'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' Sets Peacock Streaming Release Date

Mar 4, 2026 7:37am PT ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Sets Peacock Streaming Release Date By Payton Turkeltaub Plus Icon Payton Turkeltaub Latest ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Sets Peacock Streaming Release Date 2 minutes ago Maria O’Brien, ‘Days of Our Lives’ Acting Coach and Actor, Dies at 75 14 hours ago Wildlight Entertainment’s ‘Highguard’ to Shut Down After Just Two Months (Gaming News Roundup) 1 day ago See All ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection Prepare to be reunited with your favorite homicidal animatronics: “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” will be available to stream on Peacock starting on April 3. A sequel to the wildly successful “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” the latest installment in video game creator and screenwriter Scott Cawthon’s franchise picks up one year after former security guard Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson), his sister Abby (Piper Rubio) and police officer Vanessa Shelly (Elizabeth Lail) survived their encounter with Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria’s killer animatronics. But while Mike and Vanessa try to adjust to a post-Freddy Fazbear’s life, Abby attempts to reconnect with her friends Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy, setting a new series of terrifying events in motion. Related Stories 'The Pete Davidson Show': SAG-AFTRA Signs Podcast Agreement With Netflix Audible's Narrator Hall of Fame Names Ray Porter, Julia Whelan Among 15 Inductees to 2026 Class Hutcherson, Rubio and Lail all reprised their roles in the PG-13 film, as did Matthew Lillard as William Afton and Theodus Crane as Jeremiah. “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” also welcomed franchise newcomers Skeet Ulrich as Henry Emily, Wayne Knight as M. Berg, McKenna Grace as Lisa, Teo Briones as Alex and Freddy Carter as Michael to the cast. Popular on Variety Following its Dec. 5 release, the Emma Tammi-directed sequel opened to a strong $64 million domestically, blowing past initial expectations of $35 million to $40 million in its opening weekend. In comparison, the first “Five Night’s at Freddy’s” film opened to $80 million in 2023 when released both in theaters and on Peacock simultaneously in 2023. The first horror film went on to earn over $290 million worldwide against a $20 million budget, becoming Blumhouse Productions’ highest-grossing film of all time and the highest-grossing horror film of 2023. Jump to Comments Steven Soderbergh’s ‘The Christophers,’ Maude Apatow’s ‘Poetic License’ and More Unspool at Sonoma Film Festival JavaScript is required to load the comments. Loading comments...