Overview
- The hire was reported Friday by Dread Central and corroborated by major trades, marking the first concrete creative update for the third film.
- Gary Dauberman is known for It, Annabelle, The Nun and the Until Dawn adaptation and was tapped to replace franchise creator Scott Cawthon as the credited screenwriter.
- Emma Tammi is expected to return as director and Scott Cawthon will stay involved as a producer, though neither role has been formally announced by the studio.
- No release date or confirmed returning cast members have been announced, and it is unclear whether leads from the first two films will rejoin the project.
- The move responds to repeated criticism that the series' films relied too heavily on game lore and thin scripts despite strong box office returns of roughly $297 million for the first film and about $239–240 million for the second.