While we wait for another update on the next Five Nights at Freddy’s movie, the popular video game and film franchise is now spawning a real-life physical location in New Jersey!
Variety reports this week, “New Jersey entertainment and retail center American Dream will open a real-life Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza location in East Rutherford, N.J., in 2027.”
“The immersive restaurant experience is a functional reimagining of the game’s location, designed in collaboration with IP holder ScottGames,” Variety’s report explains.
The quick-service experience will feature arcade games in addition to food, along with two animatronic stage shows: Freddy and the Fazbear Band, and Pirate Cove with Foxy the Pirate.
“The only way this experience succeeds is if it’s created by a team that knows Five Nights at Freddy’s inside and out,” said American Dream’s Atreyu Alcantar. “The animatronic show has to be authentic. The food has to be high quality. And above all else, we’re not building a set that looks like Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza – we’re building Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza.”
Alcantar adds, “This experience will immerse longtime fans in the world they’ve imagined for years while welcoming an entirely new audience to discover it for the first time.”
The Five Nights at Freddy’s property was created by Scott Cawthon, with the franchise growing to include video games, graphic novels, novels, and of course, two hit feature films.
Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza is the central location of the property, where animatronic characters including Freddy Fazbear come to life to murder anyone who dares spend the night.
