A few years ago, we learned that Dead by Daylight would be yet another video game franchise to get a live-action adaptation. And, with the news that Blumhouse-Atomic Monster would be the force behind it, we surely thought things would move fast. Well, that wasn’t the case until now. It seems the lights are back on for the Dead by Daylight film adaptation, as the production company has found writers for it and a director.
David Leslie Johnston-McGoldrick and Alexandre Aja will pen the script for Dead by Daylight’s upcoming movie. The former has worked with James Wan and helped to craft a few of The Conjuring films. Aja is a director who is known for his work on the Wes Craven remake The Hills Have Eyes, among other ventures.
Meanwhile, Thordur Palsson, who directed Iceland’s first-ever Netflix original series, The Valhalla Murders. Jason Blum, founder and CEO of Blumhouse Atomic Monster, shared of the Dead by Daylight director decision, “There is no better moment than the tenth anniversary to share this news. Thordur is the filmmaker we trust to carry ‘Dead by Daylight’ from the screen you play on to the big screen you watch in theaters.”
Additionally, Blum noted of the film’s writers, “What David and Alexandre bring to Dead by Daylight is a rare balance of character-driven storytelling and relentless genre intensity,” said Jason Blum, Blumhouse’s founder and CEO, in a statement. “Drawing from survival horror and psychological terror, their work establishes a world where fear is not just experienced, but earned. It is a cinematic blueprint designed to attract a director who can elevate that vision through performance and scale.”
Of course, it will still be a while before the film moves forward with casting, trailers, and all the things we love to see. But at least this Dead by Daylight project by Blumhouse is still in the works.
Originally published in March 2023.