On Friday, October 10, Blumhouse hosted its annual BlumFest, a panel at New York Comic Con where cast and creatives–including Jason Blum–discuss the upcoming slate of projects. This year marks 15 years for the company, so fans were ready for something big.
Announcements from the panel included films like the Black Phone 2 (which releases next week), the upcoming Insidious 6, and a look at some of the game titles coming to Blumhouse Games. The announcement of Sleep Awake, a first-person psychedelic horror set in the far future, was given by none other than Nine Inch Nails’s Robin Finck, who is the game’s creative director.
The biggest draw was the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. While it seemed that the panel was beginning to wrap up and we would be left with nothing more than a brief announcement, Blum was joined onstage by the film’s director, Emma Tammi, and Elizabeth Lail, who plays Vanessa Shelly. Moments later, the stage was crashed by none other than Matthew Lillard, who plays the film’s villain, William Afton.
While no additional trailer or footage was shown, fans were treated to a horrifying sight: Out of the darkness of the wings ambled two life-size animatronics of Toy Freddy and Toy Bonnie. While I wilted in horror, the rest of the room screamed their delight as the voice actors behind these wretched costumes were revealed.
Surprise casting announcements ahead
Toy Freddy will be voiced by Kellan Goff, who voiced Glamrock Freddy, Sun, and Moon in the game Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach. Toy Bonnie will be voiced by none other than Matthew Patrick (MatPat) of the YouTube channel The Game Theorists.
One final announcement was made, and was undoubtedly the most shocking of them all: Toy Chica as played by Megan Fox. Though Fox could not be at the panel, her involvement seemingly comes down to her kids being fans of the material.
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 hits theaters December 5. The fate of a third installment is still up in the air, but not for long, according to Lillard. He promised the crowd that if enough love was shown for the sequel, the third installment would be as good as guaranteed.
BlumFest felt bare this year, but many of the company’s projects are still early in development. Sleep Awake seems like the most exciting thing on their roster by far, so it will be interesting to see the fan reactions to it once it is released.
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