"Until Dawn" Film Adaptation in Works

David F. Sandberg, known for “Annabelle: Creation,” “Shazam!” and “Lights Out”, is set to direct the film adaptation of the PlayStation horror video game “Until Dawn” by Screen Gems and PlayStation Productions.

“It: Chapter Two” and “The Nun” screenwriter Gary Dauberman is doing the most recent pass on a script from “The Invitation” writer Blair Butler. 

The plot for the pic is under wraps but it is said to be an “R-rated and terrifying love letter to the horror genre.”

The PlayStation video game starred Rami Malek and Hayden Panettiere in motion-capture versions and centered on eight friends trapped together on a remote mountain retreat — only to discover they are not alone. They navigate dread and fear to make it through the night in one piece. 

Under his first look deal with Screen Gems and Sony, Dauberman is producing through his Coin Operated banner with Sandberg and Lotta Losten via Mångata, Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee and Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan of PlayStation Productions.

“As our partnership with Sony Pictures continues to grow, we’re thrilled to be working on our first movie with Screen Gems. Until Dawn is a fan favorite PlayStation game that we can’t wait to bring to the big screen,” Qizilbash, head of PlayStation Productions and head of product for PlayStation Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment, said in a statement.

Ashley Brucks and Michael Bitar oversee for the studio. Dan Primozic of Screen Gems closed the rights and helmed the deal for this package.