Netflix’s nascent plans to supply a Horizon Zero Daybreak sequence are “now not shifting ahead”, it is claimed, following the publication of a Rolling Stone report this week that detailed accusations of “bulling, manipulative and retaliatory behaviour” by its deliberate showrunner Steve Blackman.
The report’s allegations relate to Blackman’s earlier work for Netflix as showrunner on hit sequence The Umbrella Academy. Blackman has responded to the claims from 12 former colleagues and described them as “solely unfaithful”.
Eurogamer contacted Netflix and PlayStation earlier this week following the report’s publication however didn’t obtain a response.
Now, an replace by Rolling Stone senior reporter Cheyenne Roundtree, who penned the unique scoop, has additional claimed that Netflix is now not working with Blackman on his two sequence in improvement – Horizon, and an unique challenge named Orbital.
Blackman’s earlier work contains screenwriting for TV sequence resembling Bones, Altered Carbon and Fargo.
Sony first introduced plans for a Horizon Zero Daybreak TV sequence in 2022, as a part of a giant push for almost all of its largest PlayStation franchises to get diversifications.
Alongside HBO’s hit The Final of Us sequence, at the moment capturing its second season, Sony has a Ghost of Tsushima film and God of Struggle Amazon Prime sequence in improvement, in addition to its Twisted Metallic TV present and Gran Turismo film.
Eurogamer has once more contacted Netflix and PlayStation at the moment for readability on whether or not the deliberate Horizon TV sequence has been ditched for good, or whether or not it should proceed with out Blackman’s involvement.
