Halo: Nightfall

You may be looking for the Halo: Reach level of the same name.

"Survival is a choice."

- Official tagline

Halo: Nightfall is an upcoming live-action Xbox Originals webseries for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, and other Microsoft devices to be released in 2014. Consisting of five episodes, the series is to be created by Scott Free Productions in conjunction with 343 Industries. Acclaimed filmmaker Ridley Scott has been confirmed as the show's executive producer along with Scott Free TV President David Zucker; it will be directed by television director Sergio Mimica-Gezzan. In the series, "A strange and treacherous world exposes elite UNSC operatives to a much deeper danger."

Serving as an origin story for Agent Locke, a secondary playable character in Halo 5: Guardians, Nightfall will connect the stories of Halo 4 and Guardians. and will have narrative connections to Halo: The Television Series. The series will also incorporate interactive features with the upcoming Halo Channel application for Xbox One. Viewers can complete challenges related to the series to unlock features that can be used in Halo games. Each episode has several challenges and "Second Story" videos that expand on events that were not shown in the series. Additionally, viewers can access the Halo Channel's new "Halo Encyclopedia" to gain information on characters, locations, weapons, and vehicles that are featured in Halo: Nightfall.

Synopsis
The series takes place between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians. An Office of Naval Intelligence unit, led by Lieutenant Commander Jameson Locke, is deployed on the distant human Outer Colony of Sedra to investigate terrorist activity. Sedra is described as a backwater world harboring a disdain for the Unified Earth Government and the UNSC. During their investigation, the unit is attacked by the terrorists and it is discovered that they are trying to use biological weapons that only affect humans. Locke's team is forced to work together with Sedran Colonial Guard commander Randall Aiken and his troops to track down the origin of the bioweapon. During their search, the unit is drawn to a perilous alien artifact: a partially functioning section of Installation 04, the Halo ringworld destroyed by the Master Chief in the first Halo game. A grave threat present on the ancient construct soon turns the mission into a desperate fight for survival.

Production
The series will have a $10,000,000 (USD) budget, which is considerably larger than Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn ' s. The first official trailer was released on July 24th, 2014, at San Diego Comic-Con, which stated that Locke's team was tracking down reports of an element that specifically targeted humans on the distant colony of Sedra.

Filming and effects
Nightfall was filmed in Iceland and Ireland. Filming in Belfast, Northern Ireland was reported to have started by early June 2014 and finished as of June 12, 2014, being subsequently continued in Iceland. The scenes set on the colony of Sedra were filmed in Ireland, while Iceland is used to portray the locales of the Halo fragment. The cast and crew faced many difficulties due to the challenging weather conditions of Iceland.

Cast and characters
On May 15, 2014, it was announced that actor Mike Colter is set to star in the feature. Colter will play the main character, Jameson Locke, "a rising star in a futuristic army with reservations about those in command". Locke was known tentatively as "Marlowe" during production. On July 10, 2014, it was announced that actress Christina Chong will have a role in the webseries. She will play the female lead; a member of the Sedran Colonial Guard known as Talitha Macer. The series will explore the interactions between the Sedran Colonial Guard and Locke's ONI team, the former's resentment of the UNSC generating significant friction and mistrust between the two.


 * Mike Colter as Jameson Locke
 * Christina Chong as Talitha Macer
 * Steven Waddington as Randall Aiken
 * Luke Neal as Michael Horrigan
 * Alexander Bhat as Alistair Estrin
 * Alexis Rodney as Arris Le
 * Christian Contreras as Gregory Ramos
 * Eric Kofi Abrefa as Haisal Wari
 * Jennie Gruner as Samantha Wisner
 * Sarah Armstrong as Jordan Gaines
 * Shaun Blaney as Mason Hundley

Costumes and props
The Condor transport craft, known tentatively as the "Super Pelican", was created for the series as a Sedran equivalent to the UNSC's more modern dropships. A life-size set was created to portray the craft. The main characters are wearing armor that is described by Frank O'Connor as incorporating elements and technology from MJOLNIR, ODST and UNSC Marine armors.