Ever since news broke that the fan favorite horror game series "Five Nights at Freddy's" was officially getting the movie treatment, anticipation for updates on the release date and other details have consistently been through the roof.

Delays, Cancelation, or Updates?

The well of updates seemed to have dried up for quite a while ever since The Hollywood Reporter first got the exclusive skinny on the plans for the 'FNAF' movie over a year ago.

And along with the pre-production silence, came worries and rumors that perhaps the movie project had stalled or even been cancelled, along with some real talk of at least delays to the big screen horror game adaptation.

Some of the talk of delays came from the somewhat reasonable assumption that since "Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location," another video game follow-up in the hit franchise, is slated to be launched sometime in Fall 2016, perhaps the script-writing process was waiting to possibly include some of the new characters in the upcoming sequel.

The latest comments from people involved in the movie haven't confirmed or denied incorporation of "Sister Location" in the FNAF movie (which is still posted on IMDB as having a June 2018 release date, by the way) but they do provide some overall encouraging news for fans worried about the project possibly being scrapped.

Good News

But now, some recent online comments from the prospective director and others involved in the Five Nights at Freddy's movie have shed light on development of the project -- which you'll be happy to learn, is still ongoing.

First, Gil Kenan, the director for the FNAF movie, posted on Twitter a couple of months ago that the project had not been canceled, it was "just in the very long script development phase," he tweetd, adding, "Still working on it!"

@truelexatom no, not cancelled, just in the very long script development phase... Still working on it! — Gil Kenan (@gilkenan) April 21, 2016

More recently, a worried fan on Steam's forums posted a thread simply asking "FNAF Movie (still in development)?" Scott Cawthon, creator of the game series, promptly allayed fears again, stating, "The script is still being worked on."

He went into a little more detail, and assured fans by saying, "The people involved are taking the movie seriously, which is definitely a good thing!"

Preach.

So many game-to-movie projects are rushed, or just don't get the respect they deserve in the development phase, which leads to gems like "Doom." It seems worth the (real or imagined) release date delay if FNAF is going to be taken seriously from conception through production and finally onto a theater screen near you.