2023 was another stellar year for the horror genre with a healthy mix of original and franchise projects to scream over. On the franchise front, there was no film as financially successful asBlumhouseand Universal’sFive Nights at Freddy’s. The film based on the popular video game franchise of the same name made a killing at the box office. While a sequel hasn’t been officially announced yet,Jason Blumhas been teasing a potential sequel since the film’s debut last October. Now,Blum may have given fans the biggest update yet with a potential behind-the-scenes photo.
Early on Tuesday,the founder of Blumhouse posted a mysterious tease on X featuringJim Henson’s Creature Shop. He wrote, “Jim Henson’s Creature Shop is working their magic again! We aren’t sure what they’re working on, but we know it will be great!” Accompanying the message is an image of someone working on an animatronic. There are also various sculpts surrounding the worker’s space that may putFive Nightfans on high alert. Now,Five Nightsis not mentioned anywhere in the post itself, but one could imply that this is the Creature Shop starting their work on the sequel. This famous effects shop worked on the original, designing the suits/animatronics. It was one of the universally loved aspects of the film and, to date, it’s the only project they’ve worked on with Blumhouse. This is all speculation at this point, but this may be the first physical sign that a sequel is being worked on.
A ‘Five Nights’ Sequel Is Inevitable
Five Nights at Freddy’smay have been critically panned, but that didn’t stop horror fans from swarming in droves to the theater. Despite a questionable day-and-date release with Peacock, the video game adaptation made almost $300 million at the worldwide box office. That was good enough to becomeBlumhouse’s most successful release in their history.With a great cast that featuredJosh Hutcherson(Hunger Games),Matthew Lillard(Scream), and Elizabeth Lail (You),Five Nightswas a pretty fateful adaptation of the source material and knew exactly what it was. Like the games, this was a campy genre experience thatleft the door open forFive Nightsto become the next major horror film franchise. Again, the practical effects work was one of the best parts of the original, so if this is a newFive Nightssequel tease, it’s great to see Blumhouse continuing those real spin-tingling thrills.
It’s important to reiterate that this new behind-the-scenes tease isn’t confirmed to be aFive Nights at Freddy’s sequel in development. There’s alsono release date or window for the potential continuation at this moment. Blumhouse, as of late, has been known not to jump the gun on sequels. For example, the upcomingM3GAN 2.0andBlack Phone 2have had a seemingly normal development cycle. While fans wait for an official confirmation and date forFive Nights at Freddy’s 2, horror fans can rest easy knowing that Jim Henson’s Creature Shop is working with Blumhouse again in some capacity.Five Nights at Freddy’sis currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Five Nights at Freddy’s
Can you survive five nights? The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a blood-chilling cinematic event, as Blumhouse — the producer ofM3GAN,The Black Phone, andThe Invisible Man— bringsFive Nights at Freddy’sto the big screen. The film follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.
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