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NEON’s 1st Video Game Adaptation Looks Absolutely Terrifying [Exclusive]

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3 March 2026

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Game lovers have a lot to look forward to over the next year and beyond, thanks to an onslaught of adaptations that will take their favorite titles and adapt them into on-screen form. While 2025 closed out with Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, 2026 will see the arrival of Zach Cregger’s unique take on the Resident Evil franchise, and beyond that, Prime Video is busy chipping away at a live-action God of War project. In the midst of the excitement about the aforementioned productions, one might have slipped under the radar for some, and it’s already shaping up to be one of the most celebrated game-to-cinema makeovers that we’ve ever seen. Helmed by Genki Kawamura, Exit 8 serves as a theatrical adaptation of the fan-favorite 2023 video game that hailed from Kotake Create. Today, as part of Collider’s Exclusive Preview event, we’ve got a fresh look at the movie that will soon make its North American debut after a promising run in Japan late last summer.

Starring Kazunari Ninomiya (Last Samurai Standing), Exit 8 follows one man’s struggle to make it home alive after his everyday run-of-the-mill, mundane commute is flipped upside down and turned into a life-or-death situation. Searching for the titular door, the protagonist, known only as The Lost Man (Ninomiya), is given a multitude of rules and faced with hurdles on his journey to find a way out. Filling out the call sheet alongside Ninomiya is a lineup that includes Yamato Kochi (Hitman from Today), Nana Komatsu (The World of Kanako), Kotone Hanase (A Far Shore), and Naru Asanuma (The Night After the Divorce).

Capturing the immense panic and terror of The Lost Man’s hopeless situation, our exclusive new look at Exit 8 perfectly sets the tone for the feature. Looking at something in front of him that we can’t see, The Lost Man appears absolutely mortified in the image with his eyes bulging and fear washing over his face. Behind him, a little boy stands calmly against a tiled subway wall that appears to be dripping with blood.

NEON Celebrates Its First Video Game Adaptation with ‘Exit 8’

With a string of smash hits over the last few years that include Academy Award favorite Anora and horror standout Longlegs, NEON has been at the top of its game as a production studio. The company will handle the distribution of Exit 8 in the United States, making it the first video game adaptation to hail from the longtime favorite indie studio.

Check out our exclusive new shot from Exit 8 above and see it in cinemas in the United States on April 10. Stay tuned for more to come from Collider’s Exclusive Preview event.