Horror studio Blumhouse will be producing the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” film adaptation. According to Deadline, Blumhouse has been working on the adaptation since 2017. Game creator Scott Cawthon first tweeted that Blumhouse became involved in March of 2017. Blumhouse took over the adaptation from Warner Bros. Pictures when their 2015 planned adaptation failed to materialize. Warner Bros. Pictures would later release the similarly themed “The Banana Splits Movie” in 2019.

Blumhouse is known for producing lower-budgeted, creator-driven horror films like “The Black Phone” and “Get Out,” as well as producing hit films within established franchises like 2018’s “Halloween.” Blumhouse head, Jason Blum, gave an update in 2021 that the film was still happening, and he told Collider that they were crafting the story for the film to make the game creator happy. Blum said, “I don’t have the right to do anything Scott doesn’t like. Basically, Scott has kind of like the equivalent of ‘final cut’ and it’s taken longer than I hoped to get the right story.” Fans were worried that the film was never going to happen back in 2021.

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In October 2022, Deadline reported that Blum stated, “‘Five Nights at Freddy’s is more consistently asked about than any other film I’ve ever worked on, and I’m thrilled to confirm it’s finally happening! … We’re committed to making Scott’s vision of the movie come to life. Rest assured, it will be and is worth the wait.” In an October 2022 tweet from Blum, he also confirmed that the Jim Henson Creature Shop was working on the animatronics for the film.