{"id":686022,"date":"2025-08-25T14:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T14:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/umbrella-academy-executive-producer-developing-netflixs-horizon-zero-dawn-show"},"modified":"2025-08-25T14:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T14:30:20","slug":"umbrella-academy-executive-producer-developing-netflixs-horizon-zero-dawn-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/umbrella-academy-executive-producer-developing-netflixs-horizon-zero-dawn-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Umbrella Academy executive producer developing Netflix&#8217;s Horizon Zero Dawn show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/umbrella-academy-executive-producer-developing-netflixs-horizon-zero-dawn-show.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nSony revealed its plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/horizon-zero-dawn-netflix-project-in-development\">adapt Horizon Zero Dawn for TV<\/a> back in May. <\/p>\n<p>\nNow, it has been announced that Steve Blackman, who is the showrunner for The Umbrella Academy (as well as working on the currently in development ISS drama Orbital) will be responsible for this upcoming adaptation (via <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/08\/steve-blackman-horizon-zero-dawn-orbital-umbrella-academy-showrunner-netflix-deal-1235099888\/\">Deadline<\/a>).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/umbrella-academy-season-4-renewed-steve-blackman\">Blackman<\/a> spoke of his enthusiasm for the Netflix project, calling Guerrilla&#8217;s Horizon Zero Dawn an &#8220;exceptionally well-crafted game with wonderful characters not often seen in the rank-and-file of the gaming world.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/umbrella-academy-executive-producer-developing-netflixs-horizon-zero-dawn-show\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/umbrella-academy-executive-producer-developing-netflixs-horizon-zero-dawn-show\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony revealed its plans to adapt Horizon Zero Dawn for TV back in May. Now, it has been announced that Steve Blackman, who is the showrunner for The Umbrella Academy (as well as working on the currently in development ISS drama Orbital) will be responsible for this upcoming adaptation (via Deadline). Blackman spoke of his enthusiasm for the Netflix project, calling Guerrilla&#8217;s Horizon Zero Dawn an &#8220;exceptionally well-crafted game with wonderful characters not often seen in the rank-and-file of the gaming world.&#8221; Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":686023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[259,5529,6500,7170,67,974,59,44,45,46],"class_list":["post-686022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-action-adventure","tag-guerilla-games","tag-horizon-call-of-the-mountain","tag-horizon-forbbiden-west","tag-horizon-zero-dawn","tag-netflix","tag-pc","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-sony"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Umbrella Academy executive producer developing Netflix&#039;s Horizon Zero Dawn show | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sony revealed its plans to adapt Horizon Zero Dawn for TV back in May. 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