The Many Scrapped Versions of The Five Nights at Freddy's Movie
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Scott's Reddit post about all of the scrapped screenplays:
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LividCreativity's concept art for the pawn shop screenplay:
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Actually baffles me it took Scott this long to decide on Mike as the focus of the movie. You'd think this would have been screenplay #1 all the way back during the WB days. Mike was the main character of the first game, why not try a story with him first? Either way, happy this is the movie we got. Awesome video as always my man! :D
Maybe cuz he thought Mike wasn't as interesting as possessed robots maybe idk
@@AudioAlure Cleary he did since that's who he decided on lmao
I mean it possible that since each of the first three game had a different character as the main protagonist it would make sense to get a new before deciding on mike being g that main character again, also they need to story to stay true to fnaf which apparently many of the scripts weren’t
I think it’s because he was always trying to innovate and expand on the story back then so by the time 2 years ago when the movie was officially decided on. He was able to take a step back and realize the best choice.
Many of rhese where likely due to studio intervention from Warner Brothers
Fun fact about the "Plushies Take Manhattan" pitch: Scott has been making fun of this pitch for quite a while. Back in FNaF World, in the Freddy in Space minigame, the Evil Scott Cawthon talks about all the different FNaF sequels he'll make, with one of the games he makes up being "FNaF 59: Cupcake Takes Manhattan"
Those are both a reference to another movie you might know
@@Spazy912 What is the movie?
@@LucasTF Friday the 13th: Jason takes Manhattan
@@Spazy912 Thank you
Considering where the franchise is going now, the “cupcakes take manhattan” game is less of a joke and more of an inevitability.
I genuinely don’t understand how it took so long to go with the setup from the first game. They finally did it for the final product but holy fucking shit I felt like screaming at the scripts Scott posted. So glad they went with the basic set up instead of these other batshit insane drafts they had
Plushies Take Manhattan goes hard though. 😂
@@SeekerofTheLost not wrong. But that should be the finale of the FNAFCU
Scott wasn't the only one writing the scripts. For a long while, other people were and he was reviewing them. I don't know when, but he finally decided after enough failed scripts to write it himself.
Honestly all those other insane scripts could become like a short video series that's like animated or something 🤣
@@SeekerofTheLostI would have loved to see that as short mini movie
I respect Scott so much because he didn’t want to rush the movie and make it a flop but instead he wanted to take the long route so the fans could get the perfect movie
@@angelikisyrlantziit's actually pretty dang good lol
@@edenembored outta my mind watching this.
@@JoeChillton this video is boring af, the movie is way better
Good thing he took his sweet time to make a giant pile of poo
It's not very good. I see the potential. It just misses. It doesn't know what it wants to be. Too many ghost kids, not enough Afton, and it suffers from the pg-13 rating. There is plenty more, but that's my initial thoughts.
scott had all these scripts and went "you know what screw it let's do fnaf 1"
Making a movie based on Five Nights at Freddy's does feel like a difficult job. You have to keep in mind that the security guard coming back for the next night is a part of the gameplay. In a movie or in real life, he/she would quit their job at the restaurant as soon as they see Foxy running down the corridor. So I hope the movie gives us an explanation.
Pretty sure they've explained every player character's motives except Jeremy
they should have made it a tv show. Then they could have followed henry and afton creating the company, their falling out, aftons life with all of the murders, etc. Then go to another main character in fnaf 2, 1, and 3. Its not that hard to do given you have lore videos literally laying out the entire story.
@@quantumblauthor7300there is literally a whole scene about his motives
The movie is almost entirely focused on Mike’s motivations for being there. Hell, his motivations are a bigger plot point than the goddamn animatronics themselves.
Not of if you rewrite the games' lore. There are good parts with potencial in the big mess. It worked in the VHS tapes.
When a movie has trouble being made, the pitches get fucking WEIRD and the people turning them in forget that this is the first movie in the franchise and they had better center in on some core source material
Rumor or no, if the Warner Bros version screenplay may have ended up as the basis for WB's Banana Splits movies, maybe the "Insane" Screenplay ended up as the basis for that Nicholas Cage one where he plays that mute janitor that beats the hell out of the haunted animatronics. That movie is insane and turns the premise into a total action-fest? I want to believe both cases are true, because the idea of someone writing a script, getting it rejected, but then _believing_ in what they did so much that they tweak it, make it original and then get it produced makes me happy. Y'know, it's the anti modern-Disney approach; put some love into what you do instead of just looking for a paycheck and shoving out crap for the sake of getting a product out at a certain quarter for financial reasons. Can we please get more movies like that?
And I mean, imagine if that is true; now we're getting a real-deal FNAF movie that should be good, a better-than-expected Banana Splits movie and a totally rad "Willy's Wonderland" movie starring Nicholas Cage! Happy ending for everyone!
Assuming any of that is true, hopefully whoever wrote the "Plushies Take Manhattan" script is trying to make that movie happen as an original horror movie now too, lol.
From what I understand, Nicholas Cage’s Willy’s Wonderland was a short film in like 2014 that came out around the same time as the first FNAF game
@@mrcritical6751 The movie came out in 2021 and its screenwriter has openly cited FNAF as inspiration lmao
Willy's Wonderland is an absolute banger. I'm not sure I've ever laughed that hard at a movie.
@@godofthecripples1237 yeah I think he was denying it when the movie was coming out to cover his ass
It took Scott 8 years of the film being in development hell to realize the main character of the movie should be the main character of the game?
I would’ve never thought it would take so long to decide on a idea like this. But I’m glad Scott took his time and thought about it, the “Mike” screenplay was the best choice in my opinion, and I cannot wait to see it October 27!
If somehow the fnaf movie is bad, then the plush script will be without a doubt the best movie of the century.
It would be cool to see a book about the history and behind the scenes of the movie.
they are making a book about the bts it comes out in august of next year
I would have loved to see the five nights at Freddy's plushies taking over Manhattan just like as a short mini movie that would have been funny AF
Just imagine a giant toy Freddy plush and a thousand plushies just chasing you in manhattan
Can we all just be grateful that Seth rogan has no part in this movie.
Yeah, imagine being hunted by Springtrap and hearing him say "I always come back! * Seth Rogan noises *"
@somedudenamedgabriel2006 that would be horrible!!!!
" I always come back ,hehehehehe"
You say that but honestly all the stuff Seth Rogan has been a part of recently has been really good. The Boys, Invincible and TMNT Mutant Mayhem were all very good. He probably wouldn’t have been a good fit for FNAF tho let’s be honest
Funny how after all these versions, they went for the one closest to the first game’s story. Gives me a feeling of reassurance that the people behind the FNAF know what makes FNAF fun.
It lacked the horror and ambiance what made FNAF 1 scary. But the setting and characters were great.
@@spoiledsalad1851the thing with the games is you have a constant sense of dread, you know you can be killed if you make mistakes. But with the movie it was more wholesome-ish and focused on emotions, which is nice on its own, but it’s not completely similar to the games.
It wasn’t a “horror” movie, but it was enjoyable. I just wish they chilled out with the exposition and let things be subtle, because the story was just not that well written due to it
I remember when I was 13 years old in 2015 when the movie was first announced by WB. I’m happy that Scott decided to give it to Blumhouse instead, since Scott wanted to be involved in the making of the movie, they were just not letting him being involved, like for God sake he’s the creator of the FNAF after all. to who God knows why they never give him any creative control, this movie would’ve been pretty bad if it wasn’t for Scott pulling the plug, and then changing studio. So it was a good choice to go with Blumhouse. He had so much more involvement from doing the script and even being involved in the filming. It must’ve been so cool to work on the movie. Then again he has worked on his own animated movies Way before FNAF was ever created. I’m so happy for him, and I’m so looking forward to this movie, movie of the year for me, as an OG fan since the original first game. Like when we only just had FNAF 1 by in 2014. It’s weird looking back at that it was so nostalgic for me thinking about when we used to just have the first two games, or even thinking we’re ever going to get more than the Second game
I was around 10 when it was first announced and now I'm 18 waiting to see the movie in theaters this month.
The best part of Scott going over to Blumhouse instead of WB (in my opinion), was that the movie would also guarantee opportunities of being a Haunted House at Halloween Horror Nights. Blumhouse and HHN have VERY close connections.
@@jonathanwallis3300 Definitely a good reason as well, can’t wait for the day when they have an attraction there’. That’ll be so cool, just hope one day I could go there, i’m from the UK, so it’s would take really long time for me to get there, i hope one day to go
@@flarestriker2005 I was 12 when we just had the first game. it’s has been 8 years waiting for this movie, my most anticipated movie of the year. Seeing my favourite animatronic (Foxy) brought to life on the big screen is a dream come true for me
Grown adult now still watching five nights at Freddy’s sad
I think a detective investigating the Bite of 87 leading his way to the Pizzeria in a horror field finally would be prettycool for the next movie if they want to use different human characters for each new movie....You can also add a kid in there like having custody over his kid because he's been so busy investigating the case that he's hardly been spending time with his wife and child mainly the fact that he either lost one of his friends(Cop partner)or one of his first kids in the bite of 87,something like that would be pretty cool
The Mike screenplay was actually scrapped later on which is why it didn’t film in 2021 and then afterwards we got the script for the actual movie we’re getting
The mike script was never scrapped. Its the one they went with but becauae of covid they had to wait to audition and get the characters as well as retool the script.
@@Fall_Cake All of these scripts were with Warner Brothers, and Blum did say there were 15 scrapped scripts just with Blumhouse. The Mike screenplay was scrapped.
@@Personian No, 10 of the 15 scripts were written and revealed back in 2020 and the mike script was picked. Do you have a source for the mike screenplay being scrapped?
@@Fall_Cake yeah Scott made another post detailing how the Mike screenplay was scrapped I'll go find it for you rq
@@AstralShot thank you, i genuinly didnt know he scrapped itm
Looking back on it, I kind of believe the pawn shop screenplay was ultimately used for security breach. Not directly used but you could tell atleast some core elements were used, especially with the whole "a boy and his robot".
I don't know, this always felt like an interesting coincidence that I still wonder if it's true or not.
My favorite video from you so far this year. I'm still shocked that not only did it take this long to finally get a film, but how many rewrites and alternate version were made.
Thank God Scott didn't go with the books because the fan base would have been in an uproar. Just remake the games. The story behind the games is iconic and the books sucked.
My only gripe is why not make a movie using FNAF4’s story?! Make the main character the grieving brother who wants to atone for his sins, that way he has a reason to come back and maybe have the story about his guilt and how he’s inadvertently helping William Afton. So much better.
Scott cawthon actually was going to make a movie on basically everything in Fnaf from the start to pizzeria simulator but realised it would be way to long and rushed to fit everything in
It's really satisfying to see these kind of videos explaining the scrapped scripts, it gaves me nostalgic vibes since the first time I've read these ones at the time in 2020. That's was a surprise and I had big feelings about the movie, and it was three years ago...
Cassidy screenplay could be a tv show
I’d say it was worth the wait, my friends and I have been waiting since back in the very beginning for the eventual movie and we loved it. I’m so thankful Scott took his time and made such a great celebration of the first game and honestly good adaptation, even though half of us could probably shake him for not taking this route first lol
I hope that later in the film series, we see them return to the plushies take Manhattan idea.
hey guys, its me, charlie! (audience appulaud) and today im sneaking into freddy fasbears pizzaria! I forgot my toy in there!
an alternate universe is currently enjoying Plushies take manhattan and i can't stand it.
Watching this after watching the movie is, a lil disappointing, cause I feel like a good amount of the issues that the scrapped screenplays had, were still present in the movie (Biggest example to me being the verdict for the Random Charlie screenplay)
I’m actually quite unclear with some parts of the movie, Isn’t Michael Schmidt the alias for Michael Afton in FNAF lore? Wouldn’t make much sense if Vanessa is William Afton’s daughter, since William Afton’s only daughter was Elizabeth Afton unless im getting something wrong
No, you're right. It doesn't really make sense.
The thing about the FNAF franchise is that they change things up. It’s not supposed to be interconnected. Might sound a little dumb but that’s why I love it. Plus if they had Elizabeth there it would be too obvious and if mike knew Afton it would ruin the build up. I respect your opinion though, however I like the franchise like this :)
Its an adaptation, not a direct game > movie. They changed aspects to make things more comprehensive for the audience. I'd speculate the use of "Schmidt" is just another piece of fan service.
Movie and games lore are not connected and are different universes.
Moral of the story:
Five Nights at Freddy’s should not be a movie.
It should be a TV series. Maybe a miniseries. Then you can have as much backstory for the protagonists as you want and still have plenty of Freddy time.
I agree
fuck it, make a live action cinematic universe.
im so serious, that way, we can get the main continuity movies (like the games), then we can get anthology shows focusing on some of these subplots, as well as expanding the universe (LIKE THE FUCKING BOOKS!!!!!!)
@@therealestryangoslingeverpretty sure that they're gonna make it a trilogy, at least!!!
@@poppunktwinkledorkblumhouse is great at not spending money, so they'll probably do it!
@@therealestryangoslingever the thing is the movies would either have too much filler that strays far from the actual lore, or they will just be too short. Id say a tv show focusing on first henry and afton creating the company, to the end of fnaf. they can even split it up into seasons too.
Plushies Take Manhattan would be great as an in-universe movie - like it sounds like the exact thing Fazbear Entertainment would create haha.
Seeing as he had so many ideas that were scrapped, Scott seems to have really taken his time with this movie, which has me very excited to see it.
Despite the negative reviews from critics, the FNAF movie recieved generally good reviews from evryone else and made good money!
Ironic how he scrapped scripts ebcause they were not lore accurate, because the movie is not at all lore accurate.
this movie was quite literally just a bag some fnaf elements
Personally I think it would be best if Scott follows the games as hes doing for the first film, and seeing that this will be a trilogy of movies, it wuld be interesting if he were to incorporate some similar events to fnaf 4 as a flashback during the 2nd film, and even some bits of sister location perhaps leading into the 3rd film. I'm excited to see how this trilogy plays out
The versions with military robots and haunted plushies is baffling
Like many have said, its so odd that it took THIS long for the script to be focused on Mike and be actually like the games. Apart of me believes Scott was doing a funny and the scripts are fake (or atleast half false) although not sure.
Well when the movie was first being made he said he wanted it to be in the same universe as the games. So I think he may have been writing himself into a corner and then said fuck it and just did the script we are getting
i cant believe scott scrapped the script that Christopher Colombus liked 😤😤
(also "plushies take manhattan" is the greastest screenplay)
After seeying the movie, i have to say they should have just used some of the later scrips and scotts vision did more harm than good. Feels like what happened assasins creed where having the creators involved made the movie feel like a cutscene for lore fans than a movie that stands on its own.
Bro what
I think the problem was that they didn't use the permise to its full potential
Like I'm pretty sure Mike dosent even defend himself in the security room at all lmao and the girl could of just been cut completely
Good thing we got the best version, i cant even thik what would have happened if It wasnt the mike screenplay
There should be a tv show that uses the scrapped fnaf movie screenplays but shortened into 45-50 minutes rather than 2-3 hour movies
5 nights at Manhattan lmao 🤣 😂 plushies movie confirmed
Damn, Trying to make FNaF movie into a Ghostbusters Movie sound like what Hollywood would Do.
But again, Leaving Freddy's story Behind isn't Good at all. Just like the DOOM Movie with no Doomguy and no Demons, Only Zombies on Mars, Mutant Humans and The Rock.
I will say the final film is almost perfect but the problem Scott had with the characters taking away from Freddy’s was still in the final version
And it was very lighthearted at times...which was a problem for him in another refused scripts
Maybe The Scrapped FNaF Movies Can become Spinoffs
5:49 UM, EVER HEARD OF MATPAT?
I'm actually glad the movie came late, now is the best time for the movie to come out and the visuals of the movie are modern to match.
Five nights at freddys 2 the new batch of plushies
Five Nights at Freddy’s 3: plushies take the universe
If the next fnaf movie takes this long, I'm starting ww3.
it would be a great tv series if they ever decide to be more lore accurate
My only problem w the current movie is they waited way too long for the horror elements and the pacing was way too slow.
Funny how all the little kids in these comments are complaining about why he didn’t start with Mike. They have no IDEA how complicated making a movie and writing it is. A series of figuring out budget, location, lore, keeping og fans happy, new fans happy and that’s all the “easy stuff” the rest is all technical and financial. Not to mention this needing to work with all the producers as well. Sure having the story we’re getting is the best way and some may have thought of a very similar story… but it’s NEVER that simple in the film industry. I think we can all agree we’re just happy to be getting it though!!
I hope these scripts get released along with special features for the movie’s blue ray release.
It was also good the purple Man Screenplay , because it could have showed how purple man stuff the kids in the suits , and the Animatronics get possesed and at the end of the movie Mike would hire at Freddy's as a security guard
Im soo happy Scott actually did stop the ScreenPlays that werent based on the games and books and didnt go the Route that some GAME Movies do that is have nothing related to the actual story of the real game just a random story that was adapted to have the Games characters.
fun fact: there is a REALLY GOOD fan-film that brings GHOSTBUSTERS to Freddy's
all of these movie, scripts could be turned into stories in a new fazbear frights. ESPECIALLY PLUSHIES TAKE MANHATTAN🔥🔥🧸
I would of liked it if warner brothers did it
Sucks that the script that he said would be scary 100% also changed and got twisted because of the shift in focus by FNaF after pizzeria sim.
Yes, the Mike screenplay is good , the trailer looks awesome and i think the movie will be awesome as well
I was someone who was around in 2015 when the movie was first announced, and I've been along for the ride following every update in its very troubled development. Now that it's finally out, I just can't believe Scott and Blumhouse actually managed to pay it all off and make a good movie. The one reason I had faith in the movie was this post, because it told me Scott was on full quality control mode, and wouldn't allow anyone to turn his game franchise into a dime-a-dozen Hollywood adaptation with no respect for the source material. I knew that, even if we had to wait years, we would be waiting those years so we could get the best movie possible, and man, it feels like we did. I still can't believe it was actually worth the wait.
The ghost hunter one could almost have worked if it had two or three human characters (4+ would be too many). But I get why Scott thought they'd be too much of a distraction from the restaurant's story.
10/10 movie for me.
I've never played FNAF, but I've seen a few of the jumpscares, but after watching one of them they stopped having an effect on me.
10:25 I Guess that The Creators of The Ghost and Molly McGee got the Name GhostHunters from The Original Cancelled Plot of the Film would Be used for The Chen family's ghost hunting Job with the same name!
I'm honestly happy with how the novie was. Regardless what others say (not counting Rotten Tomatoes since they literally gave Cuties a high rating), I think it turned out great. I'm excited for the sequel, that is if there will be one, even if it takes another nine years. Even if it wasn't as terrifying as people wanted or expected, I enjoyed it.
I love The Silver Eyes, kinda sad we didn't get an adaptation. But oh man the movie has some really good ideas, I enjoyed it a lot ❤
does anybody realize that scott is using the elements he liked from all the rip-offs and old scripts...?
The only thing I’m concerned about is having Abby at the pizzeria when Mike is there. Like, I feel like it’s just gonna be a like a cliche, friendly iron giant type thing, or spirits team up to fight off William. I’m worried for this movie
Well, well, well. Your opinion now?
@@Dowux I was right
I like the of teen sneaking into Freddy’s, but the secret underground government thing if that was removed, it could be a good movie
if i got the chance to read any of the scripts, it would definitely be the cassidy screenplay. with the new era of fnaf, i feel like a lot of people are giving up on theory-crafting, or just telling all the theorists out there that their theories are stupid or insane. (if i hear one more person complain about robot kids) but i think that stems from how long it took for us to get concrete answers about major parts of SB. (is the burn trap ending canon? what about princess quest?? why does freddy have prototype written on his foot???) and if reading the cassidy screenplay would be like a fnaf encyclopedia, i’m so down
Cassidy screenplay could be a tv show
When any detail could be a simple inconsistency handwaved by "illusion disc" or "perspective of haunted character" or "agony hallucination," it starts getting tiring to count how many teeth Withered Molten Agony Twisted Fredbastard's mouth has
Im guessing the Mike screenplay was that one R rated version of the movie
If anyone has seen Starkid's 'Black Friday', that's what I imagine the 'Plushies take Manhattan' plot would be
First rejected: very overdone from even X-Files and Stranger Things
Second rejected: plot of Gremlins 2. Already done
I would of loved to see five night at Freddy’s as an old run down building with ghost hunters breaking in running with the Blair witch project type of filming
I felt the movie was alright but could’ve been better. Could’ve been more scary. A game about jump scares and the movie had like 3 jump scares. Felt like it was catered more for the NEW Fnaf fans rather then old by keeping the dark elements from the 1-3.
This is if i made a draft
The "Michael Afton" screenplay
Michael Afton living under the fake name mike Schmitt is tracking down his father William after finding out a shocking revelation about him
I can’t wait to see what they cook up with the FNAF movie, and the legacy it will bring up.
ngl i sorta wish it stayed in development hell, it's turned out to be such a bland and disappointing film
The “Cassidy” script could of finally answered the lore. I hope it gets leaked or something
bro wtf this aint a sonic game bro its a fnaf video dud why does the time stamps or wth their called say ice cap zone act 1 flying battery angel island act 1
Wait… do they really? I didn’t put time stamps on this one. 😂
Yeah, weird. Checked on my other account and don’t see any time stamps. I’ll have to look into this more later. Thanks for the heads up.
It must be a glitch, it has happened to me numerous times before.
A movie based on the books sounds cool
I love Charlie
Everyone asking why it took them so long to settle on 'the Mike screenplay' forget the way the lore was just kind of strung together haphazardly for the first four games or so. Scott's main priority wasnt a coherent story, it was a series of fun games that built off of the features of the previous ones.
And at the end it was not scary and more child friendly then security breach. Like the movie but damn what a bummer
You think seeing a girl get bitten in half is more child friendly than security breach? What movie did you watch???
4:37 this actually sounds like it could be a short film similar to battle at bigrock for jurassic world
we need NEED plushies take manhatten
I wish it was a movie of the actual Afton murders or bite of 87 before we got the security guard angle
Cassidy screenplay could be a tv show
Does nobody get that the reddit post is just for lore??
The movie was okay, it’s clear it was a set up for the next 2 movies.
Pretty sure plushy take Manhattan is a joke
We need plushies take manhattan as a bonus feature on the dvd release of the movie
Your audio is so low, can't hear you without earphones
The cassidy screenplay is what we basically git
bwuh
Keep up the great work.
3:20 deploy freddy fazbear
ima cry IT GONE SO FAR FNAF AND NOW I CAN WATCH IT ON THE BIG SCREENS🥲