It’s finally, actually happening. The first trailer for the Halo TV series just exploded onto screens, and Master Chief finally looks set to complete his longest and most difficult mission: to leap from Xbox hit video game to live-action TV show.
The series will be available on the streaming service Paramount Plus. Set in the 26th century, Halo sees a brilliant scientist played by Natascha McElhone genetically engineer super-soldiers to fight an alien menace called the Covenant. One of these so-called Spartans, in instantly recognizable green armor and yellow…