HALO returns for a second season on Paramount+ on Feb. 8.
Kicking off the show’s 8-episode sophomore season the streamer will debut 2 back to back episodes, “Sanctuary” and “Sword,” with the remaining episodes airing weekly thereafter until the season finale on Mar. 21.
Season 2 sees Master Chief John-117 (Pablo Schreiber) leading his team of elite Spartans against the alien threat known as the Covenant.
In the wake of a shocking event on a desolate planet, John cannot shake the feeling that his war is about to change and risks everything to prove what no one else will believe – that the Covenant are preparing to attack humanity’s greatest stronghold. With the galaxy on the brink, John embarks on a journey to find the key to humankind’s salvation, or its extinction — the Halo.
Helmed by showrunner and executive producer David Wiener (Brave New World), HALO takes place in the universe created in the HALO Xbox game of the same name.
In addition to Schreiber, this season sees the return of Natascha McElhone (Californication) as Dr. Halsey, and and Fiona O’Shaughnessy as Laera.
Further returning cast members include Jen Taylor (HALO game series, RWBY) as Cortana, Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo), Shabana Azmi (Fire), Natasha Culzac (The Witcher), Olive Gray (Half Moon Investigations), Yerin Ha (Reef Break), Bentley Kalu (Avengers: Age of Ultron), Kate Kennedy (Catastrophe), Charlie Murphy (Peaky Blinders), and Danny Sapani (Penny Dreadful).
New additions include Joseph Morgan (Vampire Diaries), and Cristina Rodlo (No One Gets Out of Here Alive).
Morgan joins the series as James Ackerson, a formidable intelligence operative who has spent his career climbing the ranks of the UNSC’s secretive Office of Naval Intelligence.
Rodlo is Talia Perez, a corporal specializing in linguistics for a UNSC Marine Corps communications unit and a relatively new recruit who has yet to see any real combat.
To celebrate the release of the show’s second season, Paramount+ have kindly shared a slew of official photography with us, spanning the season’s eight episode arc.
Catch them all below.
