![]() ![]() And two months later, Jason Blum himself officially confirmed that Blumhouse would produce the FNAF movie.Īdding on, it became known in February of 2018 that Chris Columbus was set to direct the film alongside Cawthon and Blum. Cawthon teased in March 2017 that he would instead be collaborating on the film with Blumhouse Productions. Nevertheless, all was not lost for a possible adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy’s as a feature film. ![]() In June 2017, Kenan announced he was no longer attached to the film since FNAF’s departure from the production company. Pictures failed to take such a beloved horror game franchise off the ground and into the cinemas. In January 2017, Cawthon said they were “ back to square one” and expressed his desire to “be involved with the movie since day one this time.” So, Warner Bros. flag, Gil Kenan and Tyler Burton Smith were set to direct the film. Interestingly, the rights to the film were turned over to Warner Bros. And unfortunately, the film came to be in a quite perilous position for such an ambitious project––development hell. However, fans would be disappointed to discover that the movie would take years even to begin production, if at all. ![]() To many fans’ excitement, Scott Cawthon officially announced that a Five Nights at Freddy’s movie is happening on April 7th, 2015. Why is the movie taking so long to come out? So, what came next was met with a celebration from fans. This essentially propelled Cawthon’s franchise into stardom.įNAF was a sensational hit in 2014 and paved the way for a devoted fan base that still has many loyal followers in 2022. As renowned YouTubers, Pewdiepie, Markiplier, and several others in the gaming community started following the trend of playing the game. The game was popularized and became well known through the Youtube platform. Much of the franchise’s popularity can be owed to microcelebrity influencers known to the horror let’s play community. Also, taking the setting of a children’s pizzeria, a place usually associated with nostalgia and childhood innocence, and warping it into a place of dread and paranoia is a clever subversion of expectations. It’s not the jump scares that players must fear but the anticipation and psychological horror of the constant threat that looms each night. It is to be noted that the FNAF games are praised for invoking an underlying sense of dread during their gameplay. ![]()
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