Master Chief will be “a lead character” in Showtime’s upcoming Halo TV series, Showtime’s President of Programming Gary Levine told IGN, although he won’t be the only protagonist in the series.
The series is such an “enormous undertaking,” Levine said, the premium cable network is aiming to air the series in 2020, and confirmed that Halo’s TV adaptation will be set in “multiple locations” on “foreign planets,” meaning that they’ll likely shoot on a studio backlot rather than try and find foreign countries to serve as backdrops, the way big-budget shows like Game of Thrones have.
Source: IGN.com Showtime's Halo TV Series Will Tell an Original Story