Netflix once promised us a live-action Horizon Zero Dawn – but somewhere between corporate drama and killer robot dinosaurs, the series may have vanished into the tall grass.
Once upon a time (okay, in 2022), Netflix announced it was adapting Horizon Zero Dawn. The plan: bring Aloy’s machine-stomping, mystery-unraveling adventures from PlayStation to the streaming throne. But two years later, the big question is, well, is this thing even happening?
Has Netflix Scrapped The Horizon Series?
For a hot minute, the Horizon show seemed like a sure bet. Writers were reportedly at work, and the working title "Horizon 2074" was floating around like a small little hopeful machine-dinosaur. Then came the July 2024 bombshell: Rolling Stone reported that Netflix quietly shelved two projects tied to Umbrella Academy showrunner Steve Blackman – one of them being Horizon.
The timing couldn’t have been worse. Blackman had just landed in controversy over allegations of toxic behavior, and suddenly his future projects weren’t looking so futuristic. Netflix and Sony have stayed silent since, but right now Aloy’s live-action debut is stuck in limbo.
Will We Ever See It?
If the show ever claws its way back from development purgatory, expect it to follow the path The Last of Us laid out: stick to the game’s story because, well, it’s already incredible. The fall of civilization, the rise of killer machines, Aloy’s search for her origins – it’s tailor-made for TV. Sure, you can’t climb cliffs or shoot arrows yourself on Netflix, but if Joel and Ellie proved anything, it’s that a faithful adaptation can still hit hard without a controller in your hands.
Could Sony shop the series around elsewhere? Could Aloy still make her TV debut, just not with Netflix? Possibly. Until then, the only place you can reliably find her is where she started: on your PlayStation.