Singapore – RTL CBS Extreme HD announced that it will air Halo: Nightfall produced by Ridley Scott and directed by award-winning director Sergio Mimica-Gezzan. Based on the phenomenal Halo franchise, Halo: Nightfall provides insight into the origin and backstory of Agent Locke, a pivotal new character who will play a key role in the upcoming “Halo 5: Guardians” releasing on Xbox One in 2015. Halo: Nightfall will premiere in Asia first and exclusive on RTL CBS Extreme HD, 22 August, Saturday at 9.35pm (8.35pm JKT/BKK).

Halo: Nightfall tells the personal story of Jameson Locke, a legendary manhunter and agent with the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), Earth’s most powerful and secretive military branch. He and his team are investigating terrorist “chatter” on the distant colony world of Sedra, when they are caught in a horrific biological attack. Led by Locke, ONI agents are forced to coordinate with Randall Aiken, a local commander with a remarkable history and deep-rooted mistrust of ONI. As they unravel a plot that draws them to an ancient, hellish artifact, they will be forced to fight for their survival, question everything, and ultimately choose between their loyalties and their lives.

Executive-produced by Ridley Scott, Scott Free TV President David Zucker, and directed by the award-winning Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (“Battlestar Galactica,” “Pillars of the Earth,” “Heroes”), Halo: Nightfall stars Mike Colter (“The Good Wife”) as Jameson Locke, Christina Chong (”24: Live Another Day”) as Talitha Macer, Steve Waddington (“The Last of the Mohicans”) as Randall Aiken, Luke Neal (“Wilderness”) as Michael Bradley Horrigan and Christian Contreras (“Zero Dark Thirty”) as Gregory Aio Ramos.