After the successFive Nights at Freddy’shad when it was released in movie theaters and onPeacocklast year, fans of the franchise are impatiently waiting for a sequel toEmma Tammi’s video game adaptation. Fortunately for them,Josh Hutchersonhas provided an update regarding the development of his next trip to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. During a recent interview with Collider’s Editor-in-chief,Steve Weintraub,The Beekeeperstarcommented on how the development of the next installment in the series is moving along, stating that the priority is to figure out what Mike Schmidt’s next steps should be:
We’re all patiently waiting. I mean, look, I think that they have a lot to figure out as far as where to take the storybecause there’s a lot of options based on the various formats of the game and story and lore. So, I think they’re kind of trying to nail down exactly which avenue they’re gonna proceed down, and then we’ll get to shooting.
Hutcherson added that the sequel could potentially be filmed this year: “Based on where the strike was and everything last year things were really slowing down. Now it’s kind of picking back up again, so I’m excited to get some stuff lined up. But as of now, I’m just looking forward to theFreddy’ssequel at some point this year, hopefully.” Tammi, the filmmaker behindFive Nights at Freddy’s, has alsoexpressed interest in returningto the world where the ghosts of William Afton’s (Matthew Lillard) victims have possessed their favorite animatronics in an attempt to avenge their deaths.
Five Nights at Freddy’sfollowed Mike as he was looking for a job that could allow him to take care of himself and his younger sister, Abby (Piper Rubio). Due to his complicated track record, the only position available for him was that of night guard at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, an abandoned pizzeria where a terrible crime had taken place. Eventually, Mike discovered that the animatronics of the business were possessed by the souls of the children killed by William Afton, and it was up to him to save Abby before something bad happened to her.
What Could Happen in ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’?
While a sequel toFive Nights at Freddy’shasn’t been placed onBlumhouseandUniversal Pictures' calendar yet, the first movie left plenty of loose ends in case the team needed to return for another story. William Afton was defeated by the animatronics, but as the movie came to an end, it looked like he survived the encounter. At the same time, Mike finally learned who killed his younger brother years before the events of the movie took place, and with the ghost children of this universe able to communicate with him through dreams and visions, it remains to be seen if he’ll be reunited with Garrett (Lucas Grant) at some point in the future.
Five Nights at Freddy’sis now available for streaming on Peacock in the U.S. For more from our interview with Josh Hutcherson, watch below.
Five Nights at Freddy’s
Can you survive five nights? The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a blood-chilling cinematic event, as Blumhouse — the producer ofM3GAN,The Black Phone, andThe Invisible Man— bringsFive Nights at Freddy’sto the big screen. The film follows a troubled security guard as he 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.
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