Paramount+ showed off the first teaser trailer for Halo season two during the Paramount+ panel at CCXP in São Paolo, Brazil. The streaming service also officially announced a February 8, 2024 premiere date for the first two episodes of season two.
Pablo Schreiber returns to lead the cast as Master Chief, Spartan-117. Natascha McElhone is back as Dr. Halsey, Jen Taylor reprises her role as Cortana, Bokeem Woodbine returns as Soren-066, and Shabana Azmi is back as Admiral Margaret Parangosky. Natasha Culzac is Riz-028, Olive Gray plays Dr. Miranda Keyes, Yerin Ha is Kwan Ha, Bentley Kalu is Vannak-134, Kate Kennedy is Kai-125, Charlie Murphy is Makee, and Danny Sapani is Captain Jacob Keyes.
The Originals star Joseph 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. No One Gets Out of Here Alive‘s Cristina Rodlo plays Talia Perez, a corporal specializing in linguistics for a UNSC Marine Corps communications unit and a relatively new recruit who has yet to see any real combat.
David Wiener (Brave New World) guides the series as showrunner and executive producer. Additional season two executive producers include Gian Paolo Varani, Amblin Television’s Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank, and Justin Falvey, Xbox/343 Industries’ Kiki Wolfkill, and One Big Picture’s Otto Bathurst and Toby Leslie.
Series stars Pablo Schreiber and Natascha McElhone serve as producers.
“In season two, Master Chief John-117 leads his team of elite Spartans against the alien threat known as the Covenant,” reads the Paramount+ synopsis. “In the wake of a shocking event on a desolate planet, John cannot shake the feeling that his war is about to change and risks everything to prove what no one else will believe – that the Covenant are preparing to attack humanity’s greatest stronghold. With the galaxy on the brink, John embarks on a journey to find the key to humankind’s salvation, or its extinction — the Halo.”
