With only a few months before its release, the Until Dawn movie has revealed it’s got a surprisingly intriguing premise, that may actually justify its existence. With the movie adaptation of Until Dawn scheduled to arrive in cinemas on April 25, Sony has finally begun to market it, after months of silence.
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Only last week did they make it apparent that the movie wouldn’t be a direct adaptation of the game and will instead feature a new cast of characters in an original story. A detail that got overshadowed by the announcements of movies for Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2.
Regardless, the first (sort of) trailer for the Until Dawn movie has dropped and, to our surprise, it sounds like it could end up more interesting than the original game, due to how it’s adapting certain story and gameplay elements. The trailer is very short, at just over a minute long, and mostly consists of writer/producer Gary Dauberman (who also wrote the two It movies) and director David F. Sandberg talking over footage from the film.
However, they do provide some insight into the movie’s plot, which sees new protagonist Clover and her friends investigating a mysterious valley in search of her missing sister. Since the game has a branching narrative, where player choices determine who lives and who dies, Dauberman and Sandberg decided to translate that into the movie as a time loop. So, as the characters die, the loop resets and they’re brought back to life.
What intrigues us the most is the promise that every loop sees the cast trapped in a different horror genre. There’s not enough in the trailer to tell how many genres will be represented, but it’s left us hoping the movie will live up to the premise.
