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Michael Matthews to Direct Film Adaptation of Cult Game 'Home Safety Hotline'

The project enters development with a Nick Tassoni script to preserve the game's analogue-horror style.

Overview

  • Spooky Pictures, Image Nation, and Longevity Pictures are teaming on a feature adaptation of the 2024 indie puzzle-horror game Home Safety Hotline, with Michael Matthews set to direct and Nick Tassoni writing.
  • Producers include Steven Schneider and Roy Lee for Spooky Pictures alongside Majd Nassif and Kameek Lucas Taitt, with Ben Ross and Jakob Pollack serving as executive producers.
  • The story centers on an unemployed loner who becomes a phone operator at a secretive home security company that protects customers from monsters that come out at night.
  • The creative team is positioning the film as analogue horror with tonal nods to Severance and Stranger Things to appeal to horror fans and the game's followers.
  • The adaptation is in development with no casting, production schedule, budget details, or release date announced.