Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is officially a go and it could be coming to Peacock sooner than you think
FNAF getting a sequel isn’t exactly a surprise – but wait till you hear which horror movie’s getting a reboot
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The movie adaptation of cult videogameFive Nights At Freddy’swasPeacock’s biggest-ever launchand film studio Blumhouse’s top opening of all time. So, despite some pretty mixed reviews, it’s hardly surprising thatFive Nights At Freddy’sis coming back. Speaking at this week’s CinemaCon event, Universal revealed that a sequel to the horror movie is already in development, withBlumhouselater posting on X that it is due to land in the fall of 2025.
The film got lots of rather damning reviews when it opened – it’s currently sitting with a truly terrible 32% on Rotten Tomatoes – but nevertheless it did big numbers.The Hollywood Reportersays the opening was an impressive $78 million. And game adaptations are hot right now, with theMarioand Sonic movies making lots of money while more serious game adaptations such asThe Last of UsandFallout, which launched this week onPrime Video, getting plenty of kudos from the critics.
More FNAF and the return of The Blair Witch too
While the sequel toFive Nights At Freddy’swasn’t a complete surprise – director Emma Tammi had previously said that “we have some loose ends that I think are going to have to come back in a sequel to be tied up" – Blumhouse’s other news was rather unexpected. The studio is also “reimagining” key Lionsgate movies including the (in)famousBlair Witch Project. The original 1999 movie was one of the first movies to really leverage the power of the internet, with its faked found footage leading many people to believe that its filmmakers were real people who’d encountered something seriously scary in the woods.
This isn’t the first attempt to recapture theBlair Witch Project’s magic. There was a sequel, which was rubbish, and a reboot, which was also rubbish. But asEmpiremagazine says, “let’s face it – if anyone has a solid chance at making something good out of older horror titles, Jason Blum’s team have a solid track record”.
Blum said: “I’m a huge admirer ofThe Blair Witch Project, which brought the idea of found footage horror to mainstream audiences and became a true cultural phenomenon. I don’t think there would have been aParanormal Activityhad there not first been aBlair Witch, so this feels like a truly special opportunity and I’m excited to see where it leads.”
The sequel toFive Nights At Freddy’sis due in 2025, while theBlair Witch Projectreboot doesn’t currently have a release date.
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Writer, broadcaster, musician and kitchen gadget obsessive Carrie Marshall has been writing about tech since 1998, contributing sage advice and odd opinions to all kinds of magazines and websites as well as writing more than a dozen books. Her memoir,Carrie Kills A Man, is on sale now and her next book, about pop music, is out in 2025. She is the singer in Glaswegian rock bandUnquiet Mind.
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