After the successFive Nights at Freddy’shad during its theatrical run, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see a sequel to the video game adaptation. Fortunately for fans of the franchise, one of the movie’s stars shares the sentiment — the antagonist of the story believes his character’s journey at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza can continue. During a recent interview with Collider’sEmma Kiely,ScreamstarMatthew Lillard, who plays William Afton inFive Nights at Freddy’s, talked about how he believes a sequel to the horror film is a likely possibility due to how successful the first installment was:
“So, itisHollywood, one can assume that in success more will follow. I don’t know if it’s gonna be greenlit, it certainly hasn’t been greenlit for me, but the expectation is that they will be making more, and in success, it’s Hollywood, they’ll make a lot more. So, that’s exciting. And if it does come back, and if I’m lucky to be brought back, sure, yeah. I mean, I barely got to touch him, right? I got to kill my daughter, but we know nothing about him. We know nothing about his history, about his journey.”
The actor also commented on how important the fans' interaction with the franchise is to him: “All those things that the fans have filled in for year after year, I’m excited to, with Scott and Emma, fill in all those pieces that the fans have always wondered about. That’s the thing is, how do we fill out expectations, and how do we fill out the lore? I’ll be excited to be a piece of that story.“Emma TammidirectedFive Nights at Freddy’s, closely collaborating withScott Cawthon, the creator of the independent video game that took the world by storm when it was released in 2014.
TheFive Nights at Freddy’smovie follows Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson), as a young man looking for a job that would allow him to support himself and his younger sister, Abby (Piper Rubio). His complicated track record only allows him to take on a dangerous opportunity, with Mike becoming the new security guard at the abandoned Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. But the siblings never expected to encounter haunted animatronics out for revenge.
Will Matthew Lillard Play Springtrap?
In theFive Nights at Freddy’svideo game series, after William Afton is killed by the souls of the children he murdered long ago, he comes back as a zombie version of himself known as Springtrap. The serial killer tries to continue his legacy of destruction as an unstoppable force of evil while he laughs in the face of death itself. Considering how Lillard’s iteration of the character was left to die (with a spring lock failure bringing on his demise) if a sequel toFive Nights at Freddy’sis produced, the villain could easily return as Springtrap. It remains to be seen if Universal andBlumhousedecide to continue working on the franchise. Though if its impressiveworldwide box office haul of $293 millionis any indication, we likely haven’t seen the last ofFreddy’s.
Five Nights at Freddy’sis currently available to stream onPeacock, and 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD from Universal Home Entertainment.
Five Nights at Freddy’s
Can you survive five nights? The terrifying horror game phenomenon becomes a blood-chilling cinematic event, as Blumhouse — the producer ofM3GAN,The Black Phone, andThe Invisible Man— bringsFive Nights at Freddy’sto the big screen. The film follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.
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