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Five Nights at Freddy’s movie: Release date, cast, trailer, plot, runtime, & much more

Josh Hutcherson in Five Nights at Freddy's.Universal Pictures

We’re just weeks away from video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s hitting cinemas and streaming, so here’s everything we know about the horror movie, including release date, trailer, cast, plot, runtime, and certificate.

Survival horror Five Nights at Freddy’s is just weeks away from hitting cinema screens and Peacock. Meaning more and more details are emerging about the release.

Recent rumors suggested that the film was going to be 3 hours long. Which sounded ridiculous. And proved to be unfounded as thanks to a new listing on the AMC website, we know know that Five Nights at Freddy’s will have a runtime of 1 hour and 50 minutes.

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While the MPAA have also certificated the movie, awarding the film a PG-13, for “strong violent content, bloody images and language.” Here’s everything else we know about the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie.

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Five Nights at Freddy’s release date

The Five Nights at Freddy’s movie is officially set to release right in time for Halloween in the US, on October 27, 2023. It will also stream exclusively on Peacock on the same date. While in the UK it’s set to hit two days earlier than that, on October 25.

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While filming for the FNAF project only kicked off in February 2023, fans can still expect to see the full movie by the end of this year, as Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum announced on Twitter.

During an interview with IGN, the producer also explained why he chose to work on the film, namely that it seemed like an unlikely pick:

“I really love a challenge,” he said. “Scott had been working on it as a movie with a studio for a while and that didn’t work out, this is many years ago. Everyone said we could never get the movie done, including, by the way, internally in my company. I was made fun of for pursuing this, this thing that could never happen, and that always lights a fire under me to say, ‘I bet I can do this’.”

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Five Nights at Freddy’s trailers

Despite snippets of the trailer leaking online before its release, the first teaser debuted on May 17, giving fans their first glimpse of the film in action.

A trailer for the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie dropped on June 27, 2023 – check it out below:

On August 30, 2023, the film received a second trailer to provide more information on the story and show off Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Foxy, and Chica a little more.

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Another trailer was shown on October 2, giving new looks at all the creepy animatronics.

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Five Nights at Freddy’s: Is Markiplier in the movie?

One of the biggest questions surrounding the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie is whether or not the self-proclaimed king of the series – Mark ‘Markiplier’ Fischbach – will appear. According to Mark in a recent interview: “Everyone wants to know, there was a lot of confusion. Yeah, I can’t say anything particular about that. There was a lot of scheduling conflict. And I can’t say anything.”

It’s a very ambiguous answer that raises more questions than it does answer them, however, the YouTube star did not say no. So only time will tell if he will make some sort of cameo.

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Five Nights at Freddy’s: Cast

The following actors have been confirmed to appear in the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie:

  • Josh Hutcherson as Mike Schmidt
  • Matthew Lillard as William Afton
  • Elizabeth Lail as Vanessa
  • Kat Conner Sterling as Max
  • Kevin Foster as Freddy Fazbear
  • Mary Stuart Masterson

Emma Tammi, who directed The Wind and Blood Moon, has also been confirmed to write and direct Five Nights at Freddy’s.

Five Nights at Freddy’s: What is the plot of the movie?

According to the Deadline report, the movie will follow “a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.”

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While you can check out some of the animatronics in the below Tweets.

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