The ‘Annabelle: Creation’ and ‘Shazam!’ director has boarded the film based on the PlayStation horror game ‘Until Dawn,’ being produced by Screen Gems and PlayStation Productions.
David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation, Shazam!) is set to helm the upcoming feature adaptation of the 2015 PlayStation horror game Until Dawn by Screen Gems and PlayStation Productions, according to Variety. Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home, It) is credited as the most recent writer on the script, which was originally penned by Blair Butler (The Invitation).
“As our partnership with Sony Pictures continues to grow, we’re thrilled to be working on our first movie with Screen Gems,” Asad Qizilbash, head of PlayStation Productions and head of product for PlayStation Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment, said in a statement. “Until Dawn is a fan-favorite PlayStation game that we can’t wait to bring to the big screen.”
The game follows a group of eight distant friends who reunite for a vacation in a mountain ski lodge, where a past tragedy threatens to massacre them all. While the plot of the film has not been revealed, it is said to be an “R-rated and terrifying love letter to the horror genre.” There is also no word on a potential cast but crossing fingers stars Rami Malek and Hayden Panettiere make a return to the franchise.
Dauberman produces through Coin Operated with Sandberg and Lotta Losten via Mångata, Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee and Qizilbash and Carter Swan of PlayStation Productions.
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