‘Five Nights At Freddy’s 2’ Sets Release Date; The sequel to “M3GAN” pushed

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Universal Pictures announced release dates for three major titles in the genre on Thursday, revealing at the same time that two of its most anticipated sequels will change schedules.

The Blumhouse thriller The woman in the courtyard is scheduled to open on Friday, March 28, 2025, with Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse’s Drop debuts on Friday April 11, 2025 and Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 to scare at the box office on Friday December 5, 2025.

Meanwhile, Blumhouse The black phone 2 will move from June 27, 2025 to Friday October 17, 2025, with that of Blumhouse M3GAN2.0 moving from May 16, 2025 to the June slot. All of the above will open wide.

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and starring Danielle Deadwyler, who previously collaborated on the upcoming action thriller Continue, The woman in the courtyardThe plot of is secret. Written by first-time screenwriter Sam Stefanak, the film also stars Russell Horsby, Okwui Okpokwasili, Peyton Jackson and Estella Kahiha. Jason Blum produced alongside Stéphanie Allain (The Exorcist: Believer), with Deadwyler, Collet-Serra, Gabrielle Ebron, Scott Greenberg and James Moran as EPs.

Also without a logline for the moment, the thriller Drop by director Christopher Landon (We have a ghost) stars Meghann Fahy with Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane Jacob Robinson and Ed Weeks. Written by Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach, the pic is produced by Blum for Blumhouse and by Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller for Platinum Dunes. Ron Lynch and Sam Lerner serve as executive producers.

Exceeding expectations last fall with a worldwide gross of $300 million, Five Nights at Freddy’s adapts the popular video game franchise of the same name by Scott Cawthon and follows Mike (Josh Hutcherson), a troubled young man who reluctantly accepts a job as a night watchman at an abandoned themed restaurant, Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, in the hope this will help him retain custody. of his younger sister. Instead, this fateful decision leads him to the dark heart of a supernatural nightmare.

The highest-grossing horror film of 2023, the plot of its sequels has not been disclosed. Emma Tammi returned to direct, while Blum and Cawthon return to produce.

Also launching a new successful franchise, M3GAN I watched a robotics engineer at a toy company build a lifelike doll that began to take on a life of its own. Directed by Gerard Johnstone and starring Allison Williams, Ronny Chieng and Violet McGraw, the film opened to $30.4 million last January, earning the biggest opening weekend for a PG-horror film. 13 since A Quiet Place, Part II. Ultimately, the film grossed over $180 million worldwide. Atomic Monster’s James Wan and Blumhouse’s Blum are producing the sequel, the plot of which has not been disclosed.

Finally, we have the The black phone 2, which follows the serial killer pic starring Ethan Hawke that broke out as a phenomenon in 2022 with $160 million worldwide. No word on the story this time, but Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies and Miguel Mora are back.

Scott Derrickson directs from his script written with frequent collaborator C. Robert Cargill, with the duo producing alongside Blum. Joe Hill and Ryan Turek serve as executive producers.