Horizon: Zero Dawn and Helldivers Movies Announced - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 06 January 2025 / 1,882 Views
PlayStation Productions has announced two new movies based on popular video game IPs Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers.
The Horizon Zero Dawn movie will be made by PlayStation Productions and Columbia Pictures and is currently in the early stages of production.
The Helldivers movie is being made by PlayStation Productions and Sony Pictures and is currently in production.
More details on the movies will be shared at a later date.
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Feels like Sony thinks the Horizon franchise is more beloved than it actually is. I dont know. It just get so much attention compared to other IPs.
Because it sells quite well HZD sold over 20 million and is amongst the best selling Sony titles ever. The sequel sold over 8 million since the last update and is most likely already over 10 million, dislike it all you want for now It's a massive IP for Sony's standards. The spinoffs don't sell well though.
There's no doubt its a strong IP but I think Sony overestimate how "beloved" it is.
I think the first game had a lot going for it terms of its placement in PS4's life , the open world trend and it's unique settings and great visuals, since that point though I don't think players are as attached to the characters and world that demands many spinoffs. The Lego Horizon game was a bad idea and performed terribly, the zero dawn remaster felt wasteful... I actually think this movie is not a bad idea but Sony just have to be careful... The commitment to a dedicated online game next is very risky if the franchise is already falling off, and it might be worth Guerrilla planting the seeds for a second IP instead of being a full on Horizon Studio
Yeah, I'm all for Horizon 3 (Cross Gen /2028) but I think any online experience should build naturally from that game and the success the game does/doesn't find. I think Sony should look to the games that had online grow from a component of the overall game package (Elden Ring is a recent example) versus straight away trying to making a stand alone Live service one
PS6? Imho, Horizon 3 still coming for PS5. Horizon: FW is a 2022 game, so i can see Horizon 3 cross-gen in 2028.
Agreed 100%. The concept of robot dinosaurs is just wild. But Aloy is boring, the story hardly makes sense and there was a big fall off in sales from part 1 to part 2. Nobody gave a f* about the Lego version. And vr is limited in reach as is. I can only hope the online game is a success. But I doubt we will see anything from that franchise beyond part 3, which will still do way less than part 2.
Both will be tough to pull off well.
I think Helldivers will be alot easier to pull off, and likely be better when made into a movie.
It'll be easier to make, but harder to not be superfluous when the Starship Troopers movie has already existed for decades.
Except Helldivers is alot more than just fighting bugs. Starship Troopers doesn't have you fight robots and ethereal beings.
This. Its been proved it can be done with 25+ year old technology. But imho this is a redundancy since Starship Troopers already exists. Its like Rebel Moon movies... Star Wars already exists.
Seriously? By this logic, you're saying no movie can ever again in the history of movie making EVER feature space marines attacking insect like creatures or anything at all. Helldivers does share SOME, key word "some", similarities with Starship Troopers however also differs quite a bit from it, as the enemy variety is much more diverse (Robots, Initiate) which alone can segway itself into deeper stories. All starship troopers is is, bugs bugs bugs, lets fight bugs... find the bugs...
Are you going to say that Warhammer can't exist either because you have Space Marines fighting bugs? (Tyranids) not to mention Starship troopers is just Astra Millitarum fighting Tyranids which Warhammer did first, so should Starship Troopers exist then?
I do not see why not. Fallout and The Last Of Us showed that it can be done very well if anything; I think Helldivers is definitely easier but both are doable.
Horizon is a very different beast to adapt than TLOU or Fallout.
Helldivers movie will be awesome. Hzd... not my cup of tea personally.
HZD storywise is way richer than Helldivers imo. Probably in action sequences Helldivers will come on top.
Yes, I have played HZD, it will be more rich story wise, but that's a story I will gladly miss out on.
Yeah, for gamers who played the full game wont be so "surprising". But then again TloU was carbon copy (with the exceptions we all know) of the game and i still enjoy it. Im just saying that there could be public for this movie. Not necessarily just hardcore fans of the game. In any case, I hope they make good adaptations for both movies.
Hope they spend time "getting things right" before just churning something out. Helldiver's satire needs doing right and not just ripping off Starship Troopers. While Horizon might be harder as unlike the original game, many will be going in knowing what happened, so narrative might be affected.
Horizon I understand, Helldivers? Just watch Starship Troopers.
