Those frightened teens are now money-earning adults
Universal Pictures have dropped the first teaser for theirFive Nights At Freddy’sfilm adaptation, based on the hit horror series. Ten years ago, I’d hear schoolmates chatting about the games’ ghosts, purple people, and dismembered heads stuck in animatronics. Now, we’re old enough to buy R-rated cinema tickets, and Hollywood’s ready to capitalise on some teen nostalgia - essentially the film industry’s version of min-maxing. Check out the first teaser here:
Our first look at Freddy’s Fazbear Pizzeria is an idyllic commercial, but it doesn’t take long for things to go south. Josh Hutcherson (thepita breadfrom Hunger Games) shows up as the restaurant’s newest security guard and his overnight shift goes terribly wrong. We also get brief looks at the series' creepy animatronic mascots - Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie the Bunny, Chica the Chicken, and Foxy the Pirate Fox - and the most delightful villain from the Scream series, Matthew Lillard.
Series creator Scott Cawthorn penned the screenplay for the film. Cawthorn notablyretired a couple of years agoafter fans discovered he had donated large sums of money to controversial anti-LGBT politicians.
Fight Nights At Freddy’s will be released in cinemas just in time for Halloween: October 27th. The five people subscribed to streaming service Peacock can watch the film on the same day, as it’s a simultaneous release.
Otherwise, check out thelegally distinct Five Nights At Freddy’s adaptationstarring the one and only Nic Cage.
