The series on the Halo universe for Showtime has acquired new actors who will occupy key roles.
Cast
According to Deadline, for the role of Dr. KatherineElizabeth Halsey was taken by Natasha McElhone, who played in the Truman Show and Californication. In Halo, the heroine is responsible for creating super-soldiers called the Spartans.
Mackalhoun was also cast as Cortana,the artificial intelligence that accompanies Captain Chief. No, the creators of the series have an unlimited budget, simply according to the universe of the game, Cortana is created from the cloned brain of Dr. Katherine.
Bukem Woodbine, who played Shocker in Spider-Man: Homecoming ”, will take the role of a friend of the Master Chief named Soren-066. But the Indian actress Shabana Azmi will play Admiral Margaret Orlanda Parangoski.
The series will also appear new to the universecharacters. According to Deadline, British actor Bentley Kalu, who played the mercenary in Avengers: Age of Ultron, will be Vannak-134, a cybernetic enhanced super-soldier. Natasha Kulzak, who became an Elf in The Netflix The Witcher, will be in the role of the cybernically enhanced super-soldier Riz-028, and Kate Kennedy from Catastrophe will become Kai-125.
We also recall that the role of the Master Chief was put by Pablo Schreiber from the American Gods.
When to expect
There is still no exact release date, but according toGamesIndustry.biz, the release is worth waiting for in 2021, which is a year later than the creators promised last time. In addition, the series was cut, and now instead of 10 episodes, only 9 will be released.