Posted Wed May 22, 2024 at 11:14 AM PDT by Tom Landy
Paramount Home Entertainment will be bringing the second season of Halo to Blu-ray and 4K UHD Blu-ray on July 23. There will also be a Limited Edition 4K UHD SteelBook.
The second season home video releases includes nearly 2 1/2 hours of special features including exclusive Featurettes and more, and is produced by Showtime in partnership with 343 Industries and Amblin Television.
When the Covenant threatens mankind’s greatest stronghold, Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber) and his elite team of Spartans embark on an epic journey to find the Halo and ensure humanity’s survival...or guarantee their destruction. Also starring Charlie Murphy (Peaky Blinders), Natascha McElhone (The Crown), Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo), and featuring Jen Taylor (voice of Cortana in the Halo video game series). This 4-disc collection includes every thrilling episode of Halo: Season 2 along with nearly 2 ½ hours of special features, including exclusive featurettes and more!
Halo: Season Two - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
Halo: Season Two - 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (SteelBook)
SPECIAL FEATURES:
You can pre-order Halo: Season Two now and included below is the press announcement:
SEASON TWO
ARRIVES JULY 23 ON DVD, BLU-RAY™ AND
LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD STEELBOOK
With Nearly 2 ½ Hours of Special Features,
Including Exclusive Featurettes and More!
The Series Is Produced by SHOWTIME® in Partnership with
343 Industries and Amblin Television
LOS ANGELES – May 22, 2024 – Paramount Home Entertainment today announced that Halo’s epic universe and cast of bold characters are back when season two of HALO, executive produced by David Wiener (Brave New World) alongside three-time Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank (The Americans) and Justin Falvey (The Americans) for Amblin Television, and Kiki Wolfkill for Xbox, arrives July 23 on DVD, Blu-ray™ and Limited Edition 4K UHD Steelbook.
HALO stars Emmy nominee Pablo Schreiber (Orange is the New Black) as Master Chief, Spartan-117 and Natascha McElhone (The Crown) as Dr. Halsey, who also both served as producers for season two. Additional cast members include Jen Taylor (HALO game series, RWBY), Emmy nominee 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).
New additions to the season two cast include Joseph Morgan (Vampire Diaries, The Originals), Cristina Rodlo (No One Gets Out of Here Alive, The Homeless World Cup) and Christina Bennington (Midsomer Murders).
SYNOPSIS
When the Covenant threatens mankind’s greatest stronghold, Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber) and his elite team of Spartans embark on an epic journey to find the Halo and ensure humanity’s survival...or guarantee their destruction. Also starring Charlie Murphy (Peaky Blinders), Natascha McElhone (The Crown), Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo), and featuring Jen Taylor (voice of Cortana in the Halo video game series). This 4-disc collection includes every thrilling episode of Halo: Season 2 along with nearly 2 ½ hours of special features, including exclusive featurettes and more!
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Disc 1
Halo The Series: Declassified 201
Halo The Series: Declassified 202
Silver Team Returns
Kiki’s Favorite Set: The Condor
Disc 2
Halo The Series: Declassified 203
Halo The Series: Declassified 204
Bringing the 26th Century to Life
Disc 3
Halo The Series: Declassified 205
Halo The Series: Declassified 206
A Visit to Luma Pictures
Building a Covenant Warship
Making the Fall of Reach
Disc 4
Halo The Series: Declassified 207
Halo The Series: Declassified 208
The House of Soren
Writing for Halo S2
Bigger Better Props
HALO is produced by SHOWTIME® in association with 343 Industries and Amblin Television. The second season of HALO is executive produced by David Wiener alongside Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey for Amblin Television and Kiki Wolfkill for Xbox. The series is distributed internationally by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly owned subsidiary of ViacomCBS Inc., owns and operates the premium service SHOWTIME®, which features critically acclaimed original series, provocative documentaries, box-office hit films, comedy and music specials and hard-hitting sports. SHOWTIME is available as a stand-alone streaming service across all major streaming devices and Showtime.com, as well as via cable, DBS, telco and streaming video providers. SNI also operates the premium services THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ and FLIX®, as well as on demand versions of all three brands. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV®. For more information, go to www.SHO.com.
CBS Home Entertainment manages the worldwide DVD and Blu-ray businesses for the CBS Corporation across all lines of content including current hits and classic series from the vast CBS library, as well as new releases from Showtime Networks. CBS Home Entertainment products are released on the CBS DVD and CBS Blu-ray labels.
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Paramount (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA), a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. The PHE division oversees PPC’s home entertainment and transactional digital distribution activities worldwide. The division is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment content on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Paramount Television Studios, Paramount Players, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and CBS and applicable licensing and servicing of certain DreamWorks Animation titles. PHE additionally manages global licensing of studio content and transactional distribution across worldwide digital distribution platforms including online, mobile and portable devices and emerging technologies.
Amblin Television, a long-time leader in quality programming, is a division of Amblin Partners, a content creation company led by Steven Spielberg. Amblin Television’s presidents, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey, oversee all development, production and programming for the company. Amblin Television currently has twelve projects in various stages of production and release, including a third season of “Animaniacs” for Hulu, season two of “Resident Alien” for SYFY, season four of “Roswell, New Mexico” for The CW, “Halo” for Paramount+, “Billy the Kid” for Epix, “Masters of the Air” for Apple, two seasons of “Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” for HBO Max, two seasons of “Tiny Toons Looniversity” for HBO Max and Cartoon Network, “Fatal Attraction” for Paramount+, and documentaries “Big Vape” for Netflix, “Good Night Oppy” for Amazon Prime Video, and “Mama’s Boy” an adaptation of Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black’s autobiography.
Some of Amblin Television’s other recent credits include the Emmy Award-winning series “Why We Hate” for Discovery, three- time Emmy nominated “Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time” for EPIX, and “Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind” for HBO, which made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival. Amblin Television also produced the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning drama “The Americans” for FX, the Golden Globe-nominated and double Emmy Award-winning mini-series “Into the West” for TNT, the Emmy-nominated HBO movie “All The Way” starring Bryan Cranston, “Smash” for NBC, “Under the Dome” for CBS, “Falling Skies” for TNT, “The Borgias” and “The United States of Tara” for Showtime, and “Las Vegas” for NBC.
343 Industries is the developer of the blockbuster Halo series of video games and, as part of Xbox Game Studios, oversees the Halo franchise including games, original programming, novels, comics, licensed collectibles, apparel and more. “Halo Infinite,” the studio’s most recent game release, has achieved critical success, receiving over 60 industry awards and is the most successful game release in Halo franchise history. The studio continues to transform entertainment experiences across the Halo universe with groundbreaking projects, such as the upcoming “Halo” television series for Paramount+, in partnership with SHOWTIME and Amblin Entertainment.
HALO (SEASON 2)
Street Date: July 23, 2024 (DVD, Blu-ray™ and 4K UHD Steelbook)
U.S. Rating: Not Rated
Canadian Rating: 14A - violence, gory scenes
Run Time (Episodes): 420 mins 33 secs
Run Time (Special Features): 147 mins 31 secs
DVD Specifications:
Audio: English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital AC3, English 2.0 Stereo L/R Dolby Digital AC3, Japanese 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital AC3,
Subtitles: English SDH, Japanese
Blu-ray™ Specifications:
Audio: English 5.1 Surround Dolby TrueHD, English 2.0 Stereo L/R Dolby Digital AC3, French (Parisian) 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital AC3, Italian 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital AC3, German 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital AC3, Spanish (Castilian) 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital AC3
Subtitles: English SDH, French (Parisian), Italian, German, Spanish (Castilian), Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish
4K UHD Steelbook Specifications:
Audio: English 5.1 Surround Dolby TrueHD, English 2.0 Stereo L/R Dolby Digital AC3, French (Parisian) 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital AC3, Italian 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital AC3, German 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital AC3
Subtitles: English SDH, French (Parisian), Italian, German, Dutch
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