ahead.”
Sources say the present’s producers — Amblin, XBox and 343 Industries — will look to land the sequence at one other outlet for a 3rd season. Paramount+ is alleged to be supportive of a doable transfer.
“We deeply admire the hundreds of thousands of followers who propelled the Halo sequence to be a worldwide success, and we stay dedicated to broadening the Halo universe in numerous methods sooner or later,” reads a press release from 343 Industries. “We’re grateful to Amblin and Paramount for his or her partnership in bringing our expansive sci-fi universe to viewers around the globe.”
Halo took an extended path to Paramount+. After years and a number of efforts at growing a characteristic movie primarily based on the sport, work on a sequence started at Showtime in 2014, with a proper sequence order coming in 2018. The sequence was then moved to Paramount+ in 2021, a 12 months earlier than it debuted. The sequence additionally underwent a number of behind-the-scenes modifications, together with the departure of its unique director and showrunner modifications; David Wiener took the reins for season two after Kyle Killen and Steven Kane shepherded the primary season.
Per common with most streaming sequence, viewing figures for Halo are laborious to come back by. The present spent 5 weeks in Nielsen’s rankings of the highest 10 unique streaming sequence as season two streamed in February and March, accumulating about 1.8 billion minutes of viewing in the US over these weeks.