In Could, 2022, Selection reported that Netflix was creating a sequence based mostly on hit PlayStation recreation, Horizon Zero Daybreak. A part of the flurry of introduced variations following the success of HBO’s The Final of Us, showrunner Steve Blackman was hooked up to the mission that will see a live-action Aloy and her battle in opposition to the robosaurs come to the streaming service. Nonetheless, Rolling Stone is now reporting that, in gentle of allegations made in opposition to Blackman, the present may very well be in jeopardy.
Blackman, who rose to prominence following the success of his Netflix present The Umbrella Academy, was reported on June 30 by Rolling Stone to be going through accusations of a “lengthy historical past of poisonous, bullying, manipulative, and retaliatory conduct.” The article goes on to element claims that the showrunner created “an atmosphere of concern and mistrust,” took credit score for others’ work, and made feedback that have been “sexist, homophobic and transphobic.” Blackman denies all of the allegations, calling them “solely unfaithful.”
As The Umbrella Academy entered its second season in 2020, the primary having been considered one of Netflix’s greatest ever hits, Blackman was signed as much as a 4 12 months deal price reportedly $50 million to proceed creating initiatives for the streamer. A kind of reveals could be Sony’s Horizon Zero Daybreak, offered through the frenzy following TLoU, which might finally acquire Blackman and Michelle Lovretta (Umbrella Academy, Killjoys) named as showrunners, though with no additional info having emerged since.
Rolling Stone up to date its story July 3 to say that the positioning “has realized that the 2 initiatives are not shifting ahead with Blackman,” the opposite mission being a sci-fi present known as Orbital. The article provides {that a} consultant for Blackman says he “continues to work on new initiatives” with Netflix, and that he had “signed a brand new multi-year deal earlier this 12 months.” Nonetheless, the respondent didn’t point out Horizon. Netflix, apparently, continued to say no to touch upon the story.
There’s some ambiguity as to the place this leaves the HZD TV present. The RS article says the mission is “not shifting ahead” with Blackman, however the writer of the piece, Cheyenne Roundtree, wrote on X (previously Twitter) that the reveals themselves “are not shifting ahead.” We’ve reached out to Roundtree for clarification.
Given there was no info on Horizon’s TV adaptation since 2022, it appears comparatively probably it will nonetheless have been in pre-production, no matter its destiny now. Nonetheless, it will make for probably the most incredible present, so right here’s hoping it may be picked up and run with by somebody worthy of the franchise.
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