Director of the Poltergeist remake, Gil Kenan, has reportedly hammered out a deal to direct the live-action adaptation of Five Nights At Freddy’s, according to Deadline.

Kenan, who directed the well-received 2006 animated film Monster House, will write the script alongside Tyler Burton Smith (Sleeping Dogs, Prototype 2).

It was reported in April that Warner Bros. had scooped up the rights to the popular horror series for a feature film adaptation.

The acclaimed Five Nights at Freddy’s is a simple point-and-click survival horror game for PC and mobile that casts players as a night guard marooned in a restaurant called Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza and forced to defend the security office against the homicidal animal character animatronics that stalk the empty building. It was designed by Scott Cawthon.

The fourth instalment of Five Nights at Freddy’s appeared on Steam ahead of schedule last week. Five Nights at Freddy’s 4: The Final Chapter was originally not expected until August 8 after it was brought forward from its original Halloween release date in order to coincide with the anniversary of the release of the first Five Nights at Freddy’s.