When we last heard about Five Nights at Freddy’s, the film was reportedly being directed by Chris Columbus. That was seven months ago, and not much has popped up since then. Well, FNAF creator Scott Cawthon broke his silence on a recent Steam Community forum post to talk about just what’s going on not only with the movie, but a bunch of FNAF things.
For starters, Cawthon says that he’s been working with Kira Breed-Wrisley (his cowriter on the FNAF books) to get a first draft of the film’s script completed, which he has done! According to Cawthon, he presented the script to Jason Blum, who after reading it, “thought it was great, although it will still need some work.” The story focuses on the setting and events of the first game.
Cawthon also says that if they get a green light to make a second film (for which he’s already written an outline), that one would be based on the second game.
Cawthon also mentions that the VR and Augmented Reality FNAF games are coming along, although the AR game is “still in its infancy”. The VR game has its Tech Demo completed, which Cawthon has played, saying that the title screen along was “very unsettling”. He even told the studio working on the game that if he ever felt comfortable testing the game, “then they aren’t doing their job!” If you’re jonsing for a fix, you can always check out this fan VR game.
Lastly, when it comes to additional games in the series, Cawthon remains coy, giving a “maybe, maybe not” response. He does have an idea of a side project that would be “just for fun, in the spirit of Foxy Fighters, or a mash-up of games similar to Foxy Fighters, in the vein of Update 2, where many games connected to create a single experience.”
However, he does mention that there will be console ports of the original games, with a deal signed and more news on the ports “coming soon!”
Stay tuned, as always.
