Sony films "Horizon" and "Helldivers"
Sony wants to bring new game brands to the big screen: The surprise success "Helldivers 2" and "Horizon Zero Dawn" will be made into films.
Screenshot from “Horizon Forbidden West”
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Sony wants to make more video game brands into films. At its CES keynote on Tuesday night, the Japanese company announced film adaptations of “Helldivers” and “Horizon Zero Dawn”. In addition, the samurai action game 'Ghost of Tsushima' is to be turned into an anime series.
Sony has already had positive experiences with film adaptations of its major game brands — for example, with the film “Uncharted” and the HBO series “The Last of Us”. Films and series can not only be successful in their own right, but also repeatedly boost sales of the corresponding video games. This also allows Sony to promote its game brands to its typical gaming target groups.
Sony has the advantage over other game studios of having the film producers in-house: “Helldivers” is being produced by Sony Pictures, while “Horizon” is being developed by Columbia Pictures in collaboration with PlayStation Productions. It is not yet known when the films will be released in cinemas.
Robo-dinos and sci-fi militarism
The “Horizon” games are about a post-apocalyptic game world in which humans organized into tribes have to deal with robotic machines that are responsible for the apocalypse. Like the games, the movie will also tell the story of the character Aloy. A series adaptation of 'Horizon', which was planned for Netflix, has since been scrapped, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
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“Helldivers” was a rather unknown brand for a long time until the online shooter “Helldivers 2” was a surprise success last year. “Helldivers” is a humorous parody of militarism, in which soldiers willingly risk their lives in dangerous missions for the “Federation of Super Earth”.
One of Sony's most successful series projects is “The Last of Us”, the first season of which aired on HBO and was well received by fans and critics alike. The second season will start in April, Sony revealed at its CES conference. The second season begins by telling the story of the controversial second part, “The Last of Us Part 2”.
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