Paramount released the second official trailer for its upcoming Halo series.

Paramount+ debuted a new trailer for its upcoming series adaptation of the popular video game, Halo. The trailer not only highlights the action-packed nature of the series but also offers audiences a look at the visuals for the expansive universe in which Halo is set.

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Halo released its first official trailer in January 2022, which showed Master Chief and his fellow Spartans in their fight against the alien Covenant. Paramount+'s live-action adaptation of Halo will star Pablo Schrieber as Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, also known as simply Master Chief. Halo also stars Natascha McElhone as Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, Yerin Ha, Charlie Murphy and Jen Taylor reprising her video game role as the voice of the AI known as Cortana.

Leading up to the release of the Halo TV series, fans have wondered if the Paramount+ adaptation will occupy the same canon as the video games. Executive producer Kiki Wolfkill, who also serves as the head of transmedia at 343 Industries, addressed these questions in a recent interview. "[W]e do have some context and perspective that is different from some of the stories we've experienced, or read about in the games," Wolfkill said of the show. "We're referring to this as the 'Halo Silver Timeline' as a way of differentiating it from core canon -- and both protecting core canon and protecting the television story. And by that I mean, being able to give ourselves the chance to evolve both, and for both to be what they need to be for their mediums, without colliding with each other."

The original Halo video game trilogy was first developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios with Halo: Combat Evolved in 2001, followed by Halo 2 for the Xbox in 2004 and Halo 3 in 2007, which was released for the Xbox 360. After a number of spinoff games, including 2009's Halo 3: ODST and 2010's Halo: Reach, Bungie would later depart the franchise in 2012, with 343 Industries serving as the developer ever since. Master Chief would return in 2012's Halo 4 and its sequel, Halo 5: Guardians, in 2015, before his most recent appearance in Halo Infinity, which was released for the Xbox Series X/S in 2021.

Originally intended to launch at Showtime in 2015 with Stephen Spielberg at the helm as a producer, plans for the Halo television series were pushed back several times until it finally landed at Paramount, where it was recently renewed for a second seasonHalo premieres exclusively on Paramount+ March 24, 2022.

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