PlayStation's Horizon TV Series Reportedly Not Moving Forward - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 August 2024 / 2,716 Views
The Netflix TV series based on the popular PlayStation franchise, Horizon, is reportedly not moving forward, according to Rolling Stone.
The show was in development by The Umbrella Academy Showrunner Steve Blackman and the report mainly focused on accusations against the showrunner. Blackman has been accused of having a "long history of toxic, bullying, manipulative, and retaliatory behavior," according to multiple sources and an HR complaint.
"The streamer announced in 2022 that Blackman would spearhead the adaptation of the popular video game Horizon Zero Dawn and create the original outer-space thriller series Orbital as part of that deal," reads the report. "Rolling Stone has learned that the two projects are no longer moving forward."
It currently isn't known if the Horizon Netflix series will move forward with with a different showrunner.
The next game in the Horizon franchise is LEGO Horizon Adventures, which will launch for the PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC in Holiday 2024.
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Probably for the best, Horizon would have needed a massive budget for things like good CGI for the robo dinos and good set and costume design for all of the tribal cities and outfits, I doubt they were ever planning a budget large enough to do it justice.
This is one of the Sony games with the highest potential for a good TV show. Much better than something like Uncharted. But I also think it needs high budget for good production. It's a high risky investment
Herman is really forcing Horizon to became bigger than it actually is.
The Last of Us's TV show cost $10 million per episode, and I doubt it had robotic dinosaurs.
Good, im tired of bad tv shows.knowing sony It would have been woke trash anyway
I had a hard time picturing that working well in live action anyway.
The series would need a huge budget for all those robo dinos.
wow that sucks :( I hope they will fix this, was really looking forward to watch it. I love the Horizon universe.
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