Sony's PS4 horror classic Until Dawn is being turned into a movie directed by Shazam! director David F. Sandberg. The news comes via Hollywood Reporter, and states Blair Butler (The Invitation) has written a script that's currently getting a pass from Gary Dauberman (Annabelle, It, The Nun). No other official details have been shared.
David F. Sandberg is best known for directing Shazam! and its sequel Fury of the Gods, but he held the same role for Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation also. Sandberg has also directed, written, and produced a number of short films and worked on many episodes for a documentary series called Earth Savers in 2011.
Released for PS4 in 2015, Until Dawn has been a horror favourite amongst PlayStation fans for a long time now, with developer Supermassive Games yet to ever really replicate that same success in the time since. It has The Dark Pictures Anthology going, but none of its entries have sized up well to Until Dawn. Will you watch this Until Dawn movie whenever it releases? Let us know in the comments below.
[source hollywoodreporter.com]
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I am very happy to hear everything about this except who the director is. The Shazam movies were terribad.
Besides the crappy Shazam sequel, I'm a fan of Sandberg's work. Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation are two of the better horror movies I've seen in the last ten years. I think he's a good fit for Until Dawn.
I replayed Until Dawn late last year and it's still a very good game. I think it would work well as a movie, so I'm all for seeing it
Solid directing choice but the game is pretty much a playable movie inspired by slasher films so a live action film feels really pointless and won't have the same appeal as the game.
@TheCollector316 Nah the first film is solid and his work outside of DC is pretty good as well.
I've gotta agree with @DennisReynolds, I came to say something similar about how the game is like a movie, so making a movie sort of makes this like some kind of weird coming-full-circle thing.
A movie, based on a game that's based on movies. Only this time it's not interactive so .. it's just a movie.
I wonder if it will take on its own story or be just loosely based on the scenario (winter cabin, stereotypical tropes, a slasher on the loose, people go missing, etc.) of the game?
Hasn’t been a good wendigo monster movie in a while. Really any cave monster (the decent) will do.
What I think people fail to acknowledge with the whole “the game is already like a movie” discourse is WE are gamers and the industry is growing, but there’s a larger audience out there who has absolutely no interest in active media and prefers their stories to be served in the form of passive media.
The same was said about The Last of Us on HBO, but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being able to discuss it with family and coworkers who will never play the games.
@ijulianvel well put take!
Pretty sure there was a rumor last year that a remake/remaster of until dawn was in the works, so if the movie does come out, I expect a PS5/pc version of the game. We know that horizon zero dawn is getting a remaster/remake, so i believe for every PlayStation production release that we will see a game to go along with it.
@ijulianvel I do agree in part with that, but a series produced by HBO, with Pedro Pascal in a unique post apocalyptic setting has a much broader appeal than for what the general public will be just another teenager slasher flick.
Until Dawn was already made to be an 'interactive movie' kind of game so a film adaptation definitely makes a ton of sense (why they decided to do it almost a decade after the original came out I have no idea but eh, you do you Sony), though I'd be lying if I said the notion that the director behind Shazam will be behind it didn't concern me immensely. The reason I love Until Dawn as much as I do was because of how it's wonderfully campy tone slowly morphed into something genuinely unnerving as the game went on and I'm not sure a director like Sandberg can really capture that meticulously designed descent into terror.
then again I'm also the kind of person who enjoyed the FNAF movie so what do I know XD
@ijulianvel I mean at that point just watch a gameplay series on Youtube for Until Dawn and you pretty much get the same experience
@DennisReynolds as long as they don't spend more than 50 million it will probably turn a profit.
Not really necessary, but it's content...
Rami malek would be a huge get now , tho he has aged our of his character
Big shoes to fill for the actress doing the role of Narcissist Nichole. Bitch with a capital B, did you see the way she treat Matthew?!?!? OMG whatever
yay more movies and TV shows & no new games/IP revivals
I'm not normally a fan of unnecessary remakes but I'd love to see them for Until Dawn, The Inpatient and Until Dawn: Rush of Blood for PS5 and PSVR2.
Supermassive could even tie them into The Dark Pictures series.
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