In addition to being a producer on the film, the game’s creator also co-wrote the first several drafts of the screenplay. Yet one constant has been Cawthon’s involvement, which may be among the most intimate in video game movie adaptations to date.
The idea for a FNaF movie has been a longtime coming, with several studios and filmmakers circling and leaving the project. So I did dip into the fan space a little bit, but I also tried to stay focused on the elements that I knew we were diving into.” But Scott Cawthon, the creator of the game, was very specific about wanting to link this movie to the first game, and I was getting the direct download from him in terms of what elements of the lore we were going to be folding into our story for this movie. “I became really familiar with the games as I heard about the project,” Tammi says. And when she stopped by the Den of Geek studio earlier this month ahead of New York Comic Con, Tammi spoke candidly about the project allowing her the chance to become immersed into the wider world of Freddy’s. Now, just in time for Halloween, FNaF is finally coming to the big screen, courtesy of Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions and filmmaker Emma Tammi, who in addition to directing the film also co-wrote the final draft of the screenplay with Seth Cuddeback.
