The video game Until Dawn is getting a live-action movie adaptation. Gaming fans are hyped, horror fans are hyped, basically everyone should be hyped! And we even got a release date! Here is everything we know so far.
In the beginning of 2024 it was revealed that Gary Dauberman and David F. Sandberg take on the challenge of turning Until Dawn into a live-action movie.
This game showed me, that, even though I always thought horror movie protagonists made the most unreasonable decisions possible at every turn and deserve what's coming to them for their stupidity, I would die an unnecessary death, too. I am just as bad as them, and many others were, too. That being said, it will be exciting to make this great story more accessible for other people, who are not gamers.
Until Dawn Movie: Release Date
After the movie adaptation got announced in early 2024, we now know when it will hit the screens. The team finished filming on October 4 and is now planning on releasing the Until Dawn on April 25, 2025. I must say, this progress is going quite fast, considering that they just started filming in August.
The Until Dawn movie is produced by Sony's PlayStation Productions, the same team behind the live-action versions of Uncharted and The Last of Us. PlayStation Productions specializes in adapting video games into films and TV shows, focussing on preserving the essence of the original games while making the franchise accessible to a wider audience.
What Is Until Dawn About?
Until Dawn tells the story of eight teenagers (that look like adults in true movie fashion!) in the aftermath of the tragic deaths of their friends (which was kind of their fault in the first place). A year after the accident, they come back together at the very lodge where it happened – absolutely reasonable. Of course, it's in the middle of nowhere, there's an abandoned sanatorium and a flamethrower-wielding stranger in the woods. And there are supernatural monsters.
The game was basically three horror movies all rolled into one, and now, the playable horror movie gets to be a watchable horror movie! Yes, my head hurts, too.
Until Dawn Movie Production
Gary Dauberman and David F. Sandberg take on the challenge of turning Until Dawn into a live-action movie, and they are a perfect match for this task.
Sandberg knows how to scare audiences – he's proven that much with Lights Out and Annabelle 2. Dauberman has also done a lot of horror with multiple Annabelle movies, It and both Nun movies. That's horror expertise, alright!
Their take on Until Dawn might be a completely new experience for those who have previously played the game. In Until Dawn, players' decisions matter, and you can accidentally (or purposely – talking about you, Emily...) kill nearly every character in the game, and it'll just continue the story.
Game Over may be a thing in other games, but in Until Dawn, you need to live with your stupid decisions – why would you want to check out creepy noises in an abandoned mine all on your own, anyway!?
That means that Sandberg and Dauberman don't have a set story to work with, but a variety of possibilities from the game. Or they could throw it out of the window and do their own thing with it, simply taking the premise and doing their own spin on it – we'll have to wait to find out!
Until Dawn Movie Cast: Will We See Some Familiar Faces?
Unfortunately, most of the OG Until Dawn cast won't be returning for the movie adaptation, except for one!
Dr. Hill will again be played by the one and only Peter Stormare. Other than that, it looks like we got a completely new set of faces to look forward to. Here is the confirmed cast and our prediction of their roles:
Actor/Actress | Role |
Peter Stormare | Dr. Hill |
Maia Mitchell | potentially Ashley Brown |
Ella Rubin | potentially Hannah / Beth |
Belmont Cameli | potentially Joshua Washington |
Odessa A'zion | potentially Jessica Riley |
Michael Cimino | potentially Matthew Taylor |
Ji-young Yoo | potentially Emily |
Willem van der Vegt | potentially Christopher Hartley |
Of course, these are just our guesses at this point – we also are missing two more protagonists people are probably most excited about. We're still waiting for Sam and Mike. Or do we...?
As the project is currently still in the works, it will probably take some time until we see the direction Until Dawn is heading in. We'll keep you updated, though!