SkyShowtime losing one of its best exclusive series is not good news. The platform is hungry for top-quality premieres and the news of the cancellation of one of its best productions is received like a bucket of cold water. Subscribers will have to continue exploring its catalog in search of other gems that provide them with entertainment.
There aren’t many exclusive series on SkyShowtime, so as we mentioned, having one of the most notable ones fall by the wayside isn’t a good thing. We’re talking about Halo, the live-action adaptation of the well-known video game that has made history over the years on Xbox consoles. Although the second season provided a high level of quality, Paramount+, the producer of the same, has decided to cancel it.
Only 17 episodes
From a project as ambitious as Halo we would have expected much more than two seasons and certainly much more than just 17 episodes. It is such a deep universe with so many characters and stories that it could have been adapted in a very ambitious way.
Furthermore, we have to consider that the idea of ​​bringing Halo to television began to take shape in 2013, the year in which Steven Spielberg himself had his eye on producing it. Work on the project took longer than expected and perhaps fewer millions were invested than should have been invested in its production. Let’s not kid ourselves, as an adaptation it was just a fun “I want to but I can’t.”
It could come to another platform
It is not new that, when a series suffers a blow on its original streaming platform, the dance begins to try to sell it to another service that decides to invest in it. This does not always go well and, in reality, there are not many times in which it has ended in a story with a happy ending. Generally, the creators of the series go out of their way to find an alternative that, in the end, does not end up happening. But there are cases in which the opposite has occurred and that are well known among the community.
Sometimes, this has allowed previously cancelled series to have a worthy ending, while, at other times, it has served to revive them and make them even more successful. You’re probably familiar with the legend of Futurama, for example, and its continuous revivals. And the same can be said of Family Guy, which, although it was not available for streaming, was cancelled and ended up coming back stronger than when it was first broadcast. With Halo, however, if a platform like Netflix decides to produce it, it will need to invest a large amount to ensure that the series can truly shine.
The main problem with Halo is that, perhaps, at this point, it would be better to keep the franchise away from television so that, in the future, it can have a worthy adaptation for the cinema. It would be a very powerful project and, produced in the right way, it would have the capacity to revitalize the space and science fiction genre. But it would take a lot of investment for it to be a success.
An additional obstacle in this paradigm is that the Halo video game franchise itself is not going through its best moments either. The change of role that Microsoft and Xbox have had in recent years, betting on their Game Pass service and abandoning a more traditional game development philosophy, has led to Halo losing more and more steam. Today, fans are waiting for a triumphant return that, at the moment, does not seem to be close to reaching the market. Therefore, and although it is a shame considering the historical value of Halo, it seems that, at the moment, the license is stuck.
SkyShowtime users, especially those who have subscribed with their juicy Current offer only 1.99 eurosthey will, however, have all 17 episodes from both seasons of Halo to enjoy. They are worth watching!
