The series will also star newcomer Yerin Ha as Quan Ah, a teen from the colonies who meets Master Chief at a "fateful time." The show will be run and executive produced by Steven Kane (of The Last Ship fame) and Kyle Killen (of Awake), which hints at its scale -- Showtime considers this its "most ambitious series ever."

Production is officially slated to start in the fall. It's still not certain when the Halo show will premiere. The timing may be more apt than it seems at first blush, though. While the TV series missed its chance to sync with Halo 5, there's a chance it could debut close to the launch of Halo Infinite. You may get a deluge of Halo after years of relative silence.