It started as a video game before it hit the big screen. Now the beloved franchise is heading to the little screen. Showtime announced Thursday that it picked up the Halo TV series after sitting in development for four years.

The video game franchise will be turned into a live-action drama under the supervision of showrunner Kyle Killen (Awake) and director Rupert Wyatt (The Exorcist: Tv Series). The show was picked up for 10 episode with Killen as the writer, showrunner and executive producer. Rupert Wyatt is set to direct multiple episodeds of the series while serving as an executive producer.

Showtime and Microsoft, or 343 Industries, are producing the drama with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television to help produce the show. Additional executive producers on the show will be Scott Pennington and Amblin TV’s Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank. The development of the Halo TV series began in 2014.

“Halo is our most ambitious series ever," Showtime CEO David Nevins said. "In the history of television, there simply has never been enough great science fiction. Kyle Killen’s scripts are thrilling, expansive and provocative, Rupert Wyatt is a wonderful, world-building director, and their vision of Halo will enthrall fans of the game while also drawing the uninitiated into a world of complex characters that populate this unique universe."

The show will go back to focus on the universe unveiled in 2001, setting the show in the 26th century. The storyline will follow the conflict raging between humanity and invading aliens referred to the Covenant.

While that essentially tells fans nothing more than they already knew, the series is rumored to have a big budget and will run hour long episodes. The show is set to be a direct counter to Amazon’s Lord of the Rings, HBO’s Game of Thrones and Westworld. The show is sure to be a success early on though with the massive devoted fanbase that follows the beloved video games.

Halo has sold over 77 million copies worldwide and earned over $5 billion in sales. The franchise plays home to five main series games with a sixth on the way as well as four extended universe games and three game apps. Halo also offers competitive tournaments across the world in search of one of the 16 coveted spots into the World Championship.

 The show is scheduled to go into production in early 2019.