Five Nights at Freddy’s film coming from Home Alone director Chris Columbus

Horror is one in all my nice obsessions. Comics, films, literature, I don’t care what type it is available in so long as it has an opportunity of scaring me half to loss of life. But what about movies based mostly on video games? At this level, these of us who occupy the obscure part of the Venn diagram of life that features followers of horror game-to-movie conversions are so artistically starved we’re virtually skellingtons. Having mentioned that, Silent Hill was alright, I suppose.

Perhaps a film adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy’s can nourish us. Blumhouse, the studio that almost all not too long ago garnered vital popularity of Get Out, following earlier spooky success with Paranormal Activity and Insidious, acquired the movie rights a few 12 months in the past, and a tweet has revealed that they’ve given the director’s chair to Chris Columbus.

The veteran director, who is maybe finest identified for his work on the primary two Harry Potter films, was additionally on the helm for lots of nineties comedies, together with Mrs Doubtfire, Home Alone and doubtless probably the most ridiculous Christmas film ever, Jingle All the Way. It’s unclear at this level whether or not his adaptation of FNAF will embody an ageing Arnold Schwarzenegger combating middle-aged ladies in a toy retailer, but when it does, they’ve bought at the very least one ticket for opening night time.

Having mentioned that, Chris Columbus’ writing credit contain numerous iconic kid-friendly films, together with the superior Goonies, and FNAF has been wildly well-liked with youthful players. It stays to be seen simply how he’ll strategy the surprisingly story-rich universe of the FNAF video games, and simply how family-friendly the outcomes can be, however you possibly can positively shade me intrigued.