{"id":18867,"date":"2025-07-24T15:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/18867\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T15:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T15:55:08","slug":"five-nights-at-freddys-2-trailer-josh-hutcherson-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/18867\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Five Nights at Freddy&#8217;s 2&#8217; Trailer: Josh Hutcherson Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe first trailer for \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2\u201d teases the continuation of Freddy Fazbear\u2019s chilling reign. The sequel from Universal and Blumhouse has a new tagline: \u201cAnyone can survive five nights. This time, there will be no second chances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEmma Tammi returns as director. <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/josh-hutcherson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_josh-hutcherson\" data-tag=\"josh-hutcherson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Hutcherson<\/a>, star of the first film, also returns for the sequel, which includes cast members Matthew Lillard, Elizabeth Lail and Piper Rubio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe first film, which earned $297 million at the global box office, featured Hutcherson playing a security guard at Freddys Fazbear\u2019s Pizza. It went on to become Blumhouse\u2019s highest-grossing movie ever. Hutcherson <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/five-nights-at-freddys-2-script-josh-hutcherson-1235863907\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told Variety<\/a> last year that the huge success was unexpected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe hoped it would connect with audiences,\u201d Hutcherson said. \u201cBut I don\u2019t think that anybody, even on our side of things, expected it to really connect the way that it did.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHutcherson also hinted to Esquire the follow-up would be \u201cscarier.\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s more animatronics being brought in, different animatronics being brought in, and the world just opens up in a big way,\u201d he said to the publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMurtada Elfadl <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/reviews\/five-nights-at-freddys-review-1235768953\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reviewed<\/a> the first film for Variety, writing that \u201cHollywood has not been successful at turning video games into movies \u2014 a disappointing streak that \u2018Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s\u2019 fails to correct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tElfadl added that \u201cthere\u2019s not enough of the animatronic creatures. Despite their distinctive look, they are not used effectively for horror or hilarity, missing the mark on both counts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2\u201d hits theaters Dec. 5. Watch the trailer below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first trailer for \u201cFive Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2\u201d teases the continuation of Freddy Fazbear\u2019s chilling reign. 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