Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza to open as permanent attraction at New Jersey mall
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Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, the fictional haunted restaurant from the "Five Nights at Freddy's" video games and films, will open as a permanent immersive attraction at the American Dream mall in Bergen County, New Jersey, next year. Developed in partnership with series creator Scott Cawthon's Scott Games, it is being billed as the world's first permanent immersive restaurant tied to the franchise, letting fans eat pizza, play arcade games and watch shows featuring the animatronic characters in a real-world recreation of the games' setting.
Visitors will be able to watch Freddy and the Fazbear Band perform on a Main Stage, see Foxy the Pirate in Pirate Cove, and take part in horror-themed multiplayer game experiences. The project is being led by Atreyu Alcantar, a well-known FNaF cosplayer and American Dream's creative manager, who said the aim is to build an authentic version of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza rather than a mere replica set. The announcement comes as fans await "Five Nights at Freddy's 3", the next instalment in Emma Tammi's Blumhouse film trilogy, after the first two films took the franchise past $530 million at the global box office.
- Permanent FNaF-themed pizzeria to open at NJ's American Dream mall
- Built with series creator Scott Cawthon's Scott Games studio
- Announced as franchise awaits third Blumhouse film instalment
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Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is the central setting in "Five Nights at Freddy's," a horror video game series created by Scott Cawthon that began in 2014 and later spawned two Blumhouse feature films. In the fiction, it is a children's restaurant staffed by animatronic characters, including Freddy the bear and Foxy the pirate fox, which turn menacing after dark, and the games task players with surviving overnight shifts against them.
The franchise has grown from a low-budget indie game into a major entertainment property, with its two films together taking more than $530 million at the global box office. American Dream is a large shopping and entertainment complex in Bergen County, New Jersey, known for combining retail with theme park rides and attractions, making it a fitting host for a large-scale fan experience.
This planned attraction would recreate the fictional restaurant as a real venue, with dining, arcade games and live shows featuring the characters, marking one of the more ambitious attempts to bring a video game world into physical form on a permanent basis.
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Originally published by Deadline as “‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Immersive Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Opening In N.J. Mall”.