I wasn’t at New York Comedian Con this yr, however I may really feel a wave of awkwardness reverberating from the Javits Heart in my Brooklyn condo like a disturbance within the Pressure. It wasn’t till movies of one of the vital uncomfortable conference panels I’ve ever seen began circulating on-line that I knew the supply of this sudden secondhand embarrassment. Members within the Blumhouse panel, also referred to as Blumfest, talked a bit in regards to the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy’s sequel earlier than revealing that Megan Fox, of Transformers and Jennifer’s Physique fame, can be voicing Toy Chica, the evil animatronic chicken, within the live-action follow-up. This was met with an underwhelming response from the group, and oof, it’s a brutal watch.
I’ve no stake within the Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 forged, however I do perceive why Fox’s casting may not elicit an enthusiastic response from the group. Fox’s voice acting in Mortal Kombat 1 was atrocious, and it additionally wouldn’t shock me if among the FNAF fandom doesn’t have a robust affiliation along with her, given the collection has a fairly younger fanbase and the actor was most outstanding in Hollywood properly over a decade in the past. However the crowd on the Comedian Con panel may barely muster up a well mannered cheer. As an alternative, Fox’s announcement is met with some murmurs and a few claps, however largely deafening silence.
The panelists attempt to hype up the announcement by saying her title, nearly as in the event that they concern individuals don’t acknowledge her from the photograph alone, after which you may hear some individuals within the crowd laughing at how uncomfortable it’s. Whether or not or not Fox really pulls off the function stays to be seen, however the entire thing seems like a miscalculation of each the group’s enthusiasm and, maybe, Fox’s cultural cache. 5 Nights at Freddy’s followers are notoriously protecting of its characters, so we’ll see how they react to her efficiency when the film premieres on December 5.
