Dead by Daylight Movie Finds Its Director: Thordur Palsson to Helm Blumhouse Adaptation (2027 Filming)

After three years of quiet development, the Dead by Daylight movie has just taken a massive leap forward. At the game's sold-out 10th anniversary celebration in Montreal, Blumhouse and Behaviour Interactive announced that Icelandic horror director Thordur Palsson will helm the live-action adaptation. With a completed screenplay from Alexandre Aja and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, and filming set for 2027, the project is finally moving from The Fog to the big screen. For the 70 million players who have lived the game's cat-and-mouse terror for a decade, a genre known as asymmetric horror, where a team of survivors faces a single powerful killer, this is the news they have been waiting for, backed by Blumhouse's proven track record.

Who Is Thordur Palsson and Why He Is the Right Choice

Palsson is not a household name, yet, but his resume speaks volumes. The Icelandic filmmaker created and directed Netflix's The Valhalla Murders (2020), a chilling crime thriller that showcased his ability to build atmosphere over pure shock. His feature directorial debut, The Damned (2025), earned high praise from horror heavyweight James Wan, who said the film "proved he can make you feel the walls closing in." That description aligns almost perfectly with the cl