Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Is Happening, Josh Hutcherson Confirms (2025)

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Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Is Happening, Josh Hutcherson Confirms (1)

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Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Is Happening, Josh Hutcherson Confirms (2)

Summary

  • Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is in the early stages of script development, and the team wants to start filming as soon as possible.
  • The unexpected success of the first film connected with audiences, and Josh Hutcherson is eager to work on the sequel.
  • Director Emma Tammi hinted that the plot of the second film will follow the trajectory of the second game in the video game series.

Josh Hutcherson has confirmed that Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is in the works, saying that the film is in the early stages of development. Hutcherson starred as Mike Schmidt in director Emma Tammi's breakout hit, Five Nights at Freddy's, which quickly became Blumhouse's highest-grossing film of all time upon its release in 2023, earning $295 million dollars at the box office against a budget of $20 million. Now, in an interview with Variety, Hutcherson mentioned that Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is still in the early stages of script development, but that they would like to get going sooner rather than later based on the success of the first film:

"I know they’re in the process right now of nailing down the story, and they want to get going as soon as possible. Obviously, the fans are amazing and die hard. For me to be a part of it was so cool and phenomenal."

In the same interview, Hutcherson also spoke about how no one expected Five Nights at Freddy's to connect with audiences the way it did, and become a box office sensation. He also mentioned that he is eager to get to work on the sequel, and to possibly reunite with Emma Tammi, who has yet to be confirmed as director for the second film.

"We hoped it would connect with audiences. But I don’t think that anybody, even on our side of things, expected it to really connect the way that it did. I’m dying to get back on set. Emma Tammi, our director, was fantastic, and it was such a fun world to play in. I’m excited to see what they are doing next."

Related: Five Nights at Freddy's Breaks Another Impressive Record for Blumhouse

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Five Nights at Freddy’s

Release Date
October 27, 2023

Director
Emma Tammi
Cast
Josh Hutcherson, matthew lillard, Elizabeth Lail, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kat Conner Sterling

Main Genre
Horror

With Five Nights at Freddy's 2 still in the early stages of development, fans of the franchise will still have to wait a little while longer for the film to be released. There's no word yet on when the movie will go into production, but if what Josh Hutcherson said holds true, and filming gets started soon, it could come as early as October 2024, a year after the debut of the first film.

While story details are still under wraps, director Emma Tammi did open up to Variety last year, saying that since the first film followed the plot of the video game it was based on, it would make sense for Five Nights at Freddy's 2 to follow the trajectory of the second game:

"We’re definitely excited to keep making more movies in this world, should we be lucky enough to do that. This one was tied into the first game, and we would probably focus on tying the second one into the second game, and so on and so forth. But anything could happen. We’ll have to see."

As for star Matthew Lillard, whose character of antagonist William Afton met an ambiguous end in Five Nights at Freddy's, he's excited to return for a sequel, and work with Blumhouse on more horror projects at this stage of his career. Speaking with Screen Rant in December 2023, Lillard mentioned how he would love to spend the rest of his career working with the famed production company because what they're doing is "incredible."

"So I've been looking for an opportunity to get back in to the horror genre, and I couldn't be happier being in business with [Jason] Blum and Blumhouse. What they're doing is incredible. I said this to him last week, I would spend the rest of my career working in his space because I think he's a good dude. I think the stuff he makes is the world I want to live in, and I can do well at, and I'm hoping to be around for a long time."

Though the release of Five Nights at Freddy's 2 seems like a long way away, check out the trailer for the first film below, and catch Five Nights at Freddy's streaming on Peacock.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Is Happening, Josh Hutcherson Confirms (2025)
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