WhenHalo’s second season got here to an finish final March, it appeared Grasp Chief’s journey was simply starting since he’d solely simply set foot on the ringworld the collection is called after. However Halo followers aren’t going to get an opportunity to see what occurs subsequent — a minimum of, not on Paramount Plus, who introduced on July 18 that they weren’t shifting ahead with a season 3. That makes some sense: After a tumultuous season of combating the USNC, it’s exhausting to say if extra Halo was actually going to be price it or not.
Right here’s every little thing we learn about the way forward for what was once-Paramount Plus’ Halo TV present, and if there’s any hope for it at a brand new streamer sooner or later.
[Ed. note: This story contains spoilers for Halo season 2.]
Is Halo season 3 occurring?
No, a minimum of not at its native Paramount Plus. On July 18, Paramount Plus introduced the present had been cancelled.
“Paramount+ can verify that ‘Halo’ is not going to transfer ahead with a 3rd season on the service,” the streamer mentioned in an announcement. “We’re extraordinarily happy with this bold collection and wish to thank our companions at Xbox, 343 Industries and Amblin Tv, together with showrunner and government producer David Wiener, his fellow government producers, the whole forged led by Pablo Schreiber as Grasp Chief and the wonderful crew for all their excellent work. We want everybody the perfect going ahead.”
Per Selection’s report, Xbox, Amblin TV, and 343 Industries are reportedly making an attempt to buy the present round to a brand new community. Which is sensible, provided that the artistic workforce had extra in thoughts for the present. In an interview with Collider, government producer Kiki Wolfkill mentioned the workforce wrote the collection with the “long-term view in thoughts,” and that there’s already been planning for the story past season 2. In the meantime, season 2’s new showrunner David Wiener advised Collider that he approached season 2 making an attempt to go away fairly a couple of door open for the long run as nicely.
“I hope we get the prospect to make extra,” Wiener mentioned. “That’s completely the intention.”
Who would return for a revived Halo season 3?
Pablo Schreiber as Grasp Chief looks like a given, together with Jen Taylor as Cortana. The present additionally appears fairly resolute in sticking with Makee’s story line, so Charlie Murphy is more likely to return as nicely. As for the remainder of the forged, the collection appears to be fairly centered on the motion occurring on Halo — lastly — so it’s exhausting to say who else may take part. And with a couple of members of the remainder of the employees surviving as nicely, like Bokeem Woodbine’s Soren and Yerin Ha’s Kwan, we’re nonetheless more likely to have a couple of non-Chief tales to concentrate to as nicely.
What would Halo season 3 have been about?
The ending of Halo season 2 suggests season 3 would lastly be about Halo, which might be fairly thrilling. The present has principally arrange a barely altered model of the primary sport’s premise, together with the Flood, so it’s we might count on one thing just like the story in Fight Developed, the place Grasp Chief explores the ring, learns its true objective, after which has to flee.
If I would like the actual weirdo Halo lore, the place ought to I am going?
Telling individuals to learn Halo novels is a little bit bit like telling them to learn into the later books of the Dune collection, and I’m already on the report for that one, so you may wager I’ve Halo suggestions too. Greg Bear’s Forerunner saga is a trilogy of books set about 100,000 years earlier than the people and the Covenant meet, and it’s a few of the greatest and weirdest lore Halo has. We get to be taught all in regards to the Forerunners and the Flood, in addition to bits and items of the historical past of historic humanity, a spacefaring civilization that just about worn out the Forerunners lengthy earlier than Grasp Chief was even born.