Halo: Why Rupert Wyatt Left the Showtime TV Series

Halo: Why Rupert Wyatt Left the Showtime TV Series

It appears that the circumstances surrounding director Rupert Wyatt’s exit from Showtime’s ambitious Halo TV series really were due to scheduling issues. The Rise of the Planet of the Apes filmmaker was announced as the principal director behind the TV adaptation of the popular video game franchise last June, with Kyle Killen (Awake) serving as showrunner. But later that year, Showtime announced that Wyatt was exiting the project due to changes in the production schedule, and Otto Bathurst (Robin Hood) eventually replaced him as the show’s principal director.

Collider’s own Steve Weintraub recently spoke with Wyatt at SXSW in anticipation of the release of Wyatt’s new film Captive State, and he asked the filmmaker why he ended up leaving Halo:

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