Nine to Five, also stylized as 9-5, is a Halo-based machinima web series created, written, and directed by jaxbeetle, co-directed by Syp The Mighty, and produced by Spite Box. It will center around Team 199, a group of soldiers tasked with hunting with an alien parasite known as the Flood on behalf of a company.
Kami, J.C. Bourne, CaramelizedChaos, and Kalum Thorpe were announced as the main cast on February 23, 2025, in a special video featuring Emery Eden from Guard Duty. A proper teaser was released on March 21, 2025, which introduced additional cast member boxofmyheart as the voice of V. A second teaser came out on September 12, 2025, featuring a scene from an upcoming episode. It premiered on October 31, 2025.
Nine to Five is Spite Box's second machinima series, and the first created by jaxbeetle.
This series was initially envisioned as a comic before being reimagined as a machinima series.
Nine to Five was subtly referenced in Crazy, Cupid, Love! before it was announced, with Nicole recounting to Sarah a story of her and June landing in a location called Wakefield, the last name of one of Nine to Five's main characters Conroy Wakefield.
This series will be filmed within the Halo: The Master Chief Collection game engine, specifically a heavily modded Halo 3 as well as Halo: Reach.
While Nine to Five does use the setting of the Halo games, it does not take place in the same universe as Guard Duty.
