Horizon Zero Dawn film finishes script, targets 2027 release

Sony’s PlayStation Productions said a live action film adaptation of the Horizon Zero Dawn video game series has a finished script, plans to begin principal photography in 2026 and is targeting a 2027 release, according to court filings in the company’s ongoing lawsuit against Tencent. The studio is actively searching for a director and has not yet announced casting or other creative personnel.

“We are in development for a film based on Horizon in partnership with Columbia Pictures,” PlayStation Productions head Asad Qizilbash said in a declaration filed with the court. “We already have a working script and are actively searching for a director, with the goal of shooting the picture in 2026 and releasing it in 2027.”

Sony first disclosed plans for a Horizon project as a television series in 2022 and later reached an agreement for that series to stream on Netflix. The series was cancelled after allegations of toxic and retaliatory behaviour were made against the showrunner, Steve Blackman, a claim he has denied. Sony announced earlier this year that the project would instead proceed as a feature film with Columbia Pictures.

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