Machine hunters rejoice, a Horizon: Zero Dawn movie is coming
If you've spent hours hunting brutal Ravagers, climbing towering Tallnecks, and figuring out how to bring down a colossal Thunderjaw, you might want to hear this tidbit of news: a Horizon: Zero Dawn movie is coming.
The film adaptation of Guerrilla Games' lauded 2017 open-world adventure game was announced by Asad Qizilbash, head of PlayStation Productions, during Sony's CES 2025 keynote on Monday. Already a cinematic wonder, Horizon: Zero Dawn follows machine-hunting protagonist Aloy (voiced by Ashly Burch) through a wild, beautiful, future America overrun with aggressive mechanical dinosaurs.
"I'm excited to be able to reveal for the first time here today, Columbia Pictures and PlayStation Productions are at the early stages of developing a film adaptation of the award-winning Horizon: Zero Dawn," Qizilbash said. "Just imagine, Aloy's beloved origin story set in a vibrant, far-future world filled with the giant machines, brought to you for the first time on the big screen."
It's really the only information revealed at present, though we're thinking that a) it will be expensive and b) the role of Aloy will be one of the more hotly contested roles Hollywood has on the books — especially as the Horizon: Zero Dawn game has a sequel. Though while seeing a live action takedown of a Sawtooth will inevitably be epic, one thing PlayStation and Columbia will have to keep in mind is the backlash Horizon: Zero Dawn received for Native American cultural appropriation.
The Horizon: Zero Dawn film is one of a number of adaptations announced by Sony at CES, including film productions of Helldivers 2 and Until Dawn, and an anime series based on Ghost of Tsushima — not to mention the release window for The Last of Us Season 2. It isn't surprising that Sony is leaning hard into more video game adaptations, with the likes of Arcane, Fallout, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, and more all hitting out of the park last year.
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