FNAF: The Rise of Afton

FNAF: The Rise of Afton is a 2029 American computer-animated comedy adventure film based on the Five Nights at Freddy's indie video game franchise. Produced by Universal Pictures, Illumination, and Scottgames.com, and distributed by Universal, the film was directed by C. H. Greenblatt and Chris Wedge and written by Jonathan Abiel and Glenn Berger. The ensemble voice cast includes Jacob Tremblay, Jack Black, John Mulaney, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Seth Rogen, and Fred Armisen. The film features an origin story for the brothers Mario and Luigi, Italian-American plumbers who are transported to an alternate world and become entangled in a battle between the Mushroom Kingdom, led by Princess Peach, and the Koopas, led by Bowser.

Synopsis
In a world where humans and animatronics co-exist, Gregory, a 13-year-old boy, tries to convince her mom to stop taking him at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza since hey says he's too old to go there. However, her mom denies and still takes him. The family arrives at the location, as well as his grandparents, uncles, and aunts. The family celebrates Gregory's birthday with pizzas, games, and fun, Gregory seemed to enjoy it. However, when it was time for the animatronics, Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy and Cupcake to sing Happy Birthday to Gregory, he got a bit too embarrassed and exited the place. Her mom decides to comfort him and apologize, which makes Gregory feel a little better.

Meanwhile, a man named William Afton, owner of a multi-million company named Afton Robotics and father of two dead children named Evan Afton and Elizabeth Afton, who died from an "incident", finds out that his company is in bankruptcy, so he plots to kidnap and brainwash animatronics in order for his company to make more money. He goes to a secret library he owns where he tries to find the best ideas for his plan. He finds a book where he can create a giant spider robot that can grab stuff, he goes with that idea and starts building. In a graveyard, the two children Evan Afton and Elizabeth Afton resurrect as ghost who have the ability to read minds, Evan tells Elizabeth that he had a vision where their father would try kidnap animatronics and torture them, they embark a journey to stop their father from doing evil stuff. However, other ghosts from the graveyard tell them that it's dangerous, but they still go.

Back with Gregory, the family returns back home after what happened. Gregory, all exhausted and tired, goes to his bed to get some sleep. Suddenly, his friends wake up and tell him to spend a night at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza as a challenge. They arrive with one of their friend's trucks, the challenge is that you have to take a selfie with one of the animatronics without it devilishly moving. All the friends successfully complete the challenge, except for Gregory. The friends get caught by a guard and they leave, leaving Gregory in the pizzeria alone, he faints after he got accidentally hit by Freddy's elbow in the back of the head. Later, the animatronics come to life and look at Gregory's injured head, they try to do something to wake him up. Foxy makes a loud noise to Gregory, causing him to wake up. He gets terrified from the living animatronics, but they calm him down, the animatronics ask why he is in the pizza place at midnight. Suddenly, the place starts shake and a wrecking ball destroys the place, meaning that it's being rebuilt into another pizza place, they all escape and accidentally fall into a junkyard.

At the junkyard, while the gang is lost, they spot a mysterious animatronic boy named Balloon Boy, he introduces himself to the gang and takes them to a big surprise. Balloon Boy takes them to a giant fort made out of junk, the gang and Balloon Boy enter the fort, we see music and chaos. We also see other animatronics like Circus Baby, The Puppet, Music Man, Toy Freddy, Toy Bonnie, Toy Chica, Glitchtrap, Mangle, Ennard, Ballora, Orville Elephant, Mr. Hippo, Happy Frog, Pigpatch, and Helpy. The gang and Balloon Boy introduce Gregory to the animatronics, but they get shocked, because they don't allow humans to enter into the fort. Circus Baby and The Puppet ask how he ended up here, Gregory tells them that first, he and his other friends went to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, then he got lost with the animatronics, and then Balloon Boy took them to the fort. Later, Spring Bonnie, who seems to be the leader of the fort, he finds out that there is a human in the fort. Spring Bonnie takes a suspenseful stare at Gregory asking how and why he is here. After Gregory explains to Spring Bonnie, he accepts Gregory to be in the fort. However, he has to complete one goal, he tells him that he has to comfort his owner William Afton after he abandoned him and he has to find Fredbear, he also tells him that he has to find at least one Freddy Fazbear's Pizza that's active in any other state. Greogry, Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Cupcake embark in an adventure, while the rest of the animatronics stay in the fort.

Back with Evan Afton and Elizabeth Afton, they find themselves in a dock with boats and fish everywhere. They try to receive help from the fishermen, but the fishermen get scared because they are ghosts. They contract a ghost hunter to capture them. Luckily, Evan and Elizabeth hide under the water, then they get out of the water and continue their journey. Back with William Afton, after completing his robot spider, he is struggling finding near animatronics, so he decides to hire his talking purple robots named Afton Bots to locate them with a radar. They locate Spring Bonnie's fort. Meanwhile, Henry Emily, William Afton's friend, is eating with her wife. Later, he turns on the TV and sees on the news that a kid and four animatronics got lost at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza after it being rebuilt. Henry feels devastated and goes to his car and heads towards William Afton. Back with Gregory and the animatronics, they are seen in a very hot dessert. They try to find for food, Bonnie spots a vulture mistaking it as fried chicken, he bites it and the vulture attacks and quickly leaves. Later, the gang finds a convenience store. As soon as they are about to enter, they quickly realize that they don't have money to buy anything. So, they secretly sneak snack some snacks into their mouths without chewing it, while Gregory has to put it on his pocket. However, they accidentally get caught and the cops chase them. Luckily, they avoid them.

It is nighttime, Gregory and the gang feel relieved after eating their snacks. Suddenly, they spot the last Freddy Fazbear's Pizza named Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. They excited, but then realize it's closed. They find out that they have to open the doors by saying the password to the talking intercom voice. The gang attempt several times, but Cupcake does it and it works, which makes the gates open. The gang finally enters to Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex, they look for clues everywhere, but later, they witnessed by Glamrock Freddy, Glamrock Chica, Montgomery Gator, and Roxanne Wolf. However, they later change personalities and befriend them. the four animatronics Glamrock Freddy, Glamrock Chica, Montgomery Gator, and Roxanne Wolf show Gregory, Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Cupcake all the places in Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. First, they go to the Atrium. Then, they show them Fazer Blast. Then, they show them Monty's Gator Golf. Then, they show them Roxy Raceway. Then, they show them Mazercise. Then, they show them Superstar Daycare. Sun And Moon introduces himself to the animatronics and Gregory. Glamrock Freddy surprises Gregory, Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Cupcake with mall that's inside the place. Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Cupcake get excited. However, as they rush to the mall, they get way too excited. Glamrock Freddy, Glamrock Chica, Montgomery Gator, Roxanne Wolf, and Gregory try to stop them. Later, Vanny, a grey rabbit animatronic, and Sun and Moon arrives to the scene to see what's all that noise. Later, they stop Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Cupcake with a tranquilizer bottle that Montgomery Gator at the pharmacy in the mall. After Glamrock Freddy tranquilized the animatronics with the liquid. Gregory, Glamrock Freddy, Glamrock Chica, Montgomery Gator, Roxanne Wolf goes back with the plan on defeating William Afton. Glamrock Freddy takes Gregory, Glamrock Chica, Montgomery Gator, Roxanne Wolf to a secret car he owns underground.

Back with the rest of the animatronics in the fort, Balloon Boy, Circus Baby, and The Puppet get a bit too worried about Gregory, Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Cupcake. So they decide to ask various animatronics about what is happening. Later, the fort starts to rumble, and then William Afton and his giant robot spider arrive and kidnap all the animatronics in the fort by tying them with ropes and grabbing them with his robot spider claws. leaving the fort all destroyed. Back at the rebuilt Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, we see a crime scene of the missing kid and the animatronics, Gregory's mom and dad are worried about Gregory. Later, Henry Emily arrives to the scene with his car to find out what's happening. Back at Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex, Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Cupcake finally wake up all dizzy, they soon realize that Gregory, Glamrock Freddy, Glamrock Chica, Montgomery Gator, Roxanne Wolf are gone. They leave the pizzaplex. As Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Cupcake are searching for Gregory, Glamrock Freddy, Glamrock Chica, Montgomery Gator, Roxanne Wolf, they find themselves in a big city with skyscrapers everywhere. It is nighttime, Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex, Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Cupcake are walking through a sidewalk in a forest. Later, they find Fredbear's Family Diner, a Freddy Fazbear's Pizza that was popular in the 1980s but is now abandoned in ruins. Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Cupcake are inside of Fredbear's Family Diner. Later, they hear noises, revealing Fredbear. They soon realize that it was Spring Bonnie's long-lost friend. Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Cupcake try to ask why Fredbear is in the diner and why the place is abandoned, Fredbear tells them a sad flashback when he accidentally ate the head of a kid in 1983. After Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Cupcake comfort Fredbear, they decide to warn him about William Afton. They decide to leave the diner and go on the journey.

Back with Evan and Elizabeth Afton, they arrive at another graveyard with much fancier appearance. They later find their older

Voice Cast
- Gregory: Voiced by Jacob Tremblay

- Freddy Fazbear: Voiced by Jack Black

- Bonnie the Bunny: Voiced by John Mulaney

- Chica the Chicken: Voiced by Elizabeth Banks

- Foxy the Pirate Fox: Voiced by Will Ferrell

- William Afton: Voiced by Mark Hamil

- Henry Emily: Voiced by Hugh Jackman

- Spring Bonnie: Voiced by Markiplier

- Fredbear: Voiced by Dwayne Johnson

- Balloon Boy: Voiced by Billy West

- Circus Baby: Voiced by Jaiden Animations

- The Puppet: Voiced by Pewdiepie

- Glamrock Freddy: Voiced by John Cena

- Glamrock Chica: Voiced by Ariana Grande

- Montgomery Gator: Voiced by Ice Cube

- Roxanne Wolf: Voiced by Lady Gaga

- Vanny: Voiced by Kristen Bell

- Sun and Moon: Voiced by Simon Pegg

- Golden Freddy: Voiced by Danny McBride

- Cupcake: Voiced by Seth Rogen

- Evan Afton: Voiced by Juliet Jelenic

- Elizabeth Afton: Voiced by Liza Koshy

- Michael Afton: Voiced by Jacksepticeye

Development and Production
Following the success of the live action Five Nights at Freddy's film, development for an animated film adaptation was in the talks in 2025.

Accolades
The film received numerous accolades, including The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to The Mitchells Vs. The Machines 3. However, it won The Annie Award for Best Animated Feature.

Possible sequel
Following the film's success, Chris Meledandri and Scott Cawthon expressed interest in developing a new sequel for the film.