Film adaptation of Until Dawn video game in the works, David F Sandberg to direct

Another well-known horror game is getting the big screen treatment. This time, it's Supermassive Games' 2015 release Until Dawn.

David F Sandberg is known for directing films like Annabelle: Creation, Shazam! and Shazam! Fury of the Gods. According to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, Sandberg will direct the feature version of Until Dawn from a script by writer Blair Butler.

Gary Dauberman, the screenwriter behind hit horror franchises It, Annabelle and The Nun, is doing a pass on the script originally written by Blair Butler, who previously wrote Sony’s vampire thriller, The Invitation.

The PlayStation 4 horror game video game centres on eight friends trapped together on a remote mountain retreat — only to discover they are not alone. They must navigate dread and fear to make it through the night in one piece. The video game, which starred Rami Malek and Hayden Panettiere in motion-capture versions, was released in 2015.

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.

Until Dawn is the latest IP from PlayStation's catalogue to get adapted for film or TV. Other PlayStation adaptations include The Last of Us, Twisted Metal, Gran Turismo, and Uncharted.