As many fans of the franchise know, a Five Nights at Freddy's movie has been in the works since 2015. Yesterday, Scott Cawthon, the creator of the Five Nights at Freddy's games, posted via his After the sucess of Split and Get Out, Blumhouse picked up Five Nights at Freddy's. Chris Columbus ( Harry Potter 1 & 2, Gremlins) was announced as the director, and Jason Blum said the movie was on track for a 2020 release. Yet again, it was delayed, this time thanks to "screenwriting issues." Fans continued to demand answers from Blumhouse Scott Cawthon, creator of the franchise, has revealed that Blumhouse and Universal Pictures' Five Nights at Freddy's movie has been delayed as he re-writes the script for the feature adaptation. The upcoming Five Nights at Freddy's movie from game creator Scott Cawthon that's being directed by Harry Potter director Chris Columbus has been delayed. Cawthon said in a Steam post that he The post Five Nights at Freddy’s Runtime Revealed for Blumhouse Horror Movie appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. The "Five Nights at Freddy's" movie is going to be PG-13, and those types of horror films tend to overly rely on jump scares because they're a simple method of eliciting a fright without relying The movie was announced back in 2015, by which time, three Five Nights at Freddy’s games had already been released, with a fourth in the pipeline. Since then, numerous video game adaptations have been critically acclaimed, and the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise has undergone significant changes. Chris Columbus is the latest director to leave the Five Nights at Freddy's movie, with producer Jason Blum saying, "I don't have to right to do anything Scott [Cawton] doesn't like". The news of Columbus, director of films like Pixels and Home Alone, departing the project comes from an interview from Collider with Jason Blum. k2IdG.