The First Trailer For "Five Nights At Freddy's" Just Dropped, And It Reveals A First Look At Josh Hutcherson's Role

    Josh Hutcherson is starring in Five Nights at Freddy's, a new horror movie that also marks his first onscreen role since Future Man and Burn in 2019.

    I think it's safe to say that 2023 has turned into the year where we all collectively go back to our The Hunger Games phase — and honestly, I never left that phase, so I am thriving.

    Jennifer Lawrence filming a scene for The Hunger Games with a camera person behind her

    Between the upcoming release of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the 10th anniversary of the Catching Fire film, and all The Hunger Games movies and books being beloved on TikTok, it's the year to talk about this franchise as well as the actors.

    Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinkett holding up a microphone to Jennifer Lawrence who is playing Katniss Everdeen in a scene from The Hunger Games

    While Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, and many more have starred in countless movies and shows since The Hunger Games films, fans have been desperate to see Josh Hutcherson in another role.

    Josh Hutcherson sitting on the ground as Jennifer looks him in a scene from one of The Hunger Games

    His last major acting credit was between 2017 and 2020 when he starred in the underrated, but hilarious, Hulu series Future Man. And his last movie role was in 2019's Burn.

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    Since then, he's filmed a lot of projects that have not been released yet, and he's voiced Shinjiro Hayata in the English version of Ultraman.

    A closeup of the animated Shinjiro Hayata

    And even if you've wanted to keep up with Josh outside of his film and TV roles, his social media presence is pretty much non-existent.

    A closeup of Josh Hutcherson in a tux at a red carpet event

    He basically uses his Instagram to leave adorable and sweet comments on his girlfriend Claudia Traisac's pics, which just makes me love him more.

    One of Josh's comments include "como te quiero [three hearts]

    Anyway, that's all to say that yesterday the first teaser trailer for the upcoming supernatural horror movie Five Nights at Freddy's dropped, and the internet went wild over seeing Josh again:

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    JOSH HUTCHERSON'S RENAISSANCE IS FINALLY HAPPENNING AND HE'S COMING FOR A SCREAM KING TITLE pic.twitter.com/q0t6rk7FO0

    — laly (@getawayeverlark) May 17, 2023
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    JOSH HUTCHERSON RENAISSANCE IS IN FULL SWING AND IM THE LEADER!!! pic.twitter.com/tDrQnsekWd

    — clem ✰ NIYA DAY (@mockingjvys) May 17, 2023
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    — abbie | RORO DAY (@finaIghost) May 17, 2023
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    josh hutcherson is the love of my life in every universe i’m so serious holy FUCK pic.twitter.com/lctI5s7kJK

    — samantha ꩜ :) (@tpwkcorpse) May 17, 2023
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    JOSH HUTCHERSON EMPLOYED ERA WHO ELSE CHEERED pic.twitter.com/vcNvNJ12ZQ

    — not nathan fielder (@skywalkercore) May 17, 2023
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    JOSH HUTCHERSON IN FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S IS GOING TO CHANGE LIVES. pic.twitter.com/8eN8y9C7SR

    — YELLOWJACKETS SPOILERS javier manuel (@MLMPHOBE) May 17, 2023
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    josh had only 10 seconds of screentime and a dream in that teaser and he ATE pic.twitter.com/gu7nv9nMKr

    — laly (@getawayeverlark) May 17, 2023
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    MY SCREAM KING JOSH HUTCHERSON! pic.twitter.com/PQYJIuegzf

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    — e (@mellarkanti) May 17, 2023
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    Basically:

    josh hutcherson is trending like he deserves to be trending EVERY SINGLE DAY

    — lionsgate (@Lionsgate) May 17, 2023
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    Five Nights at Freddy's is directed by Emma Tammi and written by Tammi, Scott Cawthon, and Seth Cuddeback. It's based on the video game franchise of the same name and follows Mike Schmidt (Hutcherson), a security guard who starts a nighttime job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, an abandoned pizza place with arcade games and more.

    josh using a flashlight to enter a building and saying, hello

    Soon, Mike discovers that some of the animatronic mascots move and attack anyone that is still there after midnight. What ensues is a wild, haunted good time, that I, for one, can't wait to watch.

    josh walking into a building and seeing a robot dog with glowing eyes

    Alongside Josh, the film also stars Matthew Lillard, Mary Stuart Masterson, Piper Rubio, Kat Conner Sterling, Elizabeth Lail, and more.

    man praying and then a woman looking up at something

    And, aside from Five Nights at Freddy's, Josh's other upcoming movie, Across the River and Into the Trees, which is based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway, was just acquired by Bleecker Street for release literally yesterday.

    Josh in a military uniform on set

    So, it looks like we'll be getting a lot more of Josh soon, and as someone who consistently says that Josh was my first celeb crush — dating all the way back to Little Manhattan (IYKYK) — I'm super excited for Josh's return.

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    You can watch the full teaser trailer for Five Nights at Freddy's below:

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    Five Nights at Freddy's hits theaters and starts streaming on Peacock on Oct. 27.