It is being directed by Christophe Gans. He has done one horror movie before, Necronomicon, based upon a book by Lovecraft [I've heard that name before..]. But he has also directed Le Pacte des loups, otherwise known as The Brotherhood of the Wolf, I absolutely LOVED that movie. I'm cautiously awaiting the big screen version of this now. I have yet to play SH4 either, the only one I havn't played, I will sometime..
Here's Gans' bio on imdb;
https://imdb.com/name/nm0304521/
edit; Since this is a Silent Hill thread, I'm sure Harry will eventually see it, please reply to the pm I sent you a couple weeks ago.