Summary
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2is arriving in theaters in December 2025, and afterthe fun teaser trailer was releaseda few months ago,a new poster has been shared.
Five Nights at Freddy’swas released on October 27th, 2023 andstarred Josh Hutcherson as Mike Schmidt, who gets hired as a security guard at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza after experiencing family trauma. After noticing some strange things at the usually quiet establishment, he discovers the wild and scary world of Freddy’s animatronics. Hutcherson, Matthew Lillard, Piper Rubio, and Elizabeth Lail are coming back for the sequel, andLillard’sScreamco-starSkeet Ulrich will play Henry Emily. Other new cast members include Teo Briones, Mckenna Grace, and Wayne Knight, who is known for hishilarious and quirky turn as Newman onSeinfeld. Based onHutcherson’s comments that the second movie is “scarier"and fan reactions to this new poster, all signs point toFive Nights at Freddy’s 2being just as popular as the original.
The Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 Poster Shows Toy Freddy, Which Excites Fans
On Sunday, June 1st, 2025,Blumhouse shared the poster forFive Nights at Freddy’s 2at the CCXP festival in Mexico City. One character is displayed prominently on the poster:Toy Freddy, the animatronicwho plays an important role in the second game.
Fans were thrilled to see Toy Freddy on the posterand shared their thoughts onReddit. Redditor @Playstation_Jedi wrote:
“Wow, Toy Freddy looks great, he looks exactly how I imagine he would, I also like how they’ve done his eyes, a vast improvement over the first film’s eyes. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the Toys.”
Redditor @itsyoboysobble added:
“Toy Freddy looks so shiny, and incredibly accurate as well! He literally looks like he got pulled out of the games!”
The other toys appearing in the sequel include The Puppet, Balloon Boy, Mangle, Yellow Rabbit/Springtrap, Toy Chica, and Toy Bonnie. Besides wondering what the other toys will look like,fans are curious about Lillard’s villain character, William Afton, and hope that he is given a satisfying and detailed arc.
The main cast members aren’t the only talent who came back for the sequel. Emma Tammi directedFive Nights at Freddy’s2as well as the first film, and franchise creator Scott Cawthon wrote the screenplay. In an interview withVarietyin 2023, Tammi shared that Cawthon was a big part of the original film, from producing the movie to visiting the New Orleans set. Tammi said, “He’s super invested in it on a creative level.”
TheFive Nights at Freddy’s 2game by Scott Cawthon was released in 2014, followed byFive Nights at Freddy’s 3andFive Nights at Freddy’s 4in 2015.Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Locationarrived in 2016, along with a few other games in the next few years. Since new locations such as a kid’s bedroom and an amusement park called Fazbear’s Fright, it’s possible that Blumhouse will release subsequent sequels and they will have new settings. It seems likely that the sequel will perform as well at the box office as the first.
Based on the teaser trailer and the poster of Toy Freddy, it’spossible thatFive Nights at Freddy’s 2will be more terrifying than the first one. While Toy Freddy is definitely charming, there’s a creepy look on his face that suggests something sinister. Fans will get the chance to see what else has been adapted from the popular game whenthe sequel arrives in theaters on December 5th, 2025.
