Whereas PlayStation Productions head Asad Qizilbash had beforehand spoken concerning the adaptation of Horizon Zero Daybreak being modified from a film to a TV present, it appears like the corporate has gone again on this choice. As caught by The Sport Put up, Qizilbash talked about the Horizon adaptation as a part of a sworn declaration that was filed as a part of Sony’s lawsuit towards Tencent for Mild of Motiram.
In his assertion, Qizilbash famous {that a} working script has already been ready, and that the manufacturing crew is presently in search of a director to go the undertaking up. Together with this, he additionally confirmed that Sony needs the filming for the undertaking to start in 2026, and is eyeing a 2027 launch.
“We’re in growth for a movie primarily based on Horizon in partnership with Columbia Photos,” stated Qizilbash. “We have already got a working script and are actively looking for a director, with the aim of taking pictures the image in 2026 and releasing it in 2027. The live-action movie follows the latest collaborations between Columbia Photos and PlayStation Productions on the 2022 movie Uncharted and the 2023 movie Gran Turismo.”
Qizilbash’s assertion got here as a part of Sony establishing the significance of the Horizon IP, and particularly its protagonist Aloy, as an necessary a part of the PlayStation model. In his assertion, Qizilbash additionally referred to Aloy as a “key icon within the anticipated movie,” and likewise known as her necessary “to the flywheel of franchise constructing.”
It’s value noting that Qizilbash had stated again in April that the Horizon adaptation was being became a TV present. In an interview, he spoke about wanting to make sure that the variation was accomplished proper, which in flip would herald a higher viewers to the undertaking.
“I feel what individuals have seen in Hollywood is that online game diversifications, if accomplished proper, can truly be very talked-about, and so they scale rather well,” stated Qizilbash. “That’s been an enormous sea change that I’ve seen within the final 5, six years, since we’ve actually began to return and ship some nice content material.” This, he famous, tied into his need to show the undertaking right into a TV present slightly than a film as a result of “it simply wasn’t creatively going how we wished to.”
Sony had first introduced that work on the Horizon adaptation had began again in January throughout CES 2025. On the time, few particulars had been confirmed concerning the undertaking, nonetheless, other than the truth that it could contain a collaboration between PlayStation Productions and Columbia Photos. For context, Columbia Photos had beforehand labored with Sony on the Uncharted film adaptation as properly.
Within the meantime, PlayStation Productions can also be engaged on a reboot of the Resident Evil film franchise alongside rights-owner Constantin Movie. The undertaking is being co-written by Shay Hatten of Military of the Useless and John Wick: Chapter 4 fame, and Zach Cregger of Barbarian fame. Cregger can also be working because the director on the undertaking, with manufacturing duties up for grabs in a bidding struggle between huge firms like Netflix and Warner Bros.
