The ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ movie will be directed by Chris Columbus
Almost a year ago, Blumhouse Productions -- the studio that followed the wild success of Paranormal Activity with hits like Insidious , Whiplash , Split and Get Out -- secured the film rights for the video game Five Nights At Freddy's . Today, the company announced who'd be helming the movie adaptation, and it's...Chris Columbus, best known for directing Home Alone , Home Alone 2 , Mrs. Doubtfire and the first two Harry Potter films. Five Nights At Freddy's is a horror game franchise following nighttime employees trying to survive Chuck E. Cheese-style enterprises where animatronic robots run amok trying to murder the player. It's a weird fit for Columbus, who's most known for tame films about families and magic. True, Columbus has had a broad career in Hollywood beyond just kid-friendly films: He wrote Gremlins and The Goonies , directed Adventures in Babysitting and the film version of the Broadway hit Rent , and produced The Help and The Witch ...