Slender Man movie director announced

The Slender Man movie is moving forward with the announcement of a director.

According to Deadline, Sylvain White, best known for The Losers and I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, has been confirmed to helm the project.

White on set of 2010’s The Losers.

David Birke (Elle) is writing the script with shooting due to start this spring, the cast are yet to be revealed although the film is expected to hit theaters in February 2018.

Slender Man “is a supernatural figure who is typically depicted in internet memes as an abnormally tall, thin man with white skin and no facial features.”

There is already a HBO documentary about the character soon to be released, and you can watch the trailer below: