Showtime's Halo series will not begin production until later this year, with actors such as Natascha McElhone and Bokeem Woodbine enlisted. While expanding the main cast and setting a production date is a step forward for the film adaptation, the bad news is that the release has been pushed back from 2020 to the first quarter of 2021.
Other new cast members include Shabana Azmi, Bentley Kalu, Natasha Culzac and Kate Kennedy, who will join the previously voiced Pablo Schreiber and Yerin Ha). Natasha McElhone will play the role of Cortana, an artificial intelligence from the game's universe. In turn, Pablo Schreiber will play the most famous Spartan - Master Chief.
Production will start in Budapest later this year. And although it was previously planned that the series would last ten episodes, it was reduced to nine. A live action adaptation of Halo is a long-term goal for Microsoft. The film was originally announced in 2005 with Peter Jackson as executive producer. But a year later, the project closed due to budgetary problems. The current series has been in production since at least 2014.
Source: 3dnews.ru