Until Dawn Movie Credits Leaves Out Game’s Writers

The Until Dawn movie was released on April 25 and middling reviews aside, there’s another issue regarding credit for the source material. According to a former Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) narrative director’s post on LinkedIn, Sony decided not to credit the Until Dawn game’s writing team or developers in the film’s credits.

“As a former Sony Interactive Entertainment and PlayStation Narrative Director who was firmly told that the IP I personally created would NEVER be credited to me as I was salaried (no royalties, no control, no ownership, no acknowledgement) I am struggling with the difference between Neil Druckmann’s favour and that of others in your company,” Kim MacAskill wrote.

“I’ve just left Until Dawn where the film director, writers etc. were all credited but instead of you mentioning the leading game dev(s) who created this ICONIC game you’re clearly proud of, you just wrapped it as ‘based on the Sony game’.”

Until Dawn (the game) was written by Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick. It was directed by Will Byles and Nik Bowen and produced by Pete Samuels. None of those individuals, along with countless others were mentioned in the films credits.

“They spent years breaking their brains to make something incredible and the world DESERVES to know their names… instead…No credit. No thanks. No honour,” MacAskill said.

She then closed saying, “Why should IP creators keep working for you? Film and TV, which is grotesque at the best of times, still own the need to note the importance of credit.”

MacAskill also started a petition to send to Sony to update the credits to include the writers of the movie’s source material. As of publishing, the petition is up to 81 signatures.

What do you think of Sony including the writers, directors, producers, and developers of Until Dawn the game in the credits for the movie?