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HALO: Upcoming Showtime TV Adaptation Adds Natascha McElhone, Bokeem Woodbine And More

Actor Pablo Schreiber’s upcoming stint with sci-fi action series drama, Halo, is hailing a larger cast list as of Friday. The series will be based on the hit xBox game franchise and now signals acclaimed actress Natascha McElhone (Designated Survivor, Californication), Emmy nominee Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo), acclaimed Indian actress Shabana Azmi (Fire), Bentley Kalu (Avengers: Age of Ultron), Natasha Culzac (The Witcher) and Kate Kennedy (Catastrophe). Halo comes from Showtime and 343 Industries, along with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV. Production launches later this year in Budapest for a 2021 premiere with Schreiber retaining his lead role as Master Chief Spartan John-117. As Showtime elucidates, McElhone take on the dual roles of both enigmatic, smart and conflicted Dr. Catherine Halsey – creator of the Spartan supersoldier program, and Cortana, the most advanced AI in human history, and potentially the key to the survival of the human race. Woodbine joins in as […]

Kurosawa Classic, RASHOMON, To Stir Episodic Mystery And Intrigue For Amblin TV

Lee B. Golden III

Amblin Television announced on Tuesday that it has optioned the rights to Akira Kurosawa’s highly-acclaimed Toshiro Mifune starrer, Rashomon. Based originally off of Akutagawa Ryunosuke’s 1922 short story, “In The Grove”, the film serves as a hugely celebrated classic – initially met with negative reviews at home before its international recognition a cornerstone of cinematic history and film academia. The 12th century-set groundbreaking and iconic 1950 film depicting the mystery and intrigue surrounding recount of events centered on a bandit accused of raping a woman and murdering her samurai husband, will serve as the basis for a new series from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin’s television banner. Ryan Faughnder at the Los Angeles Times reports that the news comes at a momentous moment for the TV shingle which, in the wake of the proliferation of streaming services such as Netflix and the like, is ponying up more than $50 million in equity […]