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Matthew Lillard confirms three-picture deal for Five Nights At Freddy’s movies

February 4, 2023 by EJ Moreno

Are we seeing the birth of a Five Nights At Freddy’s movie franchise? The latest news promises at least two more movies following the upcoming video game adaptation from Universal and Blumhouse. During a recent appearance on the WeeklyMTG podcast, Matthew Lillard confirmed that he will appear in not only the upcoming movie, which just […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: Blumhouse, Five Nights at Freddy's, Matthew Lillard, universal

Five Nights At Freddy’s movie casts Matthew Lillard, Josh Hutcherson and more

December 18, 2022 by EJ Moreno

For years, the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie has been in development. Now with the announcement of casting, it finally feels real. Deadline broke the story that Matthew Lillard and Josh Hutcherson would join the cast of the video game adaptation. While there’s no official confirmation, rumors say that Lillard will play William Afton, the […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Video Games Tagged With: Blumhouse, Five Nights at Freddy's, Josh Hutcherson, Mary Stuart Masterson, Matthew Lillard, Piper Rubio

Chris Columbus and Blumhouse set to make Five Nights at Freddy’s movie

February 12, 2018 by Tom Beasley

There’s good news today for fans of pant-wettingly scary video games as Blumhouse has announced it’s set to make an adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy’s, with director Chris Columbus in the chair. The director, who made Home Alone and the first two Harry Potter movies, has signed up to helm the adaptation of the […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Tom Beasley Tagged With: Blumhouse, Chris Columbus, Five Nights at Freddy's

Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s movie finds its director

October 6, 2022 by Matt Rodgers

An adaptation of popular videogame Five Nights At Freddy’s has been in development longer than it used to take to load a Commodore64 game via cassette (one for the kids there), but it has finally found its director in Emma Tammi. Once a project for both Home Alone‘s Chris Columbus and Monster House‘s Gil Kenan, […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Video Games Tagged With: Blumhouse, Emma Tammi, Five Nights at Freddy's, Jason Blum

Chris Columbus is no longer directing Five Nights at Freddy’s movie

September 30, 2021 by Liam Waddington

Development on the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie adaptation has been stuck in production limbo for years, and now, it seems the upcoming Blumhouse project has hit another roadblock. During an interview with Collider, Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum has revealed that director Chris Columbus is no longer attached to the project. Additionally, Blum denied to […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News, Video Games Tagged With: Chris Columbus, Five Nights at Freddy's, Jason Blum

Five Nights at Freddy’s movie gets production start date

November 21, 2020 by Liam Waddington

Although development on the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie adaptation has been ongoing for years now, it seems like the project has taken a major step forward to entering production. The news comes from Blumhouse’s Twitter account that links to a Reddit post by the video game series creator Scott Cawthon where he announces minor plot […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News, Video Games Tagged With: Blumhouse, Five Nights at Freddy's, Scott Cawthon

Five Nights at Freddy’s movie producer Jason Blum says they “haven’t quite figured it out” yet

November 12, 2020 by Liam Waddington

Although development on the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie adaptation has been ongoing for years now, it seems like the project is moving slower than expected. In an interview with Inverse, producer Jason Blum revealed that while work is still continuing on the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie, the creative team “haven’t quite figured it out” […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News, Video Games Tagged With: Five Nights at Freddy's, Jason Blum

Producer Jason Blum offers an update on the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie

June 25, 2020 by Liam Waddington

The movie adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy’s is seemingly still alive despite little to no production news for the past few years as producer Jason Blum shares an update on the project’s development. In a recent interview with Fandom, Blum teased that the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie adaptation is “rapidly moving forward” but revealed he […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Blumhouse Productions, Five Nights at Freddy's, Jason Blum

Five Nights at Freddy’s movie script being completely overhauled

November 14, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

Back in 2015 it was announced that a feature film adaptation of the cult horror video game franchise Five Nights at Freddy’s was in the works, with Blumhouse Productions picking up the rights earlier this year and setting Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) to direct with a view to releasing […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Video Games Tagged With: Five Nights at Freddy's

Poltergeist helmer Gil Kenan to direct Five Nights at Freddy’s movie

July 29, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Back in April, Warner Bros. announced that it had acquired the movie rights to the video game franchise Five Nights at Freddy’s, and now Deadline is reporting that the studio has found its director. According to the site, Gil Kenan (Monster House, Poltergeist) has signed on to direct the film, as well as writing the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Video Games Tagged With: Five Nights at Freddy's, gil kenan

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