Showtime’s Halo Series Lost Its Director

Variety reports that director Rupert Wyatt will no longer helm Showtime’s upcoming series based on the popular video game series Halo. Wyatt will also step down from his executive producer role. The series was announced in June and will debut with ten episodes. Kyle Killen is the showrunner and will executive produce with Scott Pennington and Amblin TV’s Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank.

Wyatt said: “It’s with great disappointment that changes to the production schedule of ‘Halo’ prevent me from continuing in my role as a director on the series. My time on ‘Halo’ has been a creatively rich and rewarding experience with a phenomenal team of people. I now join the legion of fans out there, excited to see the finished series and wishing everyone involved the very best.”

Showtime president of programming Gary Levine added: “Showtime’s adaptation of ‘Halo’ is evolving beautifully with rich characters, compelling stories and powerful scripts. “Obviously, the production demands of this series are enormous, and we have had to add time to the schedule in order to do it right. Sadly, this delay has created a conflict for Rupert, whom we warmly thank for all he has brought to the project.”

The series is described as an “epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant.” It will include a “richly imagined” vision of the future mixed with “deeply drawn personal stories.”