Published May 6, 2026, 6:01 AM EDT

The horror director shares her approach to bringing Don't Nod's narrative time-travel game to TV

Karyn Kusama saw 'absolutely nothing' appealing about adapting a video game until she watched Life Is Strange

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Karyn Kusama has become a go-to director for TV series looking to establish a strong mood. She helmed the pilot for the plane-crash survival drama Yellowjackets and the first two episodes of season 3 of the horror anthology The Terror , which kicks off on May 7. Now the director of The Invitation and Jennifer's Body is working on the first two episodes of Prime Video’s adaptation of Don't Nod’s time-bending narrative game Life Is Strange .

“It's a fantastic adaptation of the game,” Kusama told Polygon at a virtual junket. “It's remaining true to some of the most signature things about the game, while also taking that leap forward into characters that we can feel and see are human.…