Paramount+ has announced that the highly anticipated second season of original series HALO has begun production in Iceland, with additional filming to take place in Budapest, Hungary, later this year.
This season, Joseph Morgan (Vampire Diaries, The Originals) and Cristina Rodlo (No One Gets Out of Here Alive, The Homeless World Cup) will join as new series regulars, while cast members Fiona O’Shaughnessy (Laera) and Tylan Bailey (Kessler) return for season two.
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 specialising in linguistics for a UNSC Marine Corp communications unit and a relatively new recruit who has yet to see any real combat.
Returning from season one, Laera (O’Shaughnessy) is Soren’s confidant, wife, and partner in crime. Soren and Laera’s son, Kessler (Bailey), has had a relatively peaceful, if unusual, childhood growing up on the Rubble.
Led by showrunner and executive producer David Wiener (Brave New World), the series takes place in the universe that first debuted in 2001 with the launch of Xbox®’s first Halo game.
Dramatising a 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant, HALO the series weaves deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.
HALO stars Pablo Schreiber as Master Chief, Spartan-117; Natascha McElhone as Dr. Halsey; and Jen Taylor as Cortana.
Additional returning cast members include Bokeem Woodbine, Shabana Azmi, Natasha Culzac, Olive Gray, Yerin Ha, Bentley Kalu, Kate Kennedy, Charlie Murphy and Danny Sapani.
Earlier this year, Paramount+ created the world’s tallest hologram in a Halo brand campaign.
The partnership culminated with a giant 60 feet tall 3D hologram of Halo’s iconic Master Chief: Spartan 117. The 3D hologram was installed at world-famous locations in Toronto, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, and Sydney Harbour.