‘Halo’: Joseph Morgan & Cristina Rodlo Join Cast As Season 2 Begins Production
Season 2 of Paramount+ series ‘Halo‘ has begun filming in Iceland, and the series has announced Joseph Morgan and Cristina Rodlo will be joining the cast as series regulars.
The live-action drama takes place in the universe that first came to be in 2001 with the launch of Xbox’s first ‘Halo’ game. Dramatizing an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant, ‘Halo’ the series weaves deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.
Joseph Morgan (‘The Vampire Diaries’, ‘The Originals’) 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. Cristina Rodlo (‘No One Gets Out of Here Alive’, ‘The Homeless World Cup’) is Talia Perez, a corporal specializing in linguistics for a UNSC Marine Corp communications unit and a relatively new recruit who has yet to see any real combat.
The series stars stars Pablo Schreiber (“American Gods”) as Master Chief, Spartan-117 and Natascha McElhone (“Californication”) as Dr. Halsey, both of whom also serve as producers this season. Additional returning cast members include Jen Taylor (“Halo” game series, RWBY) as Cortana, Bokeem Woodbine (“Fargo”), Shabana Azmi (“Fire”), Natasha Culzac (“The Witcher”), Olive Gray (“Half Moon Investigations”), Yerin Ha (“Reef Break”), Bentley Kalu (“Avengers: Age of Ultron”), Kate Kennedy (“Catastrophe”), Charlie Murphy (“Peaky Blinders”) and Danny Sapani (“Penny Dreadful”).
In addition to the new cast, Fiona O’Shaughnessy and Tylan Bailey return from season one, but have been upped to series regulars. O’Shaughnessy returns as Laera, Soren’s confidant, wife and partner in crime. Soren and Laera’s son, Kessler (Bailey), has had a relatively peaceful, if unusual, childhood growing up on the Rubble.
Production on season two has begun in Iceland, with additional filming to take place in Budapest, Hungary, later this year. If you want to see some interviews with the cast and producers of the series, you can check out our chat with them here.
‘Halo’ is produced by Showtime in partnership with 343 Industries, along with Amblin Television. The second season of HALO is executive produced by David Wiener, alongside Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey for Amblin Television. Kiki Wolfkill, Frank O’Connor and Bonnie Ross serve as executive producers for 343 Industries, with Otto Bathurst and Toby Leslie for One Big Picture. The series is distributed internationally by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
‘HALO‘ Season 1 is available on Paramount+.
