Five Nights at Freddy's | October 27, 2023 | In Theaters and Peacock simultaneously

[SpiderByte]

46 minutes ago, Deep Wang said:

 

 

Anyone that "reports" on unconfirmed runtimes needs to be hurled into the sun. There's literally no shot this is close to 3 hours.

The first FNAF novel clocked in at 400 pages. I absolutely believe the possibility that Cawthon stuffed the movie full of lore bullshit and made it too long because that's what all his writing is like

Edited August 5, 2023 by SpiderByte

[WorkingonaName]

Oliver Stone would make a good FNAF movie.

[Deep Wang]

1 hour ago, SpiderByte said:

The first FNAF novel clocked in at 400 pages. I absolutely believe the possibility that Cawthon stuffed the movie full of lore bullshit and made it too long because that's what all his writing is like

 

I'm not saying he didn't write a too-long script(I don't know anything about it, but maybe he did?), but I just think we should wait to find out the official runtime before freaking out.   He's one of 3 writers and he isn't directing it, so there are more creatives involved that just his novel at least.

Edited August 5, 2023 by Deep Wang

[SpiderByte]

His novels also all have co-writers.

 

It could be true that it's not actually 3 hours, but the idea of him stuffing the plot with needless world building is absolutely plausible with his writing style

[ThomasNicole]

On 8/5/2023 at 1:23 PM, Deep Wang said:

 

 

Anyone that "reports" on unconfirmed runtimes needs to be hurled into the sun. There's literally no shot this is close to 3 hours.

The source is very reliable, and he did said it’s not final, just that right now it’s clocking at 3 hours. The movie is still being edited. 
 

Still should be a long movie, i don’t see them taking 70 minutes out of it 

[SpiderByte]

It would absolutely explain why this movie based on a popular franchise would be a hybrid release post-pandemic. Because that runtime would be terrible for the theatrical run but great for "watch minutes" for Peacock

Edited August 7, 2023 by SpiderByte

[Deep Wang]

8 hours ago, ThomasNicole said:

The source is very reliable, and he did said it’s not final, just that right now it’s clocking at 3 hours. The movie is still being edited. 
 

Still should be a long movie, i don’t see them taking 70 minutes out of it 

 

Well sure, but isn't that how most editing happens? 

 

I could obviously be VERY wrong because I don't know shit about FNAF, but I don't see how a 3 hour version is anything but disastrous.  Which is why my mind can't conceive of it actually happening lol

[filmlover]

This movie has such a thin premise that I can't imagine it not overstaying its welcome at more than 90 minutes, let alone 3 hours.

[SpiderByte]

10 minutes ago, filmlover said:

This movie has such a thin premise that I can't imagine it not overstaying its welcome at more than 90 minutes, let alone 3 hours.

Oh believe me, Scott Cawthon could do it. This series has ghosts, mind altering discs, robots that can pass for humans but then also turn into gigantic animatronics robots, making robots out of concentrated soul juice, computer viruses made from the brains/souls of the dead, it can absolutely be stuffed with dumb bullshit 

[Deep Wang]

6 minutes ago, SpiderByte said:

Oh believe me, Scott Cawthon could do it. This series has ghosts, mind altering discs, robots that can pass for humans but then also turn into gigantic animatronics robots, making robots out of concentrated soul juice, computer viruses made from the brains/souls of the dead, it can absolutely be stuffed with dumb bullshit 

 

And all that is in the games too?

[SpiderByte]

10 minutes ago, Deep Wang said:

 

And all that is in the games too?

Yuuup. The latest game is about the sentient computer virus coming to life as a hologram to take over a shopping mall, along with a giant abomination tentacle monster.

 

Oh and the main character might be a robot. Unrelated to the main books, where the main character is also secretly a robot the whole time 

Edited August 7, 2023 by SpiderByte

[Firepower]

On 8/4/2023 at 2:08 AM, SpiderByte said:

 

Zero chance it's gonna be close to 3 hours, more like 90 minutes.

[Firepower]

Blumhouse usually sends their movies to die on Peacock if they think it's garbage, so make of it what you want. They can't do the same with The Exorcist: Believer just because they spent too much money on rights.

[SpiderByte]

FWIW the source on this being 3 hours was correct about the Ahsoka premiere episode runtimes

[SpiderByte]

Okay, AMC internationally is saying it's 100 minutes which would be much better.

 

 

[SpiderByte]

So now we've got Showcase saying 2 hours...it'd be nice to have an actual official number.

 

 

 

[SpiderByte]

And now Rotten Tomatoes is reporting it as 3 hours.

 

[ChipDerby]

Bomb 

[ChipDerby]

But honestly I have no idea how this will do. It's based off a game, right? A game I've never heard of that seems to have a very hardcore but niche following. Can't see this making more than Dungeons and Dragons

[robertman2]

1 minute ago, ChipDerby said:

But honestly I have no idea how this will do. It's based off a game, right? A game I've never heard of that seems to have a very hardcore but niche following. Can't see this making more than Dungeons and Dragons

This shit is wildly popular with kids. Like, far more than something like DND

Edited August 26, 2023 by robertman2