{"id":16931,"date":"2022-06-14T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1661774"},"modified":"2022-06-14T15:24:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T13:24:12","slug":"halo-star-says-season-2-is-bigger-and-greater-than-season-1","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/halo-star-says-season-2-is-bigger-and-greater-than-season-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Halo star says season 2 is \u201cbigger\u201d and \u201cgreater\u201d than season 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Huw Fullerton\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 14 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Video game adaptation Halo<\/a> is finally coming to UK screens, with the sci-fi TV series (which aired in the United States some weeks ago) set to arrive for the UK launch of new streaming service Paramount Plus on 22nd June.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very apologetic that it\u2019s taken us so long to get there,\u201d series star Pablo Schreiber, who plays Master Chief, says now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know people have been chomping at the bit to have it, and I know it sucks to have, you know, some consumers have access to it before you. But the wait is over, and we\u2019re coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, in fact, they\u2019re already going again. Unlike many a streaming show in the current climate, Halo has already secured a second season renewal, with Schreiber and the crew strapping back in for more episodes in the coming weeks and months. In other words, while UK fans have had a while to wait for season 1, season 2 is almost on its way already.<\/p>

\u201cWe\u2019re heading back soon. We\u2019ll be back [filming] in Budapest in a month-and-a-half or so,\u201d Schreiber told RadioTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, we start shooting in August.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Schreiber wouldn\u2019t be drawn on what might happen, he did note that the series was set to get \u201cbigger and bigger\u201d in season 2, and hinted that \u201cnew and exciting\u201d storylines were on the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, you know, you\u2019ll continue to see the world expand to greater and greater places as the world gets bigger and bigger,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen a couple of scripts, but I guess I\u2019m just hoping that the season that we\u2019ve planted for the characters that you\u2019ve seen in season 1 will just continue to flourish, and we\u2019ll get deeper and darker into all of that,\u201d Schreiber\u2019s co-star Natascha McElhone, who plays scientist Dr Halsey told us.<\/p>\n

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And apparently some behind-the-scenes changes will be a part of all that expansion. Season 1 showrunner David Kane will not return for season 2 (his would-be co-showrunner Kyle Kline had already departed earlier in development), with Brave New World and Fear the Walking Dead\u2019s Dave Wiener now set to take control for season 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most important thing for me \u2013 I don\u2019t want to be too specific about where I\u2019d like the character to go \u2013 but the most important thing for me is the writing, you know, and the material,\u201d Schreiber told us.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo that end, we have a really, really fantastic new showrunner who\u2019s come on board, who is taking the written material to really new and exciting places. That\u2019s really all I can ask for, that we\u2019re starting from a place of high-quality written material, and I\u2019m so excited about that \u2013 to get back, and work on the season in a new aspect, and with new collaborators.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure there\u2019ll be a lot of new elements and new characters thrown in as well,\u201d added McElhone. \u201cAnd we have a new showrunner this year, and there\u2019ll be a new writers room, so that will be different voices.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited. It\u2019s like Christmas. You get sent scripts like little parcels that you open, and see all the treasures in there. And then it\u2019s up to me to sort of pull it apart, and analyse, and try to make sense of it, and learn it, and embody it, I suppose.\u201d<\/p>\n