Five Nights At Freddy's 2: Release Date, Cast, Story & Everything We Know (2024)

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.

Latest Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 News

Matthew Lillard Reveals His Filming Start Date

With anticipation continuing to build for the video game movie sequel, the latest news comes in the form of a Five Nights at Freddy's 2 script update from Matthew Lillard. The beloved character is set to reprise his role as the villainous William Afton in the sequel, and he has now revealed that he will begin shooting at "the beginning of November." This counteracts previous announcements which suggested an earlier shooting start date, but its unclear if Lillard's schedule is different from the rest of the production.

Lillard went on to praise the script, saying:

So this morning, I got a text with my dates. So, my dates are the beginning of November and another series of dates. So, we’re going to work. I'm really thrilled. I think the script’s fantastic. [Tammi's] great. She’s really lovely. And Josh is great. The whole cast is great, and I think we're all excited to come back. I think we learned a lot in the first film. I think the second film is going to sort of benefit from those things. We're all excited about where the movie is at right now.

Five Nights At Freddy's 2 Release Date

FNAF 2 Arrives In Late 2025

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 competition 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 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:

Actor	Five Nights at Freddy's Role
Josh Hutcherson	Mike
Piper Rubio	Abby
Elizabeth Lail	Vanessa
Matthew Lillard	William Afton
Mary Stuart Masterson	Aunt Jane

Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 Story

Endless Story Possibilities For The Horror Sequel

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.

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Horror

Mystery

Release Date

December 5, 2025

Studio(s)

Blumhouse Productions

Distributor(s)

Universal Pictures

Franchise(s)

Five Nights at Freddy's

prequel(s)

Five Nights at Freddy's

Main Genre

Horror