Scott Cawthon

Five Nights at Freddy's, a cultural gaming giant big enough to have its own movie (that was apparently Just Okay, according to critics) has come toRoblox—wait, hold on a second, it's gone. Now it's in beta? Oh, but the beta's been «taken down for a few weeks.» Err.

When the first Five Nights at Freddy’s live-action film began filming in 2022, fans of the jumpscare-heavy horror series were thrilled. Excited to see how their favorite animatronics would appear on the silver screen, people arrived at theaters in droves late last year, making the film an easy success. Today, it was announced that Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is getting a sequel in the fall of 2025.

Like whatever the opposite of the MCU is, the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise just keeps drumming up fan excitement no matter how long it goes on.

A new Five Nights at Freddy's game leaked online, but rather than getting upset about it, series creator Scott Cawthon has said we can all chat about it.

There's a new Five Nights at Freddy's game in development with retro-inspired pixel art and side-scrolling gameplay, confirmed by series creator Scott Cawthon.

A new Five Nights at Freddy's game was prematurely announced after its trailer leaked earlier this week. Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon offered his thoughts on the pixel-art side scroller's future release.

An unannounced upcoming Five Nights at Freddy’s game has been revealed early, although Scott Cawthon, creator of the indie horror hit franchise, has addressed the leak and given his blessing to discussion around it.

WrestleQuest developer Mega Cat Studios accidentally uploaded a trailer for Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit before quickly taking it down. It shows a new 2D pixel graphics spin-off in which we explore a rundown pizzeria where a murderous Springtrap, seemingly piloted by William Afton, hunts down any and all visitors.

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A new game in the Five Nights at Freddy’s series is coming to Roblox — or rather, it already did, accidentally, in what franchise creator Scott Cawthon called “one of the most baffling, insane, things to ever happen in my ten years of working on FNAF.”

Since premiering in late October, Five Nights at Freddy’s has become a big box-office success. It’s already the highest-grossing horror film of 2023, and it has now become horror production company Blumhouse’s highest-grossing film of all time.

The spooky film is now Blumhouse's highest-grossing movie ever.

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The Five Nights at Freddy's movie adaptation from Universal and Blumhouse has seen some impressive numbers following its release, breaking several records in the process.

After having helped popularize its source material, Markiplier's cut cameo details have been revealed by fellow YouTube gamer and movie star MatPat. An adaptation of Scott Cawthon's horror video game franchise about possessed murderous animatronics has been in the works for nearly a decade, having finally made its way to the screen with the creator onboard as a co-writer and producer and Blumhouse financing the project. Though garnering negative reviews from critics, is already a box office hit in its opening weekend with an impressive 89% approval rating from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.

The possessed-animatronics horror video game Five Nights at Freddy’s is less than a decade old, but a movie version has been in the works almost since the game launched, which seems especially protracted for a development process. Warner Bros. bought the movie rights in 2015, and the project moved over to Blumhouse a couple of years later. Game creator Scott Cawthon wrote and rewrote the script, while kid-horror filmmakers like Gil Kenan (Monster House) and Chris Columbus (Gremlins, the first Harry Potter and Percy Jackson movies) signed on and jumped off the project.

Director Emma Tammi also discussed the invaluable contributions the game's creator made to the film.

On the surface, Five Nights at Freddy’s seems like it checks all of the boxes of a terrifying horror movie. A claustrophobic setting? Yes. Mysterious disappearances? Yes. Jumpscares? Yes. Killer robots? Quadruple yes. 

With the movie just around the corner, many people are searching for clues and hints for what will be included in the upcoming film. After all, the franchise has deep lore and a ton of Easter eggs that the community has identified over the years. With 13 total games, eight being part of the main franchise with five spinoffs, there's a lot of story and content to get lost in. Recently, the creator of, Scott Cawthon, released a free-to-play game with major spoilers for the upcoming film.

YouTuber Markiplier has revealed why he had no choice but to turn down a role in the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy's movie.

One of the hottest debates in the Five Nights at Freddy's community has just been put on ice, as the series' creator has confirmed that Bonnie is blue, not purple.

There are just a few weeks until the release of the movie from Blumhouse, and it looks like it will be starting off on a sound footing.

Funko andare reuniting for Funko Games’ upcoming collectible board game. The world of started when a video game of the same name, made by Scott Cawthon, was released in 2014, but has seemingly only grown more popular. Since then, roughly a dozen mainline games and spinoffs have been released in total, in addition to a full-length feature film adaptation.

Children’s horror is a shocking genre, even just knowing these two spaces coexist. While there are many examples of children’s horror out there, some stretch the overlap between horror for adults and spooks for children a tad too far. Horror games like the Five Nights at Freddy’s series and Poppy Playtime have set the trend for games in the horror genre to progressively market more toward children.

The new trailer gives us a look at some of the supporting cast including Matthew Lillard--and the film's murderous animatronics.

Five Nights at Freddy's Plus has seemingly been cancelled and pulled from Steam following the recent controversies with Phisnom after a livestream of Security Breach's Ruins DLC.