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<div><span style="color:black; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Paramount+ original series, </span><em>Halo</em><span style="color:black; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, based on the iconic Xbox franchise and one of the highest-grossing game franchises of all time, set a new record as the most-watched original series premiere globally on Paramount+ in its first 24 hours of release.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:black; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Emmy nominee Pablo Schreiber brings humanity's deadliest weapon – and our greatest hope – to life as the iconic Master Chief. As </span><em>The Guardian</em><span style="color:black; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> says, "</span><span style="color:#121212; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Whoever decided to cast Schreiber, the character actor veteran of shows such as </span><em>Orange is the New Black</em><span style="color:#121212; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> (as dodgy prison guard "Pornstache") and </span><em>American Gods</em><span style="color:#121212; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, as an action hero deserves a medal. Standing 196cm tall and now built like a tank, he makes just the sort of imposing, statuesque figure required for a seemingly unstoppable human battle machine."</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:black; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">The series is set in a separate timeline to the games, </span><span style="color:#030303; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">dramatising an epic 26th-Century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant. But i</span><span style="color:black; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">f the </span><em>Halo</em><span style="color:black; font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> universe sounds worlds away, it's closer to home than you think: South African Jonathan Liebesman (</span><em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles</em><span style="color:black; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) directs four episodes, with compatriot Guy Potgieter (</span><em>District 9</em><span style="color:black; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">, </span><em>Homeland</em><span style="color:black; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">) as set decorator and Dale Butler as first assistant director.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:black; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">One of </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span style="color:black; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">' Most Anticipated Shows of 2022, </span><em>Halo </em><span style="color:black; font-family:verdana,sans-serif">had been renewed by Paramount+ for a second season before the first even launched.</span></div>
