Five Nights at Freddy's is an upcoming horror film based on the video game series of the same name created by Scott Cawthon. It was initially estimated for a 2020 release, but no release date is confirmed as of yet.[1] Filming was scheduled to begin Spring 2021,[2] but was delayed because of Scott Cawthon's retirement. SummaryBased on the popular horror video game, a man starts a job working as a night watch security guard at the restaurant Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where he discovers the animatronics move at night and will kill any adult that are still there after hours.[3] DevelopmentWarner Bros. Pictures announced in April 2015 that it had acquired the series' film rights, with Roy Lee, David Katzenberg, and Seth Grahame-Smith scheduled to produce. Grahame-Smith said that they would collaborate with Cawthon "to make an insane, terrifying and weirdly adorable movie".[4] In July 2015, Gil Kenan signed to direct the adaptation and co-write it with Tyler Burton Smith.[5] In January 2017, Cawthon said that due to "problems within the movie industry as a whole", the film "was met with several delays and roadblocks" and was "back at square one". He promised "to be involved with the movie from day one this time"[6][7] Cawthon tweeted a picture of a chair with the name "Freddy" with the Blumhouse Productions logo in March of that year, implying that the film has a new production company.[8][9] Producer Jason Blum confirmed the news two months later, saying that he was excited about working closely with Cawthon on the adaptation.[10] In June 2017, Kenan said that he was no longer directing the film after Warner Bros. Pictures' turnaround.[11] It was announced in February 2018 that Chris Columbus would direct and write the film, also producing it with Blum and Cawthon.[12] In August 2018, Cawthon announced that the script's first draft (involving the events of the first game) was completed and a second and third film were possible.[13] That month, Blum tweeted that the film was planned for a 2020 release.[14] In November 2018, Cawthon announced that the film's script had been scrapped and the film would be further delayed.[15] On September 2019, the script for the movie has been confirmed to be finished. In June 2020, Blum said in an interview that the film is in super active development, and that it's moving rapidly forward, but that he doesn't want to put a timeline on it.[16] In November 2020, Cawthon stated in a Reddit post that the screenplay had been chosen and that filming will start in Spring 2021, around March. Included was a list of scrapped screenplays with a small description of each and why they were ultimately eliminated. However, on September 29th, 2021, it was revealed in an article that the "Mike" script was scrapped and that filming did not begin during spring of 2021 as Scott and Jason wanted. Therefore, it's clearly unknown when the film is being released, however, Jason has twitted out that the movie is still in production and has stated that he doesn't want to write a story that's going to disappoint Scott: he wants to make Scott happy. In March 2022, Blum stated that news on the film is "dangerously close" and that it could release in 2023.[17] In August 2022, Jason Blum tweeted an image from a special effects company Jim Henson's Creature Shop, who made the animatronic suit designs for the film. Production Companies
GalleryA behind-the-scenes image of a Jim Henson's Creature Shop designer creating the animatronics. Trivia
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