{"id":46201,"date":"2025-03-28T11:38:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T02:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=46201"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T02:38:09","slug":"live-action-movie-based-on-japanese-indie-hit-the-exit-8-gets-new-trailer-and-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/live-action-movie-based-on-japanese-indie-hit-the-exit-8-gets-new-trailer-and-release-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Live-action movie based on Japanese indie hit The Exit 8 gets new trailer and release date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Toho have revealed a new trailer for the movie adaptation of hit Japanese indie game <strong>The Exit 8<\/strong>. It will screen in Japanese movie theaters from August 29, 2025. At the time of writing, plans for an international release are not known.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Made by Japanese solo developer Kotake Create, The Exit 8 is a walking simulator set in the looping underground passageways and backrooms of a subway station. Players must successfully spot anomalies in their surroundings in order to reach Exit 8 and escape. Debuting on Steam in November 2023, the game became <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240214-27192\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a huge surprise hit<\/a>. It has since been ported to the Nintendo Switch and PS4\/PS5.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u6620\u753b\u300e\uff18\u756a\u51fa\u53e3\u300f\u7279\u5831\u30108\u670829\u65e5\uff08\u91d1\uff09\u516c\u958b\u3011\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ZXrVPPOlX4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Exit 8 movie will recreate the creepy corridors of the game, as well as its ubiquitous middle-aged salaryman NPC. The <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-exit-8-live-action-movie-adaptation-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">movie\u2019s first trailer<\/a> was from a first-person POV, however, the second trailer reveals that singer and actor Kazunari Ninomiya (member of the boyband Arashi) will be taking on the role of the player\/main character. It seems that he may also have to save not only himself from the anomalies, but also a little boy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Exit 8 movie will be shown in movie theaters in Japan from August 29 onwards (<a href=\"https:\/\/exit8-movie.toho.co.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official site<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toho have revealed a new trailer for the movie adaptation of hit Japanese indie game The Exit 8, starring Arashi member Kazunari Ninomiya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":46204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-46201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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