Josh Hutcherson is treating followers to a second serving at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza.
As he prepares to enter manufacturing on the upcoming sequel in New Orleans, the 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 star stated that “followers are gonna flip” for the follow-up to director Emma Tammi‘s 2023 characteristic adaptation of the favored horror online game sequence.
“It’s a lot larger; the stakes are increased,” Hutcherson informed Esquire. “There’s extra animatronics being introduced in, totally different animatronics being introduced in, and the world simply opens up in a giant method.”
FNAF stars Hutcherson as Mike Schmidt, a troubled safety guard who begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. Whereas spending his first night time on the job, he realizes the night time shift at Freddy’s gained’t be as straightforward a gig as he thought.
“We’re discovering the steadiness proper now of constructing this world and increasing it in a extremely cool method but in addition ensuring the characters keep actually grounded,” he added. “That’s one thing that I actually suppose that all of us fought for within the first movie, as a result of this world that was created in 5 Nights at Freddy’s, it’s so out-there.
Cunning, Chica, Freddy Fazbear and Bonnie in 5 Nights at Freddy’s.
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Hutcherson continued, “It’s so over-the-top and wacky, in a method, that to seek out the emotional reality of the characters was gonna be what was gonna work. I believe the followers are gonna flip for it. It’s gonna be quite a lot of enjoyable with the supply. It’s gonna be scarier, too, really.”
As for whether or not he’ll return for a 3rd outing at Freddy’s, the actor stated “you by no means know,” including: “I imply, I like working on this world. Emma Tammi, our director, is phenomenal, and with my character, Mike, I believe the probabilities are limitless. This might have a really probably long term and it could possibly be quite a lot of enjoyable, however at this level we’re specializing in the second film. We’ll see what comes after that.”
Earlier than Common confirmed a sequel is within the works at CinemaCon in April, set to premiere in Dec. 5, 2025, Hutcheron’s co-star Matthew Lillard stated he signed a three-pic deal for the franchise.
