The short answer is probably not. The longer answer is below.
Paramount is on an impossible mission (see what I did there? I
referenced an old Commodore 64 game) to find a director worthy
of helming a sequel to their blockbuster hit, Paranormal
Activity. The original film from first-time director Oren Peli
was produced for under a million dollars but went on to gross
over a hundred million at the box-office. A profit that size
made a sequel inevitable, and the studio has already announced a
release date of October 22nd, 2010… less than eight months away.
Per the LA Times’ online movie blog, 24 Frames, Paramount has a
list of three names they’re interested in for the job. Brad
Anderson, Greg McLean, and Brian De Palma.  One of these names
is not like the others…  Anderson’s most recent feature was the
thriller Transsiberian starring Emily Mortimer and Woody
Harrelson, but his best film remains his own take on the
“haunted house” genre, Session 9. McLean hasn’t made any ghost-
related movies, but he has direct