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Halo (TV Series)
''Halo'' is an American military science fiction television series developed by Kyle Killen and Steven Kane for the streaming service Paramount+. Based on the video game franchise created by Bungie and developed by 343 Industries, the series follows a 26th-century war between the United Nations Space Command and the Covenant, a theocratic-military alliance of several alien races determined to eradicate humanity. Pablo Schreiber and Jen Taylor star as Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 and Cortana respectively; the latter reprises her voice role from the video game series. Development for a ''Halo'' television series began in mid-2013. Killen and Kane serve as showrunners for the series' first season, which consists of nine episodes. Filming began in Ontario, Canada, in October 2019, although post-production for the first five episodes was affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming eventually resumed in Budapest, Hungary, in February 2021. In February 2022, ahead of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action-adventure Fiction
Action fiction is a literary genre, genre in literature that focuses on stories involving high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of subgenres, such as Spy fiction, spy novels, Adventure fiction, adventure stories, tales of terror, intrigue ("cloak and dagger"), and Mystery fiction, mysteries. These kinds of stories utilize Thriller (genre), suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the Conflict (narrative), conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or the solution to a mystery of a Thriller (genre), thriller. The intricacies of human relationships or the nuances of philosophy and psychology are rarely explored in action fiction, typically being fast-paced mysteries that merely seek to provide the reader with an exhilarating experience. Action fiction can also be a plot element of Literature, non-literary works such as graphic novels and film. Genre fiction Action genre is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natascha McElhone
Natascha Abigail Taylor (born 14 December 1971), known professionally as Natascha McElhone (), is an English actress. In film, she has starred in the action thriller ''Ronin (film), Ronin'' (1998), the psychological comedy-drama ''The Truman Show'' (1998) and the science fiction drama ''Solaris (2002 film), Solaris'' (2002). On television, she has starred in the Showtime (TV network), Showtime comedy-drama series ''Californication (TV series), Californication'' (2007–2014), the American Broadcasting Company, ABC political drama series ''Designated Survivor (TV series), Designated Survivor'' (2016–2017), the Hulu science fiction drama series ''The First (TV series), The First'' (2018), the Netflix historical series ''The Crown (TV series), The Crown'' (2022) and the Paramount+ military science fiction series ''Halo (TV series), Halo''. Early life McElhone was born Natascha Abigail Taylor in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England on 14 December 1971 to Noreen McElhone and Michael Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Ross
Bonnie Ross is an American video game developer. She served as Corporate Vice President at Xbox Game Studios, and was the head of 343 Industries, the subsidiary studio that manages the ''Halo (series), Halo'' video game franchise. Ross studied technical writing and computer science in college, and worked at IBM before getting a job at Microsoft. She worked on a number of PC and Xbox games, becoming a general manager at Xbox Game Studios. In 2007, Ross helped found 343 Industries, building a studio that would work on a new ''Halo'' game after the departure of developer Bungie. 343 Industries' first game, ''Halo 4'', released in 2012. Ross oversaw the ''Halo'' franchise, including merchandise and media adaptations. She has been honored for her work in game development and her efforts to push for more diversity in video games. Early life Growing up, Ross enjoyed science fiction, imagining what it would be like to create similar worlds herself. She played basketball, softball, tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiki Wolfkill
Kiki Wolfkill (born July 7, 1969) is an American video game developer. Wolfkill grew up in Pennsylvania and studied journalism and art at the University of Washington, road racing competitively on the side. At Microsoft, she transitioned from developing multimedia for ''Microsoft Encarta'' to working on art for Microsoft's video games, including the racing series '' Midtown Madness'' and ''Project Gotham Racing''. Joining Microsoft subsidiary 343 Industries in 2008, Wolfkill served as executive producer on ''Halo 4''. Wolfkill oversaw the ''Halo'' franchise transmedia at 343 Industries until 2023, when she became head of intellectual property expansion and entertainment at Microsoft. Early life Kiki Wolfkill was born on July 7, 1969, in Seattle, Washington. She moved at a young age to New Hope, Pennsylvania, where she grew up on a farm. Wolfkill's parents were competitive racers, and she was around cars and motorsports from an early age. She learned to drive at 13, and her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg ( ; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is the highest-grossing film director of all time. Several of Spielberg's works are considered among the greatest films in history, and some are among the highest-grossing films ever. Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He moved to California and studied film in college. After directing several episodes for television, including '' Night Gallery'' and '' Columbo'', he directed the television film ''Duel'' (1971), which was approved by Barry Diller. He made his theatrical debut with '' The Sugarland Express'' (1974) and became a household name with the summer blockbuster ''Jaws'' (1975). He directed more escapist box office successes with '' Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (1977), '' E.T. the Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Callery
Sean Callery (born 1964) is an American musician and composer, best known for composing the music for the action/drama '' 24'' and the Marvel adaptation '' Jessica Jones''. Other projects include the 2004 video game, '' James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing'' and the television series '' La Femme Nikita'' and '' Homeland''. Most recently he composes the music for the series '' Designated Survivor'' and ''Bull''. Biography Callery was born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in Bristol, Rhode Island. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music, earning a degree in piano performance in 1987. In 1987, Callery moved to Los Angeles to work for New England Digital, the creators of the Synclavier synthesizer. In 1990, he and John Farrar scored the NBC television film, ''A Mom for Christmas''. Working as a sound designer on the series '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' also earned him an Emmy nomination. In 1996, Callery was hired to compose the underscore for the USA Network ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Salvatori
Michael C. Salvatori (born April 18, 1954) is an American composer best known for his collaboration with colleague Martin O'Donnell for the soundtracks to the ''Halo'' video game series. Salvatori became acquainted with O'Donnell in college; when O'Donnell was given a job offer to score a colleague's film, Salvatori and O'Donnell formed a partnership and eventually created their own production company, TotalAudio. Salvatori continued to manage TotalAudio and worked on his own music for clients such as Wideload Games (later under Disney). He co-composed the soundtrack to the 2014 video game ''Destiny'' and its expansions, '' The Taken King'' (2015) and '' Rise of Iron'' (2016). He also composed music for ''Destiny 2'' (2017) as well as its expansions, '' Forsaken'' (2018), '' Shadowkeep'' (2019), '' Beyond Light'' (2020), '' The Witch Queen'' (2022), '' Lightfall'' (2023), and '' The Final Shape'' (2024). Biography Early life Michael Salvatori was born in Elmhurst, Illino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin O'Donnell
Martin O'Donnell (born May 1, 1955) is an American composer, audio director, and sound designer best known for his work on video game developer Bungie's titles, such as the ''Myth'' series, ''Oni'', the ''Halo'' series, and ''Destiny''. O'Donnell collaborated with Michael Salvatori for all of the scores; he has also directed voice talent and sound design for the ''Halo'' trilogy. O'Donnell began his career in music writing television and radio jingles such as the Flintstones Chewable Vitamins jingle and scoring for radio stations and films. O'Donnell moved to composing video game music when his company, TotalAudio, did the sound design for the 1997 title '' Riven''. After producing the music for '' Myth II'', Bungie contracted O'Donnell to work on their other projects, including ''Oni'' and the project that would become '' Halo: Combat Evolved''. O'Donnell ended up joining the Bungie staff ten days before the studio was bought by Microsoft, and was the audio director for all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bear McCreary
Bear McCreary (born February 17, 1979) is an American composer of film, television, and video game scores. His work includes the scores of the television series '' Battlestar Galactica'' (2004), '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', '' Black Sails'', '' Outlander'', '' The Walking Dead'', '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'', '' The Serpent Queen'', '' Percy Jackson and the Olympians'', '' Halo'', the video games '' Call of Duty: Vanguard'', '' God of War'' and '' God of War Ragnarök'', and the film '' Godzilla: King of the Monsters''. McCreary has been nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on season one of ''Outlander'' and won one Emmy for the main title of '' Da Vinci's Demons''. He is also a two-time winner of both the British Academy Games Award for Music and D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition for his work on ''God of War'' and ''Ragnarök''. Early life and education McCreary was raised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Lloyd
Harry Charles Salusbury Lloyd (born 17 November 1983) is an English actor. His performance in the Channel 4 miniseries '' The Fear'' (2012) earned him a British Academy Television Award nomination. He gained prominence through his roles as Will Scarlet in the BBC drama ''Robin Hood'' (2006), Jeremy Baines in the ''Doctor Who'' episodes "Human Nature" and " The Family of Blood" (2007), and Viserys Targaryen in the first season of the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011). Lloyd played Paul Crosley in the WGN series ''Manhattan'' (2014), Peter Quayle in the Starz series '' Counterpart'' (2017–2019), and Bernard Marx in the Peacock series '' Brave New World'' (2020). He voiced Viktor in the Netflix animated series '' Arcane'' (2021–2024), Z in '' Xenoblade Chronicles 3'' (2022), and Ultima in '' Final Fantasy XVI'' (2023). He also appeared in '' Wolf Hall'' (2015) on BBC Two, series 1 of '' Marcella'' (2016) on ITV, and the third season of the FX series '' Legion'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Åkerblom Nilsson
Viktor Åkerblom (born 31 January 1981) is a Swedish actor and television presenter. He acted in the TV series ''Hotell Seger'' which was broadcast on Kanal 5 in 2001. In March 2004, he started presenting the children's show ''Bolibompa'' on SVT. In 2006, he placed third in the celebrity dance series '' Let's Dance'' on TV4; he teamed up with dancer Carin da Silva. He participated in the Findus television commercial as the chef Oliver in the same year. He has also presented the horse trot programs ''Viktors vänner'' and ''Vinnare V64'' broadcast on TV4. He has also acted with the Riksteatern in the play ''Svirr och snurr och sommargung''; he played Aladdin in the play ''Aladdin och den magiska lampan'' at Hamburger Börs in 2010 through 2011. He played Elake Måns in ''Intimans'' about Pelle Svanslös Pelle Svanslös (English: Peter-No-Tail (film version) or Pelle No-Tail (book version)) is a fictional anthropomorphic cat created by the Swedish people, Swedish author Gös ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristina Rodlo
Cristina Rodríguez Lozano (born May 21, 1990) is a Mexican actress who appeared as Isabel Urrutia Zavaleta in 93 episodes of ''Vuelve temprano (Mexican TV series), Vuelve Temprano'' (2016 – 2017) and 23 episodes of ''El Vato'' (2017). She has starred in feature films as Fabiana in ''Perdida (2019 film), Perdida'' and as Suzu in the 2019 remake of ''Miss Bala (2019 film), Miss Bala'', and played a lead role as Ambar in the horror movie ''No One Gets Out Alive (film), No One Gets Out Alive'' in 2021. Other credits include ''Ladrones (2015 film), Ladrones'' (2015), ''Too Old to Die Young '' (2019), ''The Terror (TV series), The Terror'' (2019), ''68 Whiskey'' (2020), ''Halo (TV series), Halo'' (2024), and ''The Beautiful Game (2024 film), The Beautiful Game'' (2024). Biography Cristina Rodlo was born on May 21, 1990, was brought up in the city of Torreón in Coahuila, northern Mexico. She took part in a theatre production at the age of 11 and decided from that moment that she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
