Maia Mitchell, Belmont Cameli and Peter Stormare join the cast until dawnSony’s Screen Gems and PlayStation Productions’ adaptation of the popular horror video game.
Mitchell, Camelli and Stormare join Ella Rubin, Michael Cimino, Jiyoung Yoo and Odessa Azien on the film, which will be released in mid-August Start shooting.
David F. Sandberg, the last director Shazam! wrath of the godsis returning to the horror genre with this project and reuniting with his Annabelle: Creation Writer and producer Gary Dauberman is on board.
Dauberman, who has a first-look deal with the studio, wrote the latest draft of the script and co-stars Mia Maniscalco, Sandberg and his Mångata costar Lotta at Coin Operated. Produced with Lotta Losten. Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee and PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan are also producing.
First released in 2015, until dawn is an interactive horror video game that tells the story of eight friends and frenemies who gather at a remote mountain resort. Life-or-death scenarios include mysterious killers, cannibal wendigos, cable cars and long-ago mining cave-ins that continue to affect the organization to this day, forcing the members of the group to overcome their fears if they all hope to succeed. .
It’s unclear how the screen version will tackle the task of translating the many paths and scenes, but the adaptation has been described as an R-rated horror love letter to the horror genre with the cast at the center. Blair Butler wrote the original script.
It’s unclear who will play Mitchell and Camelli. However, insiders say Stormrage will reprise his role as therapist Dr. Hill in the game’s callback.
“After that, I always wanted to make another horror film. lights out and Annabelle: Creationa film that explores the many great sub-genres of horror to create the scariest experience possible,” Sandberg said in a statement hollywood reporter. “It captures the essence of the game but adds new characters, provides newcomers with a great introduction to the independent world, and offers something new that fans of the game will love.”
Michael Bitar is overseeing the Screen Gems project. Charles Miller serves as executive producer.
Mitchell is best known for his long-running Free Theater series fosters and its derivatives So complicated, She also executive produced the latter. The singer and actor had her breakthrough with the Disney Channel show teen beach Film and recently completed thriller production family secret With Eric Dean and Tyrik Withers.
Cameli is one of the stars of Peacock saved by bell Reboot and Star in Netflix’s Teen Drama ride togetherfrom to all the boys i’ve ever loved Written by Sofia Alvarez. He will next be seen in Barry Levinson’s gangster film Knights of Altostarring Robert De Niro, will be released by Warner Bros. later this year.
Stroman is a veteran actor with hundreds of credits under his belt, although he’s probably best known for his chipper roles in the Coen brothers’ classics Fa Ge. Highlights also include end of the world, The Big Lebowski, Constantineand within a period of time prison Break.
Mitchell is repped by WME, Anonymous Content, Myman Greenspan. Camelli is repped by Stewart Talent, Industry Entertainment and Hansen Jacobson.
