You probably never though you’d See Shazam! And Shazam: France of the Godctor David F. Sandberg Helm Another IP Film or Franchise Ever Again – and Honestly, He didnt ever. But now his New Film UNTIL DAWN is about to arrive in theats, he’s reflecting on the “vermy, verify” Backlash surrounding his previum dc cinematic universe flops and What Made Him Agree to Return to the World of IP.
“What I loved about the script [is] That it wasn’t trying to recreat the game, “Sandberg Told Gamesradar+ About the Beloved Horror Game Turned Film. “Trying to Condense 10 Hours Into Two, or Something Like that. But it is Scary Still, Even Though We’re Doing a New Thing.” He also noted that, Even in this instance where he’s work on a group property, ip fans are really particular about how they What they favorite story to be realized on Screen.
“I mean, to be honest, Fans Can Get Verry, Vry Crazy and Very Angry with You Can Get, Like, Death Threats and Everyth SO AFTER Shazam 2, I Was Like, ‘I Never Wanna Do Another IP-Based Movie Becuse It’s Just Not Work It, ‘The Filmaker Added of the Dcu Experience and Its aftermath.
How, He Was Intigted by the Potential of the Story Until Dawn Prests. “But then I was simpity this scrip, and I was like, ‘ah, this would be so much fun to do, to do all these kinds of hors? try to do and like it, ‘Sandberg said. “I really though it was brilliant of the Writers to Come up with this time look ida where the night start over becuse thn you does of get that feel of the game, where you’re replaying it And making different children.
The filmaker is Intimately Aware of the Idea that You Can’t please Every Fan when you’re adapting an ip proporty, but his approach seems to be the best way to cover the hearts of the Until Dawn Fans. “I think we would’ve Gotten A Lot of Critique If We had tried to [recreate the game]because people. It’s Not the Same Actors, BecUSE, You Know, They’re Old now, ‘The Shazam Director Explained.
Until Dawn was Written by Blair Butler and Gary Dauberman, Who is Perhaps Best Known As the Writer of It: Chapter Two, and Stars Ella Rubin. The Film Arrives in Theats on April 25, 2025.
Lex brincuso is a film and Television Critic and a Freelance Entertainment Writer for IGN. You can follow her on twitter at @nikonamerica.
