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Blumhouse and Atomic Monster Tap Alexandre Aja and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick to Write Dead by Daylight Film

The project advances into active development, prompting a director search.

Overview

  • Alexandre Aja will co-write but not direct due to his commitment to Under Paris 2 for Netflix, and a formal search for a director has begun.
  • James Wan, Jason Blum and Behaviour Interactive’s Stephen Mulrooney are producing, with executives from Behaviour, Atomic Monster, Blumhouse and Striker Entertainment aboard.
  • The feature adapts Behaviour Interactive’s 1-vs-4 survival-horror game, which launched in 2016 and has surpassed 60 million players worldwide.
  • BlumhouseAtomic Monster secured the screen rights in 2023, and hiring the writers marks a concrete step from rights acquisition to creative development.
  • Reporting notes that the game’s many licensed crossover characters may require separate clearances, which could limit which familiar figures appear in the film.