Blumhouse has introduced that the long-awaited Five Nights at Freddy’s film will lastly start filming in February. The challenge has had a considerably troubled manufacturing, nevertheless it’s now bought itself a brand new director, which, together with the involvement of an iconic particular results firm, ought to spell good issues for the film.

Speaking through Twitter, Blumhouse head Jason Blum confirmed yesterday that the FNAF film begins filming in February 2023, and that it is acquired a brand new director within the type of The Wind director Emma Tammi. The film’s animatronics and creature results shall be dealt with by the long-lasting Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, so in the event you’re a fan of the franchise, you may relaxation assured your favourite characters are in good arms.

Here’s what we all know concerning the film to date. Warner Bros acquired the rights to do a movie on the franchise in 2015, with Blumhouse becoming a member of because the manufacturing firm in 2017. Work on the film stalled, however franchise creator Scott Cawthon confirmed in late 2020 that the crew had selected a script and that filming would begin within the following spring.

Naturally, this did not occur, with Blumhouse’s Jason Blum revealing that the film had hit script issues and that its initially slated director, Chris Columbus, wasn’t connected to the challenge anymore. Now, it seems like issues are again on monitor, with Tammi within the director’s chair and a concrete month for filming having been declared. We’ll have to attend and see if the FNAF film will get hit with any additional setbacks.

Meanwhile, the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise continues

The Five Nights at Freddy‘s franchise remains to be shifting full steam forward, despite the fact that creator Scott Cawthon retired again in mid-2021 (surrounded by a substantial diploma of controversy, no much less). Although no new mainline video games are deliberate at current, a number of spinoff video games and media are within the works, together with an “formally licensed” reimagining of the unique Five Nights at Freddy‘s.

FNAF is not the one horror franchise, indie or in any other case, to be making its strategy to the large display screen, both. Recently, DreadXP confirmed it is engaged on a film adaptation of The Mortuary Assistant, and there is additionally apparently a Days Gone film on the best way, so there’s a lot to stay up for in the event you’re a horror aficionado.

It stays to be seen whether or not any official mainline Five Nights at Freddy‘s video games shall be created in Cawthon’s absence, though he is clearly nonetheless near the franchise given his involvement with the film. Watch this house for any extra information about FNAF, whether or not or not it’s film or game-related.