news culture Horizon: a big name from Netflix on the customization of the PlayStation exclusive and the confirmation we’ve all been waiting for!
Last May, Sony made a sensational reveal regarding the customization of some of its flagship universes. Among the licenses that will arrive in the small skylight we find Horizon and Netflix is responsible for the development of this project. Today we finally know who will be pulling the strings of this adaptation: the latter has even taken the time to reveal important information about the show and put an end to certain rumours!
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- Netflix, the Eldorado of video game adaptations!
- Netflix-chosen showrunner puts an end to the rumours
Netflix, the Eldorado of video game adaptations!
A few months ago, Sony chose its champion for the adaptation of Horizon: after the Japanese company organized a duel between Netflix and Amazon, it ended Give the company with the red “N” a thumbs up. However, Amazon does not go away empty-handed, because Jeff Bezos’ company has inherited an equally spectacular project. But let’s return to Horizon instead: Afternoon The Deadline website has made a big reveal about the Guerrilla Games franchise adaptation project, while also revealing who will have the mission to bring this universe to life in a different format.
In June, Journalist Jeff Grubb had made some statements that seemed to seal the fate of the heroine of Horizon: Zero Dawn and Horizon: Forbidden West. According to him, the show should ” Horizon 2074 would feature two parallel timelines, one almost a millennium before the events of the Games and the other at the time of the Games. Then what about Aloy? According to Jeff Grubb, don’t expect her to be the star but the vagueness remained around this question. At least until that famous interview of the day!
Netflix-chosen showrunner puts an end to the rumours
It was therefore during a question-and-answer session with the editors of Deadline that le showrunner them The Umbrella Academythe adaptation of the successful comic, Approvedamong other, his involvement in the realization of the project surrounding the Horizon franchise by Sony. News that couldn’t be more reassuring on paper since the three seasons of The Umbrella Academy are among the biggest successes of the platform. Apart from these confidencies, the future showrunner of the series released another piece of information that contradicted the latest rumors.
After the work done was praisedin two productions, by Guerrilla Gamesespecially in terms of characters and universe, Steve Blackman said to himself ” I am very excited to develop this remarkable IP into a series for all types of viewers ‘ who is accompanied by his writing partner Michelle Lovretta. An adaptation based on new principles ? Well, not quite, because according to her, the character of Aloy is inseparable from saving humanity and the people who survived the Horizon universe. As such he said clearly that Aloy will be a major character in our story ». No more doubt, the emblematic heroine will indeed be there and we can’t wait to know the choice of actress who will lend her features!
