In more frivolous news, I just saw the trailer for the Until Dawn movie and why.
Why did you even bother.
It's not an adaptation of the game. It's someone's original horror film with "Until Dawn" slapped on it.
So anyone who's actually a fan of Until Dawn is going to hate this.
Why. You idiots.
Why did you even bother.
It's not an adaptation of the game. It's someone's original horror film with "Until Dawn" slapped on it.
So anyone who's actually a fan of Until Dawn is going to hate this.
Why. You idiots.
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Long answer: moneeeeeeeeey.
Not even a little bit.
In just changing everything about the story with just using the title to get the audience and popularity.
Original ideas are more risky
At least this way a film that looks kinda fun got funding that it might not otherwise have got?
Time loops. In a supposed adaptation of this game where a big selling point is that characters can permanently die based on choices.
So not just in name only, it's going AGAINST the game.
The plot was that of a good slasher, but specifics weren’t what made it
The people behind the Until Dawn movie just saw this as the only way it would make even a little bit of money. It's probably terrible regardless.
Not "We'll give Stormare a little role and then file the serial number off this shitty script and call it a day."
A new idea just using the name is a best-case scenario, in my view.
If using a preexisting name gets studios to fund a more interesting idea that's entirely fine by me.
Which might not have been the best result, but just using the brand and nothing else already turns people who know about the game against the film.
Big "if", but that's where the filmmaking comes in.
Is Hollywood that completely fucked right now?
Damn we just had a golden age and didn't even know it.
(Everyone else missed it, too.)
Check profiles. Go and look at their list of replies.
Hell, if a username is just random numbers and letters, it's not actually a person. Stop fighting with it.
It'd be precious if it wasn't so depressing and the planet wasn't literally on fire.
You get the rights to an IP because its popular and has an audience. And then you don't adapt it. You dust off ons of the scripts you have and find-and-replace names and locations.
wouldnt be surprised if Dead by Day is in there somewhere too because they also made "casting of frank stone'
"Well, we have the film rights to Until Dawn..."