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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Creator Reveals First Draft of Film Script Complete + More
When we last heard about Five Nights at Freddy’s, the film was reportedly being directed by Chris Columbus. That was seven months ago, and not much has popped up since then. Well, FNAF creator Scott Cawthon broke his silence on a recent Steam Community forum post to talk about just what’s going on not only with the movie, but a bunch of FNAF things.
For starters, Cawthon says that he’s been working with Kira Breed-Wrisley (his cowriter on the FNAF books) to get a first draft of the film’s script completed, which he has done! According to Cawthon, he presented the script to Jason Blum, who after reading it, “thought it was great, although it will still need some work.” The story focuses on the setting and events of the first game.
Cawthon also says that if they get a green light to make a second film (for which he’s already written an outline), that one would be based on the second game.
Cawthon also mentions that the VR and Augmented Reality FNAF games are coming along, although the AR game is “still in its infancy”. The VR game has its Tech Demo completed, which Cawthon has played, saying that the title screen along was “very unsettling”. He even told the studio working on the game that if he ever felt comfortable testing the game, “then they aren’t doing their job!” If you’re jonsing for a fix, you can always check out this fan VR game.
Lastly, when it comes to additional games in the series, Cawthon remains coy, giving a “maybe, maybe not” response. He does have an idea of a side project that would be “just for fun, in the spirit of Foxy Fighters, or a mash-up of games similar to Foxy Fighters, in the vein of Update 2, where many games connected to create a single experience.”
However, he does mention that there will be console ports of the original games, with a deal signed and more news on the ports “coming soon!”
Stay tuned, as always.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply saddened to learn that George A. Romero Foundation Founder and President Suzanne Desrocher-Romero has passed away.
GARF shared in a statement on socials, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Suzanne Desrocher Romero. Suzanne passed away of natural causes on June 24 at her home in Toronto after a prolonged illness.”
The statement continues, “Suzanne was the fierce leader of the George A. Romero Estate and The George A. Romero Foundation. She worked tirelessly to preserve George’s legacy. Her work at the foundation will continue to inspire and live on for generations to come. The family asks for privacy at this time.”
Desrocher-Romero founded GARF in 2018, after her late husband’s passing in 2017, and has been a fierce advocate for his legacy and the arts. It was her mission to “strengthen horror as a serious field of global study,” and she was a tremendous fighter on behalf of Romero’s works and supporting new filmmakers inspired by his legacy.
It was Desrocher-Romero who spearheaded the recovery and restoration of The Amusement Park, and, as the person in charge of the George A. Romero estate, worked closely with author Daniel Kraus on completing unfinished novels like Pay the Piper and The Living Dead. She most recently celebrated the restoration of her favorite of Romero’s zombie films, Day of the Dead, and was hard at work producing the upcoming film Twilight of the Dead.
That passionate advocacy led to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero becoming family to Bloody Disgusting as well.
2023 marked the start of an ongoing partnership between Bloody FM and GARF on The Dead, a scripted audio series spanning multiple seasons that saw Desrocher-Romero working closely with the Bloody FM team and mentoring the series’s contributing writers with GARF. To say her loss will be felt internally is an understatement.
“Anytime George Romero is mentioned is good, because what we are doing is to provide a healthy legacy. We’re uplifting his legacy, we’re supporting the archive, and we’re also supporting the Horror Study Center. So, all of these three things are what the Foundation is striving to do. As far as I’m concerned, the more we say George Romero’s name, the better it is,” Desrocher-Romero recently told BD.
It’s the perfect encapsulation of her unwavering enthusiasm for supporting Romero’s legacy and the horror genre, and just a glimpse at how much she contributed to preserving it. She is, in short, an inspiration.
We send our deepest condolences to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero’s family, friends, and GARF.
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