Scandal around until dawn: Sony is accused of not mentioned in the credits of the film adaptation.

The film adaptation of the famous interactive horror game up to Dawn, which was published on April 25 in addition to mixed reviews of critics, caused another acute problem – the question of the proper attribution of the original source. According to the former narrative director of Sony Interactive Entertainment (Sie) Kim Mcaskill, Sony decided to mention the team of writers and developers of the original game in the film's credits.

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In an angry about LinkedIn, Mcaskill expressed her outrage over the decision and compared her to the situation when her herself was denied a loan for intellectual property that she created and quoted her festival salary without license fees or control.

“As a former narrative director at Sony Interactive Entertainment and PlayStation, which was expressly said that IP, which I personally created, is never attributed to me because a salary was paid (no license fees, no control, no property, no, thank you), I have problems with the difference between the privilege of Neil Druckmann and others in her company,” Kim wrote.

She also emphasized that the credits of the film's film, who belonged to screenwriters and others, did not mention the leading game developers who created this “iconic game”, which the company is obviously proud of, and limited the wording to “Based on a Sony game”.

The original until the dawn of Larry Fessen and Graham Resnick was written, directed by Will Biles and Nick Bowen, produced by Pete Samuel. None of these people and many other members of the development team were mentioned in the film's credits.

“You have torn your brain for years to create something incredible, and the world deserves to know your names … and instead … not a single mention. No, no thanks. No honor,” said Mcaskill emotionally.

In summary, she asked a rhetorical question: “Why should IP creators continue to work for you?

In addition, Kim Mcaskill initiated a petition addressed to Sony and demanded that the film's credits are updated in such a way that they contain the names of the authors of the original game. At the time of the news publication, 143 people signed the petition.

Source: LinkedIn