Last January, Sony announced a film adaptation from Guerrilla Games. Horizon Zero Dawn. Nothing has been said about the film since, but it appears there has been enough progress that it could be a few years away.
Sony is currently engaged in a legal battle with Chinese tech giant Tencent over the latter’s rights. Light of Motiram, which Sony claims is an explicit clone of its sci-fi RPG series. According to the Game Post, Asad Qizilbash, head of PlayStation Productions, said in a legal declaration filed on October 16 that the studio “has already [has] a working script, and [is] is actively seeking a director, with the aim of shooting the film in 2026 and releasing it in 2027.”
In that same statement, Qizilbash also described series lead Aloy as “a key icon in the anticipated film” and important “in the steering wheel of building the franchise.”
Initially, Horizon Zero Dawn was in the works as a TV series on Netflix a few years ago. But those plans fell apart in 2024 after future co-showrunner Steven Blackman was accused of abuse and misconduct while in charge of the film. Umbrella Academy series. The show was dropped shortly after the report was released, but Sony certainly has no plans to give up. The last of us has been a success on television, and other films and shows are coming to PlayStation properties like God of War, Ghost of Tsushima/Yotei, And Helldiverse.
If Horizon will land in 2027, the only question is whether it will be released before or After THE Legend of Zelda the film was released on May 7 of that year? The guerrilla game has been overshadowed by Breath of the Wild released shortly after its 2017 release. It would be a shame (although hilarious) to see this streak continue on the big screen.
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