For the past few years, Netflix has been betting heavily on the production of movies and series based on video games, and one of the ones that has been in the making for the longest time is the Horizon Zero Dawn series, the franchise from Guerilla Games and PlayStation. However, a new report claims that it could have been cancelled due to problems with its showrunner.
According to Rolling Stonethe project being developed by The Umbrella Academy showrunner Steve Blackman. This report was part of a larger article that accused the showrunner of “toxic, bullying, manipulative, and vindictive behavior.”
In addition to the above, the author of the article, Cheyenne Roundtree, later reported in X that two projects that Blackman had also created at Netflix (Horizon Zero Dawn and the original series Orbital) are no longer moving forward on the platform. Netflix has not officially commented on the matter
As a result, it remains to be determined whether the series will continue with another creative collaborator or be cancelled altogether.
The Horizon series was announced in 2022
“Horizon Zero Dawn is an exceptionally well-crafted game, with wonderful characters not often seen in the gaming world,” Blackman said at the time. from the program announcement.
“Guerrilla Games has created an incredibly lush and vivid world of men and machines who find themselves on a collision course towards oblivion.
“Her salvation comes in the form of a young warrior named Aloy, who has no idea she’s the key to saving the world. Suffice it to say, yes, Aloy will be a main character in our story. My writing partner on this, Michelle Lovretta, and I are thrilled to be able to expand this remarkable intellectual property into a series for all types of viewers.”
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2024-07-05 15:41:14