Following the success of latest online game diversifications like A Minecraft Film and The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film, Sony/Columbia Footage is prepping the favored PlayStation sport Horizon Zero Daybreak to be one other potential field workplace hit. Issues are progressing on that entrance, as a handful of key updates concerning the film’s improvement have been shared.
Sony has confirmed that the Horizon Zero Daybreak script is completed and that they’re planning to start manufacturing on the movie in 2026, with a watch towards releasing the film in 2027. The information got here from a courtroom submitting in a lawsuit that Sony has towards Tencent Video games over their online game Gentle of Motiram, wherein Sony claims Gentle of Motiram is a “slavish clone” to Horizon.
Within the submitting, which was formally made on October 16, head of PlayStation Productions Asad Qizibash stated concerning the Horizon Zero Daybreak film, “We have already got a working script and are actively looking for a director, with the objective of taking pictures the image in 2026 and releasing it in 2027.”
A TV adaptation of Horizon Zero Daybreak was introduced in 2022. Nonetheless, at Sony’s CES 2025 convention in January, it was introduced {that a} movie adaptation was now the plan, with Columbia Footage backing the challenge. Columbia beforehand tailored PlayStation’s Uncharted and Gran Turismo into function movies.
Initially launched in 2017, Horizon Zero Daybreak is ready in a future the place large machines roam and rule the Earth, whereas small pockets of humanity survive among the many ruins of their misplaced civilization. The primary character is Aloy, a younger machine hunter who goes on a journey to find her origins, the reality of the mysterious world, and her personal future. A remastered model of Horizon Zero Daybreak was launched in 2024.
Whereas a seek for a director is on, no candidates have been introduced. Neither is there any casting information on who might play Aloy or every other character within the movie.
For years video video games being tailored into films typically failed in Hollywood. Extra lately, they’ve confirmed to be a boon. A Minecraft Film is among the highest grossing films of 2025. In 2023, The Tremendous Mario Bros. Film made $1.3 billion worldwide. Without having the identical degree of success, Uncharted starring Tom Holland made $407 million on the worldwide field workplace.
Horizon Zero Daybreak joins a lot of introduced online game diversifications, which incorporates A Minecraft Film 2, The Tremendous Mario Galaxy Film, and Mortal Kombat II. Ought to it hit its 2027 launch goal, it is going to additionally be part of a slate of 15 blockbusters that look to make 2027 one of many largest years ever at cinemas.
- Launched
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February 28, 2017
- ESRB
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T for Teen – Blood, Drug Reference, Language, Gentle Sexual Themes, Violence
- Developer(s)
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Guerrilla Video games
- Writer(s)
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Sony
- Engine
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Decima
- Franchise
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Horizon Zero Daybreak
- Steam Deck Compatibility
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Verified
- PC Launch Date
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August 7, 2020