"Harry Potter" director Chris Columbus will be spending time with "Five Nights at Freddy's" — as a director for the movie adaptation of the popular horror game.
Columbus will also not just be helming the movie, he will also serve as the writer for it. This was announced by Blumhouse, the production studio responsible for low-budget but popular horror and suspense films like "Get Out," "Insidious" and "The Purge," and is also responsible for "Five Nights at Freddy's."
In addition to being writer and director, Columbus will also be co-producing the movie with Jason Blum, CEO of Blumhouse, and Scott Cawthon, the creator of "Five Nights at Freddy's." Fans should rest assured the game is in good hands and will probably be another hit horror cult classic if done right.
For those unfamiliar with Columbus, the 59-year-old director is popularly known for his movies like "Home Alone" and the first two "Harry Potter" movies. He is also known for a lot of family movies such as "Bicentennial Man," "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "Pixels," which is why his being the director for a horror movie raised some doubts on whether he can give the video game justice. Still, Columbus was also responsible for the screenplay of "Gremlins" which turned out to be one of the most iconic horror movies ever, so Cawthon may not have misplaced his trust.
As for "Five Nights at Freddy's," the franchise is popularly known in the gaming community for its six games that involve the players trying to survive nights trapped in a pizza joint filled with murderous and psychotic mechanical mascots. The pizza joint is named Freddy Fazbear's Pizza after the main mascot of the restaurant, the lovable and jovial Freddy Fazbear who is the main attraction of the pizzeria. At night, however, Freddy and all the other mascots have a different and sinister behavior, one that would haunt the players during their stay.
