# Sony Takes Rights To ‘Mouthwashing’ Videogame; Karyn Kusama Directing With Crooked Highway Producing

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sony-takes-rights-to-mouthwashing-videogame-karyn-kusama-directing-with-crooked-highway-producing/
- Published: 2026-10-29T20:05:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T21:54:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/sony-mouthwashing-videogame-movie-karyn-kusama-1237208566/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, Gaming, Horror, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Sony has acquired film rights to *Mouthwashing*.
- Karyn Kusama will direct the adaptation.
- The game has sold close to one million copies.

## Summary

Sony Pictures has acquired the film rights to psychological horror game *Mouthwashing*, with Karyn Kusama set to direct and Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay adapting the story. The project brings the game’s tale of isolation and paranoia aboard a stranded spacecraft to the big screen, though the film’s plot has not been disclosed.

The game follows five crew members on the freighter Tulpar as supplies dwindle and tensions rise. Since its 2024 release, it has sold close to one million copies, scored 88 on Metacritic and won two Horror Game Awards categories; related videos have amassed 63 million views on YouTube and nearly one billion on TikTok. Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill and Vince Cheng are producing through Crooked Highway.

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