Paramount+ cancels 'Halo' despite strong viewership numbers
This decision surprised and outraged many science fiction fans and Paramount+ and SkyShowtime streaming platform users. The flagship production "Halo," despite very good viewership numbers, was cancelled after its second season. It turns out there is more to the story.
19 July 2024 19:06
The series "Halo" was born in pain. After years of efforts to create a feature film based on the iconic Microsoft game series of the same name, the project was taken over by Showtime in 2014, and work on the series began. However, for seven years, nothing more than a script was created, which was changed anyway when "Halo" was moved to Paramount+. It was only there that filming for the series began.
The first season of "Halo" received mixed reviews, but it was very popular on the streaming platform.
The second season of "Halo" appeared on streaming platforms in early February of this year. There were reports of high viewership, and viewers expected a third season. However, less than six months later, they learned that the series had been cancelled. Fans were outraged. They did not understand this decision. "Halo" was a hit, a flagship production, and the characters' stories were left unresolved.
The matter was clarified after a statement from the show's producers: "We are grateful to Amblin and Paramount for their collaboration in bringing our expansive science fiction universe to viewers worldwide. We deeply thank the millions of fans who made the "Halo" series a global success. We want to inform that we are still committed to expanding the "Halo" universe in various ways in the future," reads the statement.
The project will thus continue, but with another production company and another platform. The series creators promise that the third season of "Halo" will be their first priority.
