A new behind-the-scenes image from the development of Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (Fnaf 2) may have teased the arrival of another killer animatronic from the game.
Five Nights at Freddy's director Emma Tammi said in October 2023 that the team is "definitely excited" to tell more stories, hinting that the sequel could be tied to the video game's second installment.
In November 2023, Tammi revealed more details about plans for the sequel, noting that they're just "really excited to incorporate more elements of the lore" that are directly related to the series' second and third games.
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Five Nights at Freddy's director Emma Tammi said in October 2023 that the team is "definitely excited" to tell more stories, hinting that the sequel could be tied to the video game's second installment.
In November 2023, Tammi revealed more details about plans for the sequel, noting that they're just "really excited to incorporate more elements of the lore" that are directly related to the series' second and third games.
Read full article on The Direct.
- 4/9/2024
- by Aeron Mer Eclarinal
- The Direct
This post contains spoilers for "Five Nights at Freddy's."
Matthew Lillard is a man of many talents. He can shapeshift into characters of various tints with ease, oscillating between roles that paint him as a loveable clown (such as Shaggy in "Scooby-Doo") and characters that take on more complex, macabre aspirations. Lillard's presence in the "Five Nights at Freddy's" ("Fnaf") movie adaptation is foundational to the core mystery of the film — although his character, William Afton, only appears in a handful of scenes, Afton's legacy feels pronounced in the film's lore-heavy world. As the co-founder and owner of Fazbear Entertainment and Afton Robotics, LLC, Afton always seems to come back in one form or another, fulfilling his troubling vision that dictates the fates of the animatronics that linger in the abandoned spaces brimming with malice.
Lillard imbues Afton with restrained malice when he is first introduced in the...
Matthew Lillard is a man of many talents. He can shapeshift into characters of various tints with ease, oscillating between roles that paint him as a loveable clown (such as Shaggy in "Scooby-Doo") and characters that take on more complex, macabre aspirations. Lillard's presence in the "Five Nights at Freddy's" ("Fnaf") movie adaptation is foundational to the core mystery of the film — although his character, William Afton, only appears in a handful of scenes, Afton's legacy feels pronounced in the film's lore-heavy world. As the co-founder and owner of Fazbear Entertainment and Afton Robotics, LLC, Afton always seems to come back in one form or another, fulfilling his troubling vision that dictates the fates of the animatronics that linger in the abandoned spaces brimming with malice.
Lillard imbues Afton with restrained malice when he is first introduced in the...
- 1/6/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
"Five Nights At Freddy's" is a global phenomenon. There is a reason why this particular video game franchise, created by Scott Cawthon, still inspires endless "Let's Play" videos on YouTube, while its expanding lore is subjected to dedicated scrutiny and theory-crafting. So, when a Blumhouse-produced "Fnaf" movie was first announced, fans were over the moon, and for good reason. For one, director Emma Tammi chose to adapt a property that is a treasure trove for eccentric horror storylines that would not only translate well onto the big screen, but would also double as the perfect getaway to horror for younger audiences invested in "Fnaf" to various degrees.
Despite some fandom misgivings about whether the film would be able to successfully capture the essence of everything that makes "Fnaf" so unique, "Five Nights At Freddy's" managed to get almost everything right. The film wastes no time setting up its intriguing premise...
Despite some fandom misgivings about whether the film would be able to successfully capture the essence of everything that makes "Fnaf" so unique, "Five Nights At Freddy's" managed to get almost everything right. The film wastes no time setting up its intriguing premise...
- 11/13/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
It's a wonder that horror filmmakers don't scare themselves senseless all the time. Whenever I see creepy set pieces like the freaky clowns from "Hell House LLC" or monster designs like the one brought to life by Bonnie Aarons in "The Nun," I imagine I'd be running for the hills after spending too much time on set -- like Bill Hader sprinting away from Bill Skarsgard's Pennywise on the set of "It: Chapter 2." It's no wonder, then, that the life-sized animatronic puppets and costumes used on the set of the new "Five Nights at Freddy's" movie gave some of the cast and crew the willies.
In a Reddit Ama ahead of the film's release this week, director Emma Tammi said she was unnerved the first time she came face to face with the titular killer bear. After Reddit user AnimeLonk asked if any part of the production scared her,...
In a Reddit Ama ahead of the film's release this week, director Emma Tammi said she was unnerved the first time she came face to face with the titular killer bear. After Reddit user AnimeLonk asked if any part of the production scared her,...
- 11/6/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Five Nights at Freddy’s is spooking up a record on Peacock.
The horror film, which opened in theaters and debuted on the streamer on October 27, has become Peacock’s most-watched film or series ever in its first five days on the streaming platform.
It surpasses Halloween Ends, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Bel-Air and The Best Man: The Final Chapters for the honor, according to NBCUniversal.
The company is also touting Five Nights at Freddy’s as the most-watched entertainment title across all genres since its debut and the biggest opening ever for a film on Peacock through five days.
As is typical, NBCUniversal did not release actual data to support this. The film may appear on the Nielsen streaming charts next month, depending on how well it holds up against other streaming properties in its first few weeks.
The film follows Mike (Josh Hutcherson), a troubled young man caring for...
The horror film, which opened in theaters and debuted on the streamer on October 27, has become Peacock’s most-watched film or series ever in its first five days on the streaming platform.
It surpasses Halloween Ends, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Bel-Air and The Best Man: The Final Chapters for the honor, according to NBCUniversal.
The company is also touting Five Nights at Freddy’s as the most-watched entertainment title across all genres since its debut and the biggest opening ever for a film on Peacock through five days.
As is typical, NBCUniversal did not release actual data to support this. The film may appear on the Nielsen streaming charts next month, depending on how well it holds up against other streaming properties in its first few weeks.
The film follows Mike (Josh Hutcherson), a troubled young man caring for...
- 10/31/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Emma Tammi's "Five Nights at Freddy's," an adaptation of the popular video game series that began in 2014, has already raked in a great deal of box office lucre, making over $132 million on a modest $20 million budget in its first weekend of release. This, despite also being released on Peacock on the same day. It seems that the game's reputation preceded it, and the film was attended by many, many "Freddy's" fans eager to see the wicked animatronic Freddy Fazzbear commit acts of violence.
The film follows a beleaguered night watchman (Josh Hutcherson) who is hired to guard a kid's pizza palace, abandoned since the 1980s. There is still electricity in the building, however, and the animatronic band still operates ... and walks around the restaurant of their own volition. It will later be revealed that the animatronics are involved in a strange, dark conspiracy involving missing children, decades-old kidnapping cold cases,...
The film follows a beleaguered night watchman (Josh Hutcherson) who is hired to guard a kid's pizza palace, abandoned since the 1980s. There is still electricity in the building, however, and the animatronic band still operates ... and walks around the restaurant of their own volition. It will later be revealed that the animatronics are involved in a strange, dark conspiracy involving missing children, decades-old kidnapping cold cases,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
[This story contains spoilers for Five Nights at Freddy’s.]
Five Nights at Freddy’s filmmaker Emma Tammi has now set the opening weekend record of $80 million for a Blumhouse film, and she’s keenly aware that her journey to this point was an unlikely one.
Tammi started out as a documentary filmmaker, tackling such subjects as endurance running in Fair Chase (2014) and the 2016 Presidential Election in the Jason Blum-produced Election Day: Lens Across America (2017). From there, the producers of Fair Chase approached her about the supernatural horror film, The Wind (2018), after seeing the way she and co-director Alex Cullen captured New Mexico in their doc. They wanted Tammi to bring those same instincts to The Wind’s own New Mexico backdrop amidst the Old West.
The Wind ended up being well received, which signaled to Blum that Tammi could also be a viable genre director. He eventually thought of her for the long-in-development...
Five Nights at Freddy’s filmmaker Emma Tammi has now set the opening weekend record of $80 million for a Blumhouse film, and she’s keenly aware that her journey to this point was an unlikely one.
Tammi started out as a documentary filmmaker, tackling such subjects as endurance running in Fair Chase (2014) and the 2016 Presidential Election in the Jason Blum-produced Election Day: Lens Across America (2017). From there, the producers of Fair Chase approached her about the supernatural horror film, The Wind (2018), after seeing the way she and co-director Alex Cullen captured New Mexico in their doc. They wanted Tammi to bring those same instincts to The Wind’s own New Mexico backdrop amidst the Old West.
The Wind ended up being well received, which signaled to Blum that Tammi could also be a viable genre director. He eventually thought of her for the long-in-development...
- 10/30/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This article contains spoilers for "Five Nights at Freddy's."
It might seem weird to be a woman in her 30s who can have informed, passionate opinions on "Five Nights at Freddy's," but the world is on fire and there are way more important things to dedicate my energy to worrying about than whether or not a stranger has beef with my love of dead child-possessed animatronics haunting a dilapidated pizzeria and entertainment center. The lead-up to the live-action adaptation of the popular video game has been quite exciting, as fans have been waiting for this film for over eight years. Folks are sharing their cosplay designs for the premiere, theorizing has been at an all-time high, and the underdog community that helped transform a micro-budget indie game into a multi-million dollar franchise is as active as ever. With 13 games and over 30 books as part of the franchise, there's something in "FNaF" for just about everyone,...
It might seem weird to be a woman in her 30s who can have informed, passionate opinions on "Five Nights at Freddy's," but the world is on fire and there are way more important things to dedicate my energy to worrying about than whether or not a stranger has beef with my love of dead child-possessed animatronics haunting a dilapidated pizzeria and entertainment center. The lead-up to the live-action adaptation of the popular video game has been quite exciting, as fans have been waiting for this film for over eight years. Folks are sharing their cosplay designs for the premiere, theorizing has been at an all-time high, and the underdog community that helped transform a micro-budget indie game into a multi-million dollar franchise is as active as ever. With 13 games and over 30 books as part of the franchise, there's something in "FNaF" for just about everyone,...
- 10/30/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Five Nights At Freddy’sScreenshot: YouTube
At its most basic level, the appeal of Scott Cawthon’s Five Nights At Freddy’s horror game franchise—set to release its first feature film adaptation from Blumhouse in theaters this week—isn’t hard to grasp: What if a bunch of Chuck E.
At its most basic level, the appeal of Scott Cawthon’s Five Nights At Freddy’s horror game franchise—set to release its first feature film adaptation from Blumhouse in theaters this week—isn’t hard to grasp: What if a bunch of Chuck E.
- 10/26/2023
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
Exclusive: Here’s an eyebrow raiser in the wake of a zany box office season turned upside down by the actors strike, and ruled by Taylor Swift: Universal/Blumhouse’s feature take of videogame, Five Nights at Freddy’s, is shaping up for an opening around $40M. That would be the second-best opening at the fall box office Ytd after Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour‘s $92.8M start. The pic hits theaters and Peacock on Oct. 27.
Worst case, it’s in the $30M range. That said, there are some big numbers out there, but let’s not go overboard: A year ago tracking had Universal’s theatrical-day-and-date-Peacock release of Halloween Ends north of $50M. The Jamie Lee Curtis final installment in a trio of David Gordon Green-directed Halloween movies came in at $40M over three-days. Box office was certainly dented by the pic’s avail on Peacock, however, the...
Worst case, it’s in the $30M range. That said, there are some big numbers out there, but let’s not go overboard: A year ago tracking had Universal’s theatrical-day-and-date-Peacock release of Halloween Ends north of $50M. The Jamie Lee Curtis final installment in a trio of David Gordon Green-directed Halloween movies came in at $40M over three-days. Box office was certainly dented by the pic’s avail on Peacock, however, the...
- 10/18/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
When the trailer for "Five Nights at Freddy's" first dropped, fans were shocked to see not just security guard Mike Schmidt, but also a little girl, his sister, Abby. It was doubly peculiar to see a scene of the small girl catching a cab with Golden Freddy, and not looking at all like someone terrified of a haunted animatronic killing machine. In fact, Abby looks delighted to be hanging out with the oversized robo-bear, which mirrored the young actor's real-life experience on set.
In an interview with SFX Magazine, director Emma Tammi talked about how the animatronics became the beloved bestie of one of the young stars of the film. "We have one 10-year-old actress, Piper Rubio, and she was so in love with these animatronics that she would hug them every day when she got to set and hug them every day when she left set," Tammi laughed. Those...
In an interview with SFX Magazine, director Emma Tammi talked about how the animatronics became the beloved bestie of one of the young stars of the film. "We have one 10-year-old actress, Piper Rubio, and she was so in love with these animatronics that she would hug them every day when she got to set and hug them every day when she left set," Tammi laughed. Those...
- 10/17/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
This Halloween, Universal and Blumhouse bring Five Nights at Freddy’s to the big screen for the first time, and tickets for the upcoming horror movie are now available.
Get your tickets for Five Nights at Freddy’s on Fandango here!
Universal Pictures will release Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s in theaters and on Peacock beginning Friday, October 27, 2023, and you can watch the latest trailer below.
The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a blood-chilling cinematic event, as Blumhouse— the producer of M3GAN, The Black Phone and The Invisible Man— brings Five Nights at Freddy’s to the big screen this Halloween season.
In the film, “a troubled security guard begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.”
Five Nights at Freddy’s is directed by Emma Tammi (The Wind,...
Get your tickets for Five Nights at Freddy’s on Fandango here!
Universal Pictures will release Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s in theaters and on Peacock beginning Friday, October 27, 2023, and you can watch the latest trailer below.
The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a blood-chilling cinematic event, as Blumhouse— the producer of M3GAN, The Black Phone and The Invisible Man— brings Five Nights at Freddy’s to the big screen this Halloween season.
In the film, “a troubled security guard begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.”
Five Nights at Freddy’s is directed by Emma Tammi (The Wind,...
- 10/2/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Once upon a time, it's not inconceivable Steven Spielberg might have directed "Five Nights at Freddy's" or a film just like it. Recall that the young Spielberg loved terrorizing audiences. His first feature-length directorial effort, the made-for-tv 1971 thriller "Duel," was such an exhilarating blast that it eventually got a theatrical release. Then came his horror-adventure classic "Jaws," followed by the suburban nightmare of "Poltergeist". Hell, from a certain point of view, "Jurassic Park" is sort of like "Five Nights at Freddy's" only with dinosaurs. Sometimes when an entertainment attraction breaks down, the animatronics actually do eat the tourists.
"Five Nights at Freddy's" casts Josh Hutcherson as Mike Schmidt, an unassuming security guard who accepts a job keeping watch of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza at night, only to discover the animatronic mascots of the once-prosperous family entertainment center like to come alive and commit murder under the cover of darkness. The setting...
"Five Nights at Freddy's" casts Josh Hutcherson as Mike Schmidt, an unassuming security guard who accepts a job keeping watch of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza at night, only to discover the animatronic mascots of the once-prosperous family entertainment center like to come alive and commit murder under the cover of darkness. The setting...
- 9/18/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
If Chuck E Cheese gave you nightmares, you might want to just go ahead and cross Five Nights at Freddy’s off your must-see list. If not, then the new trailer showcasing the animatronic characters will probably make you move the film higher up on that same list.
Based on the popular video games created by Scott Cawthon, Five Nights at Freddy’s stars Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games franchise), Elizabeth Lail (You), Piper Rubio (Unstable), and Kat Conner Sterling (We Have a Ghost). Mary Stuart Masterson (Blindspot) and Matthew Lillard (Good Girls) also star in the creepy film adaptation.
Creator Cawthon wrote the screenplay along with Emma Tammi and Seth Cuddeback. Tammi directs and Cawthon and Jason Blum serve as producers. Bea Sequeira, Russell Binder, Marc Mostman, and Christopher H. Warner executive produce.
Jim Henson’s Creature Shop created the film’s animatronic characters.
Universal Pictures will release Five Nights at Freddy’s...
Based on the popular video games created by Scott Cawthon, Five Nights at Freddy’s stars Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games franchise), Elizabeth Lail (You), Piper Rubio (Unstable), and Kat Conner Sterling (We Have a Ghost). Mary Stuart Masterson (Blindspot) and Matthew Lillard (Good Girls) also star in the creepy film adaptation.
Creator Cawthon wrote the screenplay along with Emma Tammi and Seth Cuddeback. Tammi directs and Cawthon and Jason Blum serve as producers. Bea Sequeira, Russell Binder, Marc Mostman, and Christopher H. Warner executive produce.
Jim Henson’s Creature Shop created the film’s animatronic characters.
Universal Pictures will release Five Nights at Freddy’s...
- 8/31/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
What makes "Five Nights at Freddy's" terrifying? As a video game series that leans heavily on atmospheric fears that elevate the quality of jumpscares, the "Five Nights at Freddy's" franchise (Fnaf) is synonymous with scaring the bejeesus out of players. As this immersive, visceral quality is unique to individual gameplay or invested backseating, the upcoming "Fnaf" adaptation — which is being helmed by Emma Tammi — has its work cut out for itself when it comes to capturing the essence of the games. As a result, the Blumhouse-produced "Five Nights at Freddy's" film will need to venture beyond franchise rules and introduce fresh elements that work while still retaining the DNA of the games at its core, all while combining creepy lore and spooky elements to create a terrifying experience.
The recently-released trailer for the film does hint that "Five Nights at Freddy's" will alter the stakes of the premise by shifting...
The recently-released trailer for the film does hint that "Five Nights at Freddy's" will alter the stakes of the premise by shifting...
- 8/26/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
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