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‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ Creator Cans Sixth Game, Takes a Break
Those waiting for the next entry in the Five Nights at Freddy’s have received some mixed news, as series creator Scott Cawthon recently announced that the next entry in the series which he was working on has been cancelled. This is surprising, as Five Nights at Freddy’s 6 was never even announced.
The reasoning for the cancellation of the game is due to “mounting expectations” of what was to be FNAF 6. “Each game SHOULD be better than the last,” says Cawthon. “But that pressure starts to mount, and I fear that I’ve been neglecting other things in my life for the sake of trying to keep up with those mounting expectations.” As well, the fact that he’s been releasing game after game in the series since the first FNAF was released three years ago, and the workload that ensued, also factored into his decision. Cawthon assures fans that he is not leaving game development or abandoning the series. In his words, “It just means that I want to get back to what made game-making enjoyable in the first place.”
Those fans wanting juicy tidbits on the now-cancelled sixth game are out of luck, however. Cawthon states that, “I’m not going to reveal anything else about what the game was, and I’ve asked other people involved to never divulge anything either. It’s just not going to be talked about.”
I know it’s one of those things that you keep in the back of your mind but never think to bring up, but game development is hard work. Regardless of the quality of your games, the fact that Cawthon has been able to churn out six games in three years, not to mention two books inspired by the series, the guy is burnt out and needs a break. No word on when Cawthon will get back to it, but at least fans have a potential movie in the works.
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Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for his role in 1993’s Jurassic Park, has passed away this week at 78 years old. In a statement shared on Neill’s Instagram page this morning, the actor’s family said that his passing was “sudden and unexpected.”
Neill had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2022, but stated the following year that he was in remission. The family notes that he “remained cancer free” at the time of his passing.
The family statement reads, “It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free.
“They would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent’s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss.”
In addition to his iconic role as Dr. Alan Grant in the original Jurassic Park and the sequels Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World: Dominion, Sam Neill left an indelible mark on the horror genre with memorable roles in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, The Omen: The Final Conflict, John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness, and sci-fi horror favorite Event Horizon.
Sam Neill’s vast resume in film and television began in the early 1970s and also includes the films Sleeping Dogs, Enigma, The Good Wife, A Cry in the Dark, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Hostage, The Jungle Book, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, The Horse Whisperer, Bicentennial Man, Daybreakers, Escape Plan, and Thor: Ragnarok.
Sam Neill is survived by his four children and eight grandchildren.
Steven Spielberg said in a statement to Variety, “I owe a debt of gratitude to Roger Donaldson, Gilliam Armstrong, Graham Baker and Phillip Noyce for casting Sam Neill in the roles in which he was so brilliant that brought him to my attention and led to his playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park. Sam was exceptionally collaborative. It was a stretch for him to play a character who acted as though children were messy and smelly because this was the opposite of the loving father he was to his children. I adored making all the Jurassic movies with him.”
Spielberg adds, “Along with Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, we will always have our Jurassic family and Sam will never be forgotten by us or his many millions of fans around the world.”
Sam Neill in ‘Event Horizon’
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