Five Nights At Freddy’s 2: Release Date, Cast, Story & Everything We Know

Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 will be the second installment in the Five Nights at Freddy’s film franchise, and the rich history of the games provides more than enough material for Blumhouse to move forward with a sequel. The 2023 movie Five Nights at Freddy’s is the live-action adaptation of the popular video game series from developer Scott Cawthorn. Both the games and movie focus on Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, and the haunted, violent animatronic mascots that dwell within.

Riffing on the animatronic animals seen in restaurants like Chuck E. Cheese, the Five Nights at Freddy’s formula proved incredibly easy to adapt for movie audiences, helped by a cast that includes Matthew Lillard (Scream) and Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games). While the ending of the first movie didn’t explicitly set up a sequel, the premise alone feels more than enough to carry on into Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 and beyond. Now, it has been confirmed that more animatronic mayhem is on the way.

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Set PH๏τos Reveal Information About The Movie’s Location


Custom image of Josh Hutcherson looking on intently juxtaposed with Chica holding a cupcake in Five Nights At Freddy's.
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As work continues on the video game movie sequel, the latest news comes in the form of set pH๏τos from Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. Pictures shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user @DeducerFNAF show the exterior of a dilapidated Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza restaurant surrounded by overgrown shrubs. The clearly-abandoned restaurant is likely the location of the sequel, and is a somewhat smaller franchise than the one shown in the first film. With so much about the sequel still under wraps, the set pH๏τos suggest that the Circus Baby’s Entertainment and Rentals tease may have been a red herring.

Click here to see the Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 set pH๏τos via @DeducerFNAF.

There are over 30 Freddy Fazbear’s franchises in the game mythos.

Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 Release Date

FNAF 2 Arrives In Late 2025


Josh Hutcherson as Mike running away in the Five Nights at Freddy's poster next to the ghost kid with the hook
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Though the film is still a ways off from premiering, Universal and Blumhouse have revealed the release date for Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. According to recent reports, the horror sequel will premiere on December 5, 2025, though no details about its release plan are known. With a month full of compeтιтion like Avatar 3, FNaF 2 will have its work cut out for it. There’s also no telling if the release date will change before December 2025.

Five Nights at Freddy’s was released simultaneously in theaters and on streaming.

Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 Cast

Freddy & Company Are Expected To Return

The cast of Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 has yet to be confirmed, but some returns are easy to speculate about. Josh Hutcherson played Mike Schmidt in the first movie and his return is quite likely considering how candid he’s been about the sequel. Likewise, Matthew Lillard’s William Afton died in the first film, but the actor is confirmed to be filming scenes for the upcoming sequel, meaning he’ll be back somehow.

Barring any changes, the returning cast is expected to include:

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Five Nights at Freddy’s Role

Josh Hutcherson

Mike


Josh Hutcherson as Mike Schmidt in the Forest Dreamscape in Five Nights at Freddy's 2023

Piper Rubio

Abby


Piper Rubio in Five Nights at Freddy's Movie

Elizabeth Lail

Vanessa


Elizabeth Lail as Vanessa looking worried from Five Nights at Freddy's

Matthew Lillard

William Afton


Matthew Lillard as William Afton in Five Nights at Freddy's

Mary Stuart Masterson

Aunt Jane


Golden Freddy stands behind Aunt Jane in the Five Nights at Freddy's movie

Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 Story

Endless Story Possibilities For The Horror Sequel


Three animatronic characters stand together in Five Night's at Freddy's

Since there is an element of the supernatural, almost anything could happen in the blockbuster sequel, and almost anyone could return in some new twisted form.

Nothing has been revealed about the Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 story yet, but there have been a few clues. The ending and mid-credits scene of Five Nights at Freddy’s dropped surprisingly few teases about what to expect from the sequel and the mid-credits scene was more of a joke than it was an explicit sequel set-up. A few threads were still left unresolved, such as Vanessa’s coma, and her arc still feels somewhat incomplete.

Besides that major plotline, the only thing Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 has going for it at this moment is the almost endless sequel possibilities that horror movies often present. Since there is an element of the supernatural, almost anything could happen in the blockbuster sequel, and almost anyone could return in some new twisted form. There have been several teases concerning elements from the games, but the development of the sequel has been intentionally introducing red herrings to keep viewers on their toes. It’s unclear exactly when real details will begin surfacing.

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