Warner Bros. has closed a deal with directorGil Kenanto take the helm of their video game adaptationFive Nights at Freddy’s. We first reported on the project back in April, when Warner Bros. secured the rights to the popularvideo gameseries, created byScott Cawthon, which launched just last year. The story takes place at a children’s pizza restaurant, but it’s much more dark and sinister than the setting may lead you to believe.
Five Nights at Freddy’scenters on a group of people trapped inside a popular pizza restaurant named Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, which is similar to the Chuck-E-Cheese restaurant chain. They begin to relaize that, at night, an animatronic animal, part of the house band, comes to life and starts killing people left and right. Users play as the people who are locked inside, as they try to find a way to survive and make it out of Freddy’s alive. Players have access to a number of security camera feeds that warn them of any incoming danger.
The first game was released in August 2014, with a sequel following just a few months later that November and a third installment debuting this past March. The games don’t exactly follow a linear narrative structure, with the second taking place before the first, and the third set 30 years after the first game. It remains to be seen how the story will be crafted for the big screen, and if elements from all three games will be utilized for themovie adaptation.
Gil Kenanwill direct and co-write the screenplay withTyler Burton Smith. The director’s co-writer has previously written video games such asPrototype 2,Sleeping DogsandQuantum Break.Roy Leeis producing withSeth Grahame-SmithandDavid Katzenberg. Adam Stone andJay Irelandare executive producing withJon BergandNik Mavinkurveoverseeing for the studio.
Gil Kenanmade hisdirectorial debutwithMonster House, after being picked by executive producersSteven SpielbergandRobert Zemeckis. He followed that up with the 2008 adaptationCity of Emberand he most recently directedPoltergeist, thehorror rebootthat hit theaters in May. Do you thinkGil Kenanis a good choice to take onFive Nights at Freddy’s?
