Paramount Pictures’ recently announced Paranormal Activity reboot project is moving forward at a good speed, with news that the Blumhouse-Atomic Monster film has landed its director. Ian Tuason, a rising Canadian filmmaker, is in final negotiations to helm the pic.

The new Paranormal Activity will relaunch the found-footage horror franchise that debuted in 2007. The seven ensuing movies were both low-budget and high-grossing, and helped launch Blumhouse into the genre powerhouse it is today.

Tuason began his writing and directing career with live-action virtual reality horror shorts on YouTube, before making his feature debut this summer with Undertone. The film premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival, where it won the audience award for best Canadian movie, which thrust Undertone into the centre of a bidding war, with A24 landing the deal.

Appropriately, Undertone centres on a podcast host covering spooky content, who moves into her parents’ house to care for her dying mother. When sent recordings of a pregnant couple’s paranormal encounters, she discovers their story closely parallels her own, with each new tape pushing her further into paranoid madness… Which definitely makes it sound like Tuason is the perfect fit for a project like a Paranormal Activity reboot.

Stay tuned as we learn more!