Academy Award nominee film director Gil Kenan recently revealed that the highly anticipated movie adaptation of Scott Hawton's indie survival horror video game titled "Five Nights at Freddy's" (FNAF) is currently in development.
The arrival of "Five Nights at Freddy's" into the big screen has been driving rumor mill on what will the movie adaptation take after, leading fans to ponder whether it will showcase a niche of intense horror or not.
Following the time when the production commenced in early 2015, film director Kenan has been teasing the on-going production's progress of "Five Nights at Freddy's" movie. That said, a standout amongst the recent updates' includes a photo of a mask that has all the earmarks of being a work in progress to become an animatronic character.
In addition, the director has additionally shared a photo of him with a life-sized teddy bear, which fans were quick to speculate that it doubtlessly has something to do with the movie adaptation, adding that the 39-year-old director will most likely bring the murderous animatronics into life.
As an attempt to do so, director Kenan revealed in his official Twitter account that the highly anticipated movie adaptation will highlight a real full-size animatronics that would make the setting all the more authentic and might create a scarier impact to the viewers instead of using a Computer-Generated Image (CGI).
In its report, The Hollywood Reporter revealed the names of the appointed producers for the movie adaptation. As per the publication, the movie will be produced by Seth Grahame-Smith, Roy Lee and David Katzenberg of KatzSmith productions.
"We're looking forward to working with Scott to make an insane, terrifying and weirdly adorable movie," said Grahame-Smith.
The indie-horror FNAF game creator will likewise be involved in the movie adaptation project to guarantee the film's over-all credibility. To date, no release date has been announced for the movie adaptation yet, however, rumor mill strongly suggests that the film could be out in theaters within this year.
Watch the "Five Nights at Freddy's" movie fan-made trailer below: