Highlights

  • Supermassive Games' hit game Until Dawn is getting a movie adaptation, announced 10 years after its release, generating high expectations from fans for a faithful and terrifying adaptation.
  • The original cast of Until Dawn, which included known actors like Hayden Panettiere and Rami Malek, may or may not return for the movie adaptation due to age and conflicting schedules.
  • The success of the Until Dawn movie will rely on casting the right actors and properly translating the game's story to the big screen, as previous video game adaptations have struggled to be well-received.

Supermassive Games' hit game Until Dawn is getting a movie adaptation, which was announced nearly 10 years after its release. The adaptation will be directed by David F. Sandberg, and many fans already have high expectations for it. Until Dawn is a choice-based horror game that features eight characters, and it's the players' job to make sure they all survive the night, while avoiding a serial killer and deadly monsters. It's considered by many as one of the scariest horror games of all time, so it's important for fans to see the details they loved in the movie.

One of the highlights of Until Dawn was that it starred known actors, like Hayden Panettiere, Rami Malek, and Jordan Fisher. Although the cast of the Until Dawn movie adaptation hasn't been confirmed, there's an opportunity for the original cast to reprise their roles. Many fans are already campaigning for the Until Dawn movie to greenlight this, but there could be some hurdles.

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Is It Possible To Get the Original Until Dawn Cast?

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Spoilers ahead for Until Dawn's storyUntil Dawn has a total of eight playable characters: Sam (Hayden Panettiere), Josh (Rami Malek), Emily (Nichole Sakura), Matt (Jordan Fisher), Mike (Brett Dalton), Jessica (Meaghan Martin), Ashley (Galadriel Stineman), and Chris (Noah Fleiss). They're vacationing in a cabin on Blackwood Mountain a year after their friends, twin sisters Hannah and Beth (Ella Lentini), passed away. But their trip goes awry after a masked killer starts terrorizing them, along with terrifying Wendigos stalking the surrounding forest. The goal of Until Dawn is to make the right choices, so all eight characters get out alive. But many people also play to see the different endings and gruesome death scenes by purposely making wrong choices.

The cast comprised of experienced actors, who gave an entertaining and memorable performance in Until Dawn. It would make sense to get all of them back for the movie adaptation because they're already familiar with the roles. Of course, it's possible that the movie might take a slightly different direction from the game, but the original cast will at least still know the nuances of the story.

Until Dawn's Original Cast May Not Come Back

While the prospect of having the original Until Dawn cast return is exciting, there's still a possibility that the movie will tap different actors. Until Dawn's characters are aged 18 to 20 years old, and the actors were around the same age or slightly older when they did the project back in 2015. Nearly a decade later, the actors may be too old to play these characters.

Many Until Dawn fans online suggested workarounds regarding the actors' age, like simply making the characters adults in the movie. This move won't necessarily affect Until Dawn's overall story, and could even add more depth to the characters. However, this could also alienate the young adult demographic that Until Dawn has targeted.

Another concern with the original cast is their schedules. Many of them could have ongoing projects around the time Until Dawn goes into production. For instance, Jordan Fisher has been busy performing in Broadway shows and producing music. Rami Malek, who's starred in many blockbuster films like Oppenheimer and Bohemian Rhapsody, is currently filming his next movie titled The Amateur. There might still be time to gather the original actors since the movie adaptation doesn't have a release date yet, but their conflicting schedules could indeed be a factor.

Regardless if the original cast comes back or not, there's a lot riding on the Until Dawn movie to be great, especially since other video game movie adaptations in the past weren't received well. Casting the right people is definitely just as important as translating Until Dawn's story to the big screen. If some or all of the actors aren't able to reprise their roles, the movie can always cast other talented actors that fit the bill.