The first season of Castlevania: Nocturne didn’t end too well for Richter Belmont (Edward Bluemel), and the second season looks like more trouble is on the way. In the final trailer for Castlevania: Nocturne’s second season, Erzsebet Báthory (Franka Potente), now referred to as The Vampire Messiah, has unleashed a war…
The video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s (read our review HERE) quickly became Blumhouse Productions’ highest-grossing movie when it reached theatres and the Peacock streaming service back in October, surpassing the likes of Split, The Invisible Man, The Black Phone, M3GAN, the recent Halloween sequel trilogy, and the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge franchises with its haul of $295 million. So, of course, there’s a sequel coming our way, aiming for a December 5, 2025 theatrical release – and fans have managed to take pictures of some of the filming locations in Louisiana!
One location is, of course, the Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza place:
Fans have also been able to learn that there’s an event called Fazfest going on in the movie, and images of the Fazfest set-up have made their way online:
A month ago I've been told a "Fazfest" will be in the film and now this photo just released, so this is 100% for that
#FNAFMovie https://t.co/GolcEaK8s5 pic.twitter.com/IVygoQpxX2
— katfanf – FNAF Movie News
(@katsterlingfan) January 11, 2025
Five Nights at Freddy’s starred Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) and Matthew Lillard (Scream) alongside Mary Stuart Masterson (Benny & Joon), Elizabeth Lail (You), Piper Rubio (Holly & Ivy), and Kat Conner Sterling (A Week Away). 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.
Stunt performers Kevin Foster (WandaVision), Jade Kindar-Martin (Interview with the Vampire), and Jess Weiss (Mayfair Witches) play the animatronics Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, and Chica. Fans are speculating that characters called Toy Chica and Mangle might be in the sequel, but their involvement has not been confirmed.
The video game takes place in Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a darker version of Chuck-E-Cheese, where an animatronic animal band performs kiddy songs by day, and goes on murderous rampages by night. The goal of the game is survive a night locked inside, knowing that a furry death machine might jump out of the dark at any moment.
We’ve previously heard that Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 is expected to film in Louisiana from October 28, 2024 through January 31, 2025.
The first adaptation was originally set up at Warner Bros., where Gil Kenan (Monster House) was going to direct the film from a screenplay he was writing with Tyler Burton Smith (the Child’s Play remake). Then the project moved over to Blumhouse, where Chris Columbus (Home Alone) was attached to direct it for several years. It finally went into production with Emma Tammi – director of The Wind, Into the Dark: Delivered, and Into the Dark: Blood Moon – at the helm, working from a screenplay she wrote with Seth Cuddeback (Mateo) and video game creator Scott Cawthon. Tragedy Girls writers Tyler MacIntyre and Chris Lee Hill share story credit with Cawthon.
Five Nights at Freddy’s was produced by Blumhouse, in association with Striker Entertainment. Cawthon is a producer alongside Blumhouse founder Jason Blum. Russell Binder is executive producing. Jim Henson’s Creature Shop handled the special effects that bring the homicidal animatronic animals to life on the screen.
Are you looking forward to Five Nights at Freddy’s 2? What did you think of the filming location images? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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Changes coming in Path of Exile 2’s first update of 2025 have been previewed in a recent developer diary. While bigger overhauls of the early-access action-RPG’s economy, progression, and class balancing will come in the future, fans have some worthwhile teaks to look forward to in the meantime.
Changes coming in Path of Exile 2’s first update of 2025 have been previewed in a recent developer diary. While bigger overhauls of the early-access action-RPG’s economy, progression, and class balancing will come in the future, fans have some worthwhile teaks to look forward to in the meantime.
No doubt Ridley Scott has given us some of the most memorable images in cinema history. We think of films like Alien, Blade Runner, The Duellists, and so many more. One that can’t possibly be left off is 2000’s Gladiator, shot by John Mathieson in their first of many pairings. And it’s actually that film that Mel Gibson comes back to as the one that left the greatest impact on his own style.
Appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience (via IndieWire), Mel Gibson did the best he could in explaining why Gladiator is a reference point for him. “I always like to reference just a shot, it’s in a Scott movie and you don’t know why it works or why it’s effective on some level, but it’s kind of a profound, effective shot. It’s that first shot in Gladiator where he’s running his hand over the wheat, with that music and stuff. Why does that work? I don’t know. You can’t explain it, but it works…He knows how to shoot, and it’s a valid pursuit I think in storytelling if you can do that. Every time he goes out there, it’s eye candy. It’s a feast for the eyes.”
As for his own big screen aspirations, Mel Gibson continued, “I’m pretty average at most things, but I’m good at a couple of things. I know how to tell a story on film, I know how to do that. That’s a weird place to be, but I think a lot can be achieved by art and image and you can convey a lot without actually having to say it. You can do things to affect people emotionally or spiritually even without being overt.”
Mel Gibson isn’t exactly the most subtle guy (on or off the screen), but his legion of fans will always come out to support. And they’ll be able to do that later this month, as his first movie since 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge, Flight Risk, hits theaters on January 24th. He, too, hopes to film the sequel to The Passion of the Christ in 2026.
What do you think is the best-shot Ridley Scott film? Give us your pick below.
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Support characters are the backbone of any team-based game. While some might believe you can just out-damage an enemy team to victory, if they have someone healing their team and providing utility beyond making numbers go up or down, they’re more than likely going to outplay you. That’s certainly the case in Marvel…
Support characters are the backbone of any team-based game. While some might believe you can just out-damage an enemy team to victory, if they have someone healing their team and providing utility beyond making numbers go up or down, they’re more than likely going to outplay you. That’s certainly the case in Marvel…
Math has never been my strong suit. However, a TV series about numbers that don’t add up and then lead to conspiracies, action, and surprises? Sign me up! Today, Apple TV+ is excited to share a trailer for Prime Target, an eight-episode series starring SAG Award winner Leo Woodall (The White Lotus, Nomad, Citadel) and Quintessa Swindell (Black Adam, Voyagers, Master Gardner).
Premiering on Apple TV+ with a two-episode launch on January 22, Prime Target “features a brilliant young math postgraduate, Edward Brooks (played by Woodall), who is on the verge of a major breakthrough. If he succeeds in finding a pattern in prime numbers, he will hold the key to every computer in the world. Soon, he begins to realize an unseen enemy is trying to destroy his idea before it’s even born, which throws him into the orbit of Taylah Sanders, a female NSA agent (played by Swindell) who’s been tasked with watching and reporting on mathematicians’ behaviour. Together, they start to unravel the troubling conspiracy Edward is at the heart of.”
Stephen Rea (The Crying Game), David Morrissey (The Walking Dead), Martha Plimpton (The Goonies), Sidse Babett Knudsen (Borgen), Jason Flemyng (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen), Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones), Ali Suliman (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), Fra Fee (Rebel Moon), and Joseph Mydell (Conclave) star alongside Woodall and Swinton.
Created by Steve Thompson (Sherlock), today’s Prime Target trailer finds Edward Brooks (Woodall) investigating prime numbers, hoping to find an answer to why they sometimes don’t add up. He suspects that numbers can lie, and others know this secret. As Brooks pulls on the thread, even though his college professor warns him to drop his research, he uncovers a conspiracy that makes him a target of shadowy government agents, high-ranking officials, and people willing to kill to keep the public in the dark. Trying to help him survive is Taylah Sanders, a quick-thinking NSA agent in over her head.
I’m not going to lie. Prime Target looks like my kind of s**t. I enjoy a solid conspiracy thriller as much as the next person, and after watching The Recruit and The Night Agent, I’m ready for more action-packed nonsense on my TV.
What do you think about today’s Prime Target trailer? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Back in November of 2023, we learned that Under the Shadow director Babak Anvari was in production on psychological thriller called Hallow Road, starring Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Matthew Rhys (Perry Mason). We still don’t know when this movie is going to be making its way out into the world, but now a trio of first look images have been unveiled by Deadline, and you can check them out in this article.
Scripted by William Gillies, Hallow Road was commissioned and developed by London Film & TV. The story follows two parents who enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident.
The film is being produced by Lucan Toh of Two & Two Pictures with Ian Henry of London Film & TV and Richard Bolger of Hail Mary Pictures. Financing was provided by XYZ Films and Screen Ireland. Filming took place in Ireland and Prague.
When the project was first announced, Anvari gave the following statement to Deadline: “I treasure the opportunity to collaborate with Rosamund and Matthew, two hugely talented actors who I’ve long admired, on Hallow Road. I believe we can create something emotionally intense, and charged with uncanny terror, that nevertheless taps into something relatable to all families. I can’t wait to bring Will’s wonderful script to life with this brilliant team.“ Producer Ian Henry added: “We are overjoyed to have the opportunity to work with Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys, a prestige cast that will elevate this intense drama to new heights, alongside the visionary director, Babak Anvari. XYZ and Two & Two Pictures are building a strong portfolio of films together and we are delighted to partner with them for this psychological thriller from Will Gillies, an exciting new screenwriting voice.“
Hallow Road sounds like an interesting project and it’s coming from a promising team, so I look forward to seeing how it’s going to turn out. Under the Shadow guaranteed I’d be keeping track of Anvari’s career, and while I didn’t like his movie Wounds very much, I thought his third film I Came By was a step up from that one.
Are you interested in Hallow Road? Take a look at the images, then let us know by leaving a comment below.
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After delivering Succession, one of the most compelling and talked-about shows in recent memory, the show’s creator, Jesse Armstrong, is ready to tackle his next project at HBO. According to Deadline, Jesse Armstong’s next project is a film about the ongoing international financial crisis, not a television series. Based on Armstrong’s original idea, the untitled project is getting set up at HBO Films.
Jesse Armstong is writing and executive producing the film alongside Frank Rich. Plot specifics remain a mystery, though Deadline says the untitled film could revolve around four friends who meet up during the crippling events of an ongoing international financial crisis. The project is moving fast, likely to capitalize on Succession‘s popularity, which ended its final season on May 28, 2023. Wow! Has it really been that long? Dag, yo. As long as everyone’s schedules align, production could begin later this year.
Astonishingly, Succession amassed 75 Emmy nominations and 19 wins. The four-season drama stars Brian Cox, Nicholas Braun, Kieran Culkin, Peter Friedman, Matthew Macfadyen, Alan Ruck, Sarah Snook, Jeremy Strong, J. Smith-Cameron, and Scholl Nicholson. Succession focuses on the Roy family, who control the world’s biggest media and entertainment company. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.
Succession is often compared to the comedic sitcom Seinfeld in that it’s a show revolving around horrible people. Succession captured the public interest in a way rarely seen by today’s standards, what with everyone’s attention spans being trash. Some say the series ended prematurely, even if some actors, like Brian Cox, were ready to move on. I would not be surprised if HBO gave Jesse Armstong everything he needed to ensure his financial crisis film was a success. After all, expectations will be high.
Are you interested in Jesse Armstong’s next project? Is a film about the ongoing financial crisis the best direction for Armstrong? If the endeavor is half as intense as Succession, HBO could have another smash hit on their hands. Who would you cast in Armstrong’s next project? Do you think any actors from Succession will join the production? Let us know in the comments section below.
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