![]() ![]() He more recently had been directing a lot of TV, including episodes of “Sleepy Hollow”, “The Following”, “Person of Interest”, “Lethal Weapons” and “The Americans”. They then made a cool director choice in Sylvain White, who helmed the absolutely phenomenal Stomp the Yard for Sony back in 2007, which led to the excellent Losers in 2010 and the critically acclaimed French thriller The Mark of The Angels in 2013. It would be the first “official” adaptation that was to birth a horror icon that could live among the greats, Freddy, Jason, Chucky, Michael, Leatherface, etc. Back in 2016, they tapped David Birke ( Gacy, 13 sins) to pen a screenplay based on the character. The character already started to gain awareness following reports that violent acts were being committed in his name, including a much-publicized story of two 12-year-old girls in Wisconsin who lured a friend into the woods and nearly fatally stabbed her. Birthed out of a paranormal photo contest on the Something Awful forum, the Creepypasta character is one of the few that had the potential to penetrate through general audiences and enter into pop culture. Slender Man was primed to become the next horror icon. ![]()
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