The movie adaptation of ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ is written and directed by Chris Columbus

The movie adaptation of the video game ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ starts to move again. Three years ago, Warner wanted to make a film with Gil Kenan at the helm but the project has not started; he is now in the hands of Blumhouse, the producer of terror, the more successful of the past few years, you have bet by a veteran of the cinema of entertainment, Chris Columbus.

The filmmaker is known for directing ‘home Alone’ (‘Home Alone’), ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ or the first two adventures of Harry Potter; as a screenwriter he has degrees as mythical as ‘Gremlins’ or ‘The Goonies’. Columbus has been hired to produce, write and direct ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’, based on the popular franchise of games created by Scott Cawthon.

‘Five Nights at Freddys’ (also known as a ‘FNaF’) was originally released in 2014 and it quickly became a phenomenon; currently the series consists of six deliveries also extend beyond the games, novels and all kinds of merchandising. The “story” revolves around a security guard who must survive his night shift at a fast-food restaurant, Freddy Fazbear”s Pizza, fleeing from terrifying and deadly robotics…

Cawthon will be one of the producers of the adaptation, ensuring that the product does not disappoint the fans. ‘FNaF’ will be the first indent of terror that direct Columbus, who after writing ‘Gremlins’ are specialized in making comedies. We hope he is lucky though and with the support and the commercial ability of Blumhouse seems clear that you have another success on our hands. By the way, the company announced the signing on social networks with this message: