The first look at Sony's upcoming Until Dawn movie adaptation has been revealed, sharing and backing up how the flick isn't a direct translation of the PS5, PS4 game. A full trailer is coming soon, but for now, we have the above to watch.
What's most notable about the first look video is confirmation of how the film will handle the game's choice-based gameplay in a movie setting. According to director David Sandberg, the characters in the film are stuck in a sort of time loop where their actions are reset when they die. "Every time they come back to life, it's like they're in a new horror genre. To survive, they have to make it until dawn." This separates the Until Dawn film as very much its own thing, but appears to smartly emulate the mechanics of the game to create something fans will still enjoy.
Until Dawn will be available to watch in theatres from 25th April 2025. Do you like the direction the movie adaptation is going on? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Interesting twist. I'll give it a look.
Could this break the curse of poor adapations of video games to movies? (I know some have already)
I'll give them credit, the easiest thing would have been to not do anything with the game's butterfly effect system.
@AdamNovice Thinking about it, they could of gone with the Black Mirror: Bandersnatch approach, but if not done well it would be a train wreck.
I like this twist because it adds a game-like element to the story. Without the player making choices, Until Dawn is just another generic horror story. However, I appreciate that they're making what the movie characters will go through feel more like a game by adding a time loop element and setting limits and rules.
Pretty clever premise, curious is the sequel to the game will also do something like this.
@Oram77 PlayStation production has really been knock their adaptions out of the park for the most part, so I think this will be a fun horror movie.has the potential to be to be their most profitable as well, horror movies are cheap to make and highly profitable.
Novel concept aside, there are just too many elements that are going against this: Gary Dauberman, a terrible screenwriter with a CV full of dreck; and Screen Gems, who only really put out trash for the most part.
Still, Lights Out and Annabel Creation weren't terrible titles from Sandberg. So we'll see. Better be rated R.
I kinda wish they'd kept the reset thing a secret because that would've been a cool 'ah ha' moment in the film.
@Americansamurai1 I only said that because I'm still trying to get over how bad EVERY live action adapation of Resident evil there's been...
@Oram77 yeah true lol, I did enjoy welcome to raccoon city for all its flaws, but man they treat Leon so bad lol.
This is actually a really interesting idea. I wasn’t expecting much from this, and I’m still not to be honest, but anticipation has jumped a little now.
Looks like an interesting twist, but Sony Pictures has been totally unreliable with the quality of their films the last couple years. Hopefully this is on the better end of the spectrum.
Little confused why, at any point, Sony thought Until Dawn was a notable, mass media IP.
But this is the same production company that's been fumbling around with Spiderman's villains for 10 years, so a lack of sense isn't surprising.
@Oram77 I think we're out of the woods with bad movie adaptations being the rule, rather than the exception. I think this is largely due to the fact that the people making the movies are actually from generations where gaming was a big part of their life already, rather than just trying to capitalize on the zeitgeist. The Resident Evil series, to me, was still part of that old era.
We now have Uncharted, the Sonic movies, Gran Turismo, Borderlands (just kidding), Detective Pikachu, etc. While many aren't great, I think they get the tone better than they used to.
ll give it to them, that's a pretty cool twist on an adaptation, I'm interested.
They should’ve just released it on Netflix and made it a choose your own adventure, like they did with that black mirror standalone!
@wildcat_kickz "While many aren't great" most are still *****. Uncharted is not great. Monster hunter adaptation is *****, borderlands adaptation is *****, Five Nights at Freddy's is ***** (i mean the bar was low), mortal kombat is *****, assassin's creed is *****, warcraft, hitman, need for speed. They are all *****. and it's just the last 10 years. Even the latest yakuza show is horrible
The only good non animated stuff that I can remember is Sonic trilogy, Fallout tv show and huge maybe TloU. So you can count good stuff with 1 hand
@saffeqwe Damn dude, you seem super angry. I'm not saying that these are examples of highbrow entertainment. I thought Uncharted was fun. Mortal Kombat was entertaining. I haven't seen Mario, but it was super well received. Fallout was great. TLoU was great. Castlevania was great. Edgerunners was great. The Sonic movies are fun. Gran Turismo was fun.
That's two hands right there.
@Oram77 I had high hopes for welcome to raccoon city but it was good awful in the end. Trying to meld RE 1 and 2 into one short film was a bad idea and no-one was cast or written well especially Leon S Kennedy.
It was still better than Paul WS Anderson ones though
Looks interesting. This is what i mean, last few until dawn articles some people were hating on it before even having seen anything. If people would just wait and see something before they judge, it might even be good. Same goes for all the people hating already on unnanounced games without any footage.
Who doesn't love a good time-loop movie... Suddenly far more interested in this. Not go-to-the-movies-to-see-it interested, but certainly watch-as-soon-as-it-drops-on-streaming interested.
Sounds idiotic. Only reason this is called UD is for name recognition, and it’s not like all the people who played the game will go see it. I’m sure going to skip it, and I love the game
i'll check it out , but hopefully this means that the sequel will be announced soon
Really interesting twist and it makes the movie fresh for fans who already finished the game.
@twitchtvpat That's low key what I'm hoping for too, espically after the new ending for the remake.
@wildcat_kickz i'm not angry, just calling things as I see them.
" I haven't seen Mario, but it was super well received" it was but it's an animated stuff, I don't count it. Animation was always better than live action movies. Same with castlevania and cyberpunk.
Although castlevania got worse at the end
Sounds like Groundhog Day but the horror version instead 👀
The director was wrong. When someone dies you don't try again you continue with the consequences to the end.
@wildcat_kickz I couldn't finish Mario movie. They turned Peach into the ultimate girlboss rendering Mario redundant in his own movie. They also tried too hard with the pixar humour which is as old as dead grass at this point.
This gimmick for the movie sounds like a better version of the game. Really adds that unlimited continues gamey feel.
@Mintie You're so right! A main reason I don't watch trailers to anything I'm interested in is because they often give away too much while trying to drum up interest.
@JohntheRaptor Sonic movie(s) >>> Mario movie
@StrickenBiged If you've not seen Triangle, please do! It's one of my favorite films!
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=Triangle+(2009)&mid=ACCB4AE8F689BE2E8A22ACCB4AE8F689BE2E8A22&FORM=VIRE
@Oram77 I liked the first one a lot and the second one was fun enough. The rest i could watch with my dad having a laugh so that is great aswell.
@Flaming_Kaiser I will admit I did like the first one, but whole Alice plot line (dumb super powers) just irritates too much, also how they treated the legacy characters is shameful.
This could be good! Though it could also not be good.
I am also good at stating the obvious 😄
Sounds like Happy Death Day, which I expect to be better than this.
I... kinda like this, actually. I haven't played the game.
An interesting approach which retains it's game like nature by using an interesting gimmick. Execution and length will matter though. under 2 hours would be ideal to not wear it out.
Budget should hopefully with marketing be under 40-50 mil. Horror works well under a certain budget.
it's an interesting premise. I'll admit I'm a lot more curious than I was when they first announced it wouldn't be a direct adaptation.
@AhmadSumadi I'd never heard of that, it looks fun, thanks!
@Oram77 I think that is why my dad had fun its just dumb fun for someone who does not know anything about RE i guess. My brother was mad that he time of his life he could never get back. 😆
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