{"id":493162,"date":"2026-06-15T01:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/493162\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T01:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:46:16","slug":"thordur-palsson-to-direct-dead-by-daylight-film-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/493162\/","title":{"rendered":"Thordur Palsson to Direct ‘Dead by Daylight’ Film Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe feature film adaptation of the hit horror video game, Dead by Daylight, has found its director.<\/p>\n

\n\tThordur Palsson (The Damned, The Valhalla Murders) has been tapped by Blumhouse<\/a> Atomic Monster and Behaviour Interactive, the largest Canadian gaming studio, to helm the project. The announcement came during Dead by Daylight\u2019s 10th anniversary celebration in Montreal\u2019s Old Port.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere 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,\u201d Jason Blum<\/a>, founder and CEO of Blumhouse Atomic Monster, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tJames Wan<\/a>, founder and CEO of Blumhouse Atomic Monster, added, \u201cThordur understands that the terror only lands if you care about who\u2019s running, and The Damned proved he can make you feel the walls closing in. That is exactly the instinct this film needs on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film\u2019s plot details haven\u2019t been revealed, but the video game centers on a crazed killer whose goal is to hunt down a group of survivors and sacrifice them to a malevolent entity, all while the survivors work together to try and escape.<\/p>\n

\n\tStephen Mulrooney, chief product officer for Behaviour Interactive and a producer on the Dead by Daylight movie, also praised the Icelandic filmmaker, saying, \u201cHis distinct vision, atmospheric storytelling, and ability to build tension make him the perfect creative voice to bring our universe to life in a way that will resonate with both longtime fans and new audiences alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPalsson is repped by Sayle Screen, CAA, Sycamore Media and Jackoway Tyerman.<\/p>\n

\n\tA release date for Dead by Daylight has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The feature film adaptation of the hit horror video game, Dead by Daylight, has found its director. Thordur…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[57632,146,85,46,19658,50054,8825],"class_list":["post-493162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-blumhouse","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-james-wan","tag-jason-blum","tag-video-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}