With the pandemic poised to limit the scope of future productions, Universal has signed a deal with Timur Bekambetov to make five films using the same Screenlife technology that powered Unfriended to a $65 million worldwide gross. Screenlife is an effective form of storytelling that uses smartphones and computer screens to advance the narrative. The format is, obviously, very conducive to a pandemic, because you don't need a huge crew to make these movies, and the actors (who would normally be the least-protected people on set since they're unmasked in front of the camera) are often isolated. …
Unfriended: Dark Web traded its predecessor's supernatural elements in for a murderous conspiracy, one that ends the film in four different ways.