"Five Nights at Freddy's" has been in the works for a long, long time. The movie was originally announced in 2015, with Warner Bros. distributing. However, by 2017, the project had shifted over to distributor Universal and producer Blumhouse. But even after the film found a new home, it still hit quite a few snags, with directors coming and going and an entire screenplay getting tossed out the window when it didn't meet the approval of game creator Scott Cawthon.
"I'm sticking to what I've always said," Cawthon wrote online, "either the right movie gets made or no movie gets made. I hate delaying a project that's already seen so many delays, but I have to go with my instincts on what I think will be exciting and interesting and what I think the fanbase will really want to see." Fortunately, Blumhouse eventually assembled the right team of filmmakers (more on them in a minute), Cawthon gave the go-ahead, and now Freddy Fazbear is ready to terrify some poor security guard.
For those eager for the "Five Nights at Freddy's" movie, it comes out just in time for Halloween, hitting both theaters and streaming site Peacock on October 27, 2023. It'll find itself up against a serious threat for the crown of scariest October movie, as it'll be competing against "The Exorcist: Believer" (which is also a Universal/Blumhouse joint). Plus, both "Kraven the Hunter" and "Killers of the Flower Moon" debut that October, so it'll be a pretty crowded cinematic marketplace.
