{"id":29533,"date":"2025-04-23T01:05:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T05:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29533"},"modified":"2025-04-24T01:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:08:25","slug":"until-dawn-david-f-sandberg-gary-dauberman-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29533","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Until Dawn\u2019 Filmmakers David F. Sandberg and Gary Dauberman on Adapting the Horror Video Game (Video Interview)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director David F. Sandberg and Gary Dauberman first worked together on the 2017 horror prequel, <\/span><b><i>Annabelle: Creation<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, before Dauberman went off to direct its sequel, <\/span><b><i>Annabelle Comes Home<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while Sandberg directed <\/span><b><i>Shazam!<\/i><\/b> a<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd its sequel. Now, they\u2019ve reunited for <\/span><b><i>Until Dawn<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a horror movie based on the Sony Playstation game of the same name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film stars Ella Rubin as Clover, whose sister Mel (Maia Mitchell) vanished without a trace, so she goes looking for her with her friends (Odessa A&#8217;zionxn<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Michael Cimino, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli) only for them to get caught in an endless loop of horror and death where they\u2019re repeatedly attacked and killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Daily US<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had a chance to speak with Sandberg and Dauberman about their latest collaboration, how it came together, casting the kids as well as bringing on Peter Stormare to reprise his character of Dr. Hill from the game. Dauberman also gave us an update on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last Train to New York<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Train to Busan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> remake that he had written and was producing for Timo Tjahjanto (<\/span><b><i>Headshot<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) to direct.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Check out more of CinemaDaily US\u2019 video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UntilDawnPoster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29535\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UntilDawnPoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UntilDawnPoster.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UntilDawnPoster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UntilDawnPoster-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UntilDawnPoster-768x1139.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/UntilDawnPoster-696x1032.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Director: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David F. Sandberg<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Screenwriter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gary Dauberman\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ella Rubin, Odessa A&#8217;zion, Michael Cimino, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli, Maia Mitchell, Peter Stormare<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Roy Lee, Gary Dauberman, David F. Sandberg, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, Lotta Losten, Mia Maniscalco<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PlayStation Productions, Vertigo Entertainment, Coin Operated, M\u00e5ngata Production<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sony\/Screen Gems<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> R (Strong Bloody Horror Violence|Gore|Language Throughout)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Genre:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Horror, Action<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> English<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Theaters):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> April 25, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1 hour, 43 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this video interview, please share your comments below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-douglasgmail-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out more of Edward Douglas\u2019 articles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the trailer below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"rZfwvLe961k\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UNTIL DAWN \u2013 New Movie Trailer (HD)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rZfwvLe961k?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director David F. Sandberg and Gary Dauberman first worked together on the 2017 horror prequel, Annabelle: Creation, before Dauberman went off to direct its sequel, Annabelle Comes Home, while Sandberg directed Shazam! and its sequel. Now, they\u2019ve reunited for Until Dawn, a horror movie based on the Sony Playstation game of the same name. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":29534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[26785,21916,26786,17874,10057,12095,26788,26787,26784],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Until Dawn Filmmakers David F. Sandberg and Gary Dauberman<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Until Dawn filmmakers David F. 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