Blumhouse Productions promoted their upcoming horror sequels M3GAN 2.0, The Black Phone 2, and Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 at CinemaCon
Blumhouse is bringing some extremely anticipated horror sequels our method this 12 months. The first of the bunch is M3GAN 2.0, which is about to achieve theatres on June 27th. The Black Phone 2 follows on October 17th, then Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 will assist wrap up 2025 with its December 5th launch. The Universal panel was held on the CinemaCon occasion in the present day, and throughout the panel, Blumhouse was given the prospect to advertise all three of those upcoming sequels.
Things are getting scary at CinemaCon 2025 as Blumhouse haunts the principle stage with otherworldly cinematic choices. Jason Blum walked onto the stage in a Five Nights at Freddy’s animatronic go well with to kick the panel off. Blum says 2023’s Five Nights at Freddy’s was the studio’s most profitable film ever, with Gen Z exhibiting up in droves to assist the horror movie based mostly on the survival online game phenomenon. Blum says the Five Nights at Freddy’s sequel will not be a day-and-date VOD launch. Emma Tammi returns for the PG-13 sequel.
Blum screened the primary trailer for the gang. The entire solid returns, and the animatronic animals are again to get together more durable than earlier than. The film appears to be like larger in scope and scale than the primary, with the complete city turning into a playground for Five Nights at Freddy’s insanity.
Next, Blumhouse introduced extra particulars about The Black Phone 2 to the stage. Madeline McGraw was there, with Blumhouse saying she’s their rising star of the 12 months. The Black Phone 2 is director Scott Derrickson’s first sequel. Ethan Hawke returns as The Grabber, suggesting his dying wasn’t as last as we thought, even when it actually regarded that method. I imply, rattling. How did he survive that beating?
A trailer for The Black Phone 2 reveals extra of the movie’s premise. Set in wintertime, it appears to be like like McGraw is the one within the room this time round, with Mason Thames outdoors making an attempt to avoid wasting her. The sequel offers in goals, virtually like A Nightmare on Elm Street. JoBlo’s Chris Bumbray says it appears to be like simply as enjoyable as the primary.
“Hang onto your vaginas,” says M3GAN within the newest trailer for M3GAN 2.0! Yes, certainly! The killer doll is again, and she or he’s not f***ing round! Two years after M3GAN went haywire and was destroyed, M3GAN’s creator, Gemma (Allison Williams), has turn out to be a high-profile writer and advocate for presidency oversight of AI. Meanwhile, Gemma’s niece Cady (Violet McGraw) is now 14, a rebellious teenager dwelling beneath Gemma’s overprotective guidelines. The intense trailer begins with M3GAN saying, “I admit there were some bugs in my programming. It’s hardly fair to blame me for that.”
Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, and Jenna Davis star in M3GAN 2.0, with stars Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Ivanna Sakhno, Aristotle Athari, Timm Sharp, and Jemaine Clement returning.
Based on a narrative crafted by producer James Wan, the primary M3GAN was directed by Gerard Johnstone (Housebound) from a screenplay by Akela Cooper (Malignant). Johnstone returned to the helm for the sequel, and Cooper has written the script. Allison Williams and M3GAN co-star Violet McGraw got here again for the follow-up (reprising the roles of roboticist Gemma and her niece Kady), as did Brian Jordan Alvarez and Jen Van Epps (as Gemma’s associates Cole and Tess). This time, they’re joined within the solid by Ivanna Sakhno (Ahsoka), who is alleged to have landed a significant half within the sequel, Jemaine Clement (What We Do within the Shadows), Timm Sharp (Blunt Talk), and Aristotle Athari (Saturday Night Live).
Back in 2021, Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, and director Scott Derrickson introduced us an adaptation of the Joe Hill quick story The Black Phone that appeared to inform a whole story that will stand by itself… however the movie was made on a funds of round $16 million and earned over $160 million on the world field workplace. So, we’re getting a sequel. Derrickson wrote the screenplay for the primary movie with C. Robert Cargill, and Derrickson and Cargill have written the screenplay for The Black Phone 2 as effectively, with Derrickson returning to the helm. The Black Phone 2 sees the return of Mason Thames (How to Train Your Dragon) as Finney Shaw, Madeleine McGraw (Secrets of Sulphur Springs) as Finney’s sister Gwen, Jeremy Davies (Justified) as their dad Terrence, and Miguel Mora, whose solely earlier credit score is The Black Phone, as Robin, a pal of Finney’s who was killed within the first film. Ethan Hawke (Moon Knight) is reprising the function of the child-killer often called The Grabber. New additions to the solid embrace Demián Bichir of The Hateful Eight and Arianna Rivas has joined the solid. Rivas beforehand had a supporting function within the comedy Prom Dates, which was launched by means of the Hulu streaming service earlier this 12 months, and had her first lead function within the Jason Statham motion thriller A Working Man.
The online game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s rapidly turned Blumhouse Productions’ highest-grossing film when it reached theatres and the Peacock streaming service again in 2023. The first movie’s director, Emma Tammi, is again on the helm for Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, working from a screenplay she wrote with Seth Cuddeback and online game creator Scott Cawthon. Josh Hutcherson returns for the sequel to play former safety guard Mike Schmidt, with Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, and Matthew Lillard reprising the roles of police officer Vanessa Shelly, Mike’s sister Abby, and serial killer William Afton, respectively.
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