Here we go again! The upcoming sequel to the Five Nights at Freddy’s film adaptation, simply titled Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, has officially released its poster — and needless to say, we’re pretty excited to head back to Freddy Fazbear’s for a slice (pun intended) once again.
The one-sheet features a children’s toy called the FazTalker, which feels reminiscent of a two-way radio and one of those kids boombox-microphone combos from Fisher Price back in the day. It features the pizza joint’s main mascot, Freddy Fazbear, and has speakers and/or a microphone in the ears and an open mouth. Instead of an actual bowtie, that space is outlined and a communication screen is in its place. In the poster, that screen reads: “You there?”
Clearly, someone is trying to communicate, potentially with Mike, the first film’s leading man who is going to be played once again by The Hunger Games alum Josh Hutcherson. Considering the movie’s final act, it isn’t far-fetched to think this poster image could somehow be related to William Afton, the owner of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza and chief antagonist played by Matthew Lillard.
While Afton, who is presumed dead at this point, did not appear in the first film as Freddy Fazbear — spoiler alert here, but he did end up becoming Springtrap, which is a specific version of the yellow Bonnie rabbit costume that FNAF fans know well — that doesn’t mean that this can’t potentially be his ghost trying to communicate from the beyond.
That said, there’s a lot of potential explanations for the toy, as it isn’t part of the original FNAF lore and seems to have been created for the movie. Mike’s little sister, Abby, could potentially own the toy, which might then be trying to communicate with, and maybe even mess with, her — especially when you consider that it has already been established in the first film that the ghosts of the children Afton killed were able to communicate via the dreams and drawings of both Mike and Abby. It definitely feels plausible that this device could somehow be co-opted to work within those confines and then be used for evil, maybe even in an attempt to lure the characters back to Fazbear’s again.
According to a press release from Universal, the film has also settled on a tagline for the second installment: “Anyone can survive five nights. This time, there will be no second chances.” Honestly, we’re scared. The first five nights were hard enough!
The first FNAF movie, which was released in October 2023, “opened to a record-shattering $80 million and went on to earn almost $300 million worldwide,” according to the studio. The next film — which was written by the game’s creator Scott Cawthon and directed by Emma Tammi, who helmed the 2023 hit —is set to be released on December 5, 2025.
Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
