Overview
- Skeet Ulrich told a Spawn of ScareFest audience that “the guy who wrote It and It Follows” is writing the script for Five Nights at Freddy’s 3, a remark shared via Fear the Talking Heads and social media.
- Ulrich’s phrasing is unclear because David Robert Mitchell wrote It Follows while Gary Dauberman has credits on the Stephen King film It, so commentators have speculated which writer he meant.
- No studio statement or official writing credit has been published, so the report that a new writer is attached remains unconfirmed.
- Ulrich also said the third film would focus heavily on Matthew Lillard and himself, but that casting detail has not been verified by producers or the studio.
- The franchise’s strong box office returns (the first film grossed $295 million and the sequel $239 million) and its history of shifting creative teams help explain why a new writer or a change in Scott Cawthon’s role would matter to fans and Blumhouse’s strategy.