Horizon Zero Dawn Series Being Developed By Umbrella Academy Showrunner
It appears that a Horizon Zero Dawn television series adaptation has been in the works for some time now, but it looks like the production of the show has taken the next step. The Horizon Zero Dawn adaptation talk first surfaced this spring, but now the show officially has a showrunner as well as the platform where it will air.
As Netflix's Umbrella Academy heads toward its fourth and final season, the series showrunner Steve Blackman has been looking for a new project. Now, he has been found as the man who will helm the new Horizon Zero Dawn adaptation that has been officially greenlit at Netflix, though that's not the only project that he'll be leading for the streaming service, according to Tudum.
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Blackman sat down with Tudum to talk about his plans for the fourth season of Umbrella Academy and to recap the third season that just aired earlier this summer. However, the conversation eventually turned to what he was planning and what he thinks about the Horizon Zero Dawn adaptation and his other project, Orbital. In particular, Blackman talked about how the two new projects are quite different, but there is a «clear throughline» when it comes to the heroes of Orbital and the main character of Horizon Zero Dawn. He then explained that he likes characters who are kind of «outliers» but grounded and relatable. These outliers are people who are struggling to find their place in the world. They tend to be people who are going to be going against the grain when it comes to the rules and norms of the world they exist in.
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