Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza’s killer animatronics are out for extra blood.
Blumhouse Atomic Monster has tapped Gary Dauberman to jot down the script for the subsequent installment of “Five Nights at Freddy’s.” Dauberman has penned a few of the most profitable horror franchises of the previous decade together with “It,” “Annabelle” and “The Nun.”
The 2 earlier “Five Nights at Freddy’s” movies have been main field workplace hits, with the 2023 authentic grossing $297.2 million globally on a $20 million funds and its 2025 sequel netting $239.6 million on a $36 million funds. Set in a haunted household pleasant, themed restaurant, the films starred Josh Hutcherson. It was primarily based on a preferred horror online game collection by Scott Cawthon, who co-wrote the script for the primary movie with Emma Tammi and Seth Cuddeback and wrote the second movie by himself.
Regardless of their monetary success, neither “Five Nights at Freddy’s” movie was embraced by critics. Given Dauberman’s pedigree, he might enhance the standard of the subsequent entry within the precious collection, doubtlessly resulting in critiques which are rather less grisly.
Blumhouse Atomic Monster has had a profitable yr in theaters, releasing “Obsession” and “Backrooms,” that are two of the summer season’s largest blockbusters. It marks a return to kind for the corporate, which struggled for a lot of 2025, releasing underperforming movies reminiscent of “Wolf Man” and “M3GAN 2.0.” Blumhouse Atomic Monster did have a modest hit final yr with “The Black Phone 2”
Dauberman is represented by WME, Kathleen Remington, Mortimer PR, and Toczek Suddleson. Dread Central broke the information of Dauberman’s rent.
