The first season of the Halo live-action Showtime television series is set to begin shooting in Budapest, Hungary in 2019.



Season one of Showtime's live-action drama series HALO, based on the video game franchise, is planning to begin principle photography in Budapest early June. https://t.co/lFOTDSPexo — Production Weekly (@prodweek) October 24, 2018

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As reported by Production Weekly , principle photography will commence sometime in early June. No other details were given, but nearby natural areas like the Dunube-Ipoly National Park and Danube River could serve as fitting shooting locations for the show.It was announced that the Halo TV series was ordered by Showtime earlier this year , revealing that the first season would feature 10 hour-long episodes and that it would begin production in early 2019. According to Showtime, the adaptation "will take place in the universe that first came to be in 2001, dramatizing an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant."Not long after, we found out that Master Chief will be one of multiple protagonists in the show , telling a new story but respecting the franchise’s canon. For more on Halo, watch every live-action trailer made for the video game franchise , and check out our hopes and fears for the show

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