Until Dawn's Movie Lives to See Another Day on 25th April

That ain't far away

by Sammy Barker Yesterday, 10:30pm

Until Dawn's Movie Lives to See Another Day on 25th April 1 — *Image: Push Square*

Sony has tagged its upcoming Until Dawn movie with a 25th April, 2025 release date, after filming concluded earlier this month. The film, directed by Lights Out’s David F. Sandberg, features a script penned by Annabelle’s Gary Dauberman.

The movie will mostly host an all-new cast of rising stars, but Swedish star Peter Stormare will reprise his role as the unnerving Dr Hill from the game.

Not a lot is known about the storyline, but given the subject material, you can probably expect a typical teen slasher in which a group of frisky adolescents make a series of increasingly unwise decisions in the face of certain death.

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With the release date less than six months away, we suspect we’ll see a teaser trailer relatively soon – potentially around Halloween. Are you looking forward to this flick? Survive until the sunrise in the comments section below.

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As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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twitchtvpat
Yesterday, 10:43pm

they should just announce the sequel soon

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get2sammyb
Yesterday, 10:45pm

@twitchtvpat Seems likely doesn't it? Maybe a trailer for the movie at The Game Awards and then an announcement of the sequel?

On the subject of the actual movie, I think this is probably the easiest adaptation they're going to do. All it needs to be is your average teen slasher and it works fine as an Until Dawn film.

Reviews will almost certainly be bad but budget will probably be low and will likely make a nice profit if it's competent and well marketed.

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zhoont
Yesterday, 10:56pm

Peter Stornmare again is fire. I will definitely be seeing this movie, Until Dawn is really good and I think it's possible to have a great film out of it

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roe
Yesterday, 11:13pm

I've heard that the movie only runs at 24 fps so I'll probably wait for the remaster of this a few years down the line

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PaperAlien
Yesterday, 11:26pm

Ohhh nice, a birthday treat / nightmare for me!

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Tecinthebrain
Yesterday, 11:27pm

@twitchtvpat Who's making it though? If is the hacks that made the horrible Until Dawn remaster then no thanks, that's like getting the guys that did the GTA trilogy (Grove Street Games) to do GTA 6.

If Sony got a contact done with Supermassive Games to do the sequel then yeah bring it! Also I don't see why for the movie they couldn't get the original voice actors as most of them are talented actors/actresses.

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smallbrownbike
Yesterday, 11:30pm

@Tecinthebrain Freddy mercury is gonna want more money than when he did it the first time! Not sure what the rest of the actors are doing

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twitchtvpat
Yesterday, 11:38pm

@Tecinthebrain if the rumor is right , then it is firespirte making it , ballsticmoon made the remake btw, and ballsticmoon is made up of former supermassive devs.

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twitchtvpat
Yesterday, 11:44pm

@get2sammyb i think the movie should be okay , it just needs to be a basic horror / slasher movie. game award announcement would make sense though.

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nessisonett
Yesterday, 11:52pm

Absolutely pointless. The game’s already cinematic, what does this add other than the feeling that games aren’t ’real’ media? They’ll have to pick a canon ending too.

@Tecinthebrain "Also I don't see why for the movie they couldn't get the original voice actors"

Hiring Rami Malek alone will cost a lot of money. But i'm not sure if the actor wants to act in a slasher / horror movie after he won Academy Award.

The whole point of the game is its paying homage to 80's slasher "Cabin in the Woods" type films and does it with a very self aware feel. A film version of the story though is just going to be another generic slasher film devoid of the very thing that made the game stand out and have fun with the idea.

@PuppetMaster Also the actors are all late 30's/early 40's now. Obviously these films always cast older actors as teens but they tend to draw the line at casting a 40 something as an 18 year old.