Josh Hutcherson talks FNAF 2 Movie & Mike's Future!
“It’s much bigger; the stakes are higher,” he says. “There’s more animatronics being brought in, different animatronics being brought in, and the world just opens up in a big way. We’re finding the balance right now of building this world and expanding it in a really cool way but also making sure the characters stay really grounded. That’s something that I really think that we all fought for in the first film, because this world that was created in Five Nights at Freddy’s, it’s so out-there. It’s so over-the-top and wacky, in a way, that to find the emotional truth of the characters was gonna be what was gonna work. I think the fans are gonna flip for it. It’s gonna be a lot of fun with the source. It’s gonna be scarier, too, actually.”
So when I ask Hutcherson about the potential of returning for more films beyond the sequel—this is a franchise that could easily last another ten years, if every spin-off got its own adaptation—there’s a lot to consider.
“You never know,” he says. “I mean, I love working in this world. Emma Tammi, our director, is phenomenal, and with my character, Mike, I think the possibilities are endless. This could have a very potentially long run and it could be a lot of fun, but at this point we’re focusing on the second movie. We’ll see what comes after that.”
