CBS's (CBS) Showtime announced that Otto Bathurst, director of 2018 film "Robin Hood" and the first episode of the show "Black Mirror," is set to direct the Showtime series "Halo," based on the Xbox (MSFT) video game franchise with Kyle Killen serving as executive producer, writer and showrunner. Bathurst will helm multiple episodes and executive produce the live-action series, which has an initial nine-episode order. Produced by Showtime in partnership with 343 Industries, along with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television, "Halo" will begin production later this year, the company said.