One of the highest profile originals ever for the Paramount+ streaming service, Halo has to be seen as a significant disappointment. Fans who tuned in liked the show, which was based on the groundbreaking Xbox game franchise, but it was a costly endeavor and never seemed to get quite as big an audience as Paramount had hoped. So despite being set up as a potential cornerstone of the service, Halo was cancelled after just two seasons.
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Even unceremoniously cancelled streaming shows rarely get an opportunity to thrive elsewhere, but Halo is going to be an exception to the rule. This week saw Netflix release its newsletter for the month of October, and included in that rundown was the news that both seasons of the live-action Halo series would be added to its lineup on October 1st.
All 17 episodes of Halo are coming to Netflix, where the show will have what is far and away its biggest audience yet. There’s the chance that it could follow in the footsteps of over cancelled sci-fi shows, like The Extant, that found a bunch of fans on Netflix after being added to the service.
Is There Hope for Halo Season 3?
Netflix has saved several shows over the years, proving that a title can be more popular on a different platform or streaming service. Just look at what happened with Lucifer or Manifest, both of which got the chance to wrap up their stories at Netflix after being axed elsewhere. If Halo shows up on Netflix and is a huge success, could it follow suit?
That’ll be the question on the minds of a lot of Halo fans, but there isn’t really a way to know just yet if that’s a possibility. Regardless of how it performs, we don’t know what sort of contracts were in place when Halo was cancelled, or what would need to happen to bring anyone back for new episodes. If it were to happen, would it return to Paramount+, or would Netflix try to purchase the rights from the rival streamer (like the service did with Cobra Kai).
It’s a complicated situation, and there may be no chance of Halo ever coming back, at least in the form that it took for its first two seasons. But finding popularity on a service like Netflix won’t ever be a bad thing for a franchise. Even if there’s just some more love for the show and that leads to increased visibility — or maybe a bump in popularity for the games — it’ll be a win for Halo.
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