I’m hearing Universal/Blumhouse’s “Five Nights at Freddy‘s” will have its sequel shoot in the spring of 2024. A Halloween 2024 release date is being eyed for this second film — talk about a quickie!
The original film, released this year, and directed by Emma Tammi, based on a popular horror videogame, opened to a record-breaking $80 million on Halloween weekend. The numbers were “fueled by a very passionate under 25 demo.”
The movie had terrible reviews — 31% on Rotten Tomatoes —but that didn’t seem to matter much to Gen Z. ‘Freddy’ was one of the most unusual, and surprising, movie events of the year. It racked up $300 million worldwide on a skimp $20 million budget.
Another oddity had it getting released simultaneously in theaters and on the Peacock streaming service. Just think of all the money Universal lost by having this one immediately go to streaming. I bet the sequel won’t be making the same mistake again.
‘Freddy’s, based on a popular horror videogame, starred Josh Hutcherson as a troubled security guard who accepts a night-time job at an abandoned family entertainment center, where he discovers its four animatronic mascots are alive and kill anyone that is still there after midnight
I have yet to see this movie, and there’s been absolutely no urge on my part to catch up with it.