Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 Trailer Unveils Skeet Ulrich’s Role, Springtrap’s Backstory & Terrifying Animatronics

Universal drops a new trailer forFive Nights at Freddy’s 2, one month ahead of its theatrical release.

The latest trailer provides the best look at the animatronics and what threat lies ahead for Mike (Josh Hutcherson), Abby (Piper Rubio) and Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail). Opening with Vanessa waking up from a nightmare, the footage unveils a younger version of her running away and hiding from her father, William Afton (Matthew Lillard), indicating that the sequel will take a deeper look at Springtrap’s origins story.

The new footage also reveals Lillard’s return as Springtrap, although that seems to be reserved for flashbacks due to his character’s fate at the end of Five Nightst at Freddy’s.

After Scream‘s Skeet Ulrich was confirmed to join Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, the trailer finally reveals his first appearance as Henry Emily. As Mike investigates, Henry reveals the truth about what happened to his deceased daughter after learning about the five missing children.

Henry is a core but unseen character in the original video game franchise, guiding players to go through cassette tapes that will help them to survive the night against the animontronics. He was a former best friend of William and one of the co-founders of Fazbear Entertainment.

With Ulrich officially joining the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise, this marks his Scream reunion with Lillard after both played the original Ghostface. While they were allies in the slasher series, their dynamic will be different in the Five Nights at Freddy’s sequel since Ulrich’s character will resent the series’ antagonist for what he did to his daughter.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 will release in theaters on December 5, 2025.

Release Date

December 5, 2025

Director

Emma Tammi

Writers

Scott Cawthon

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  Matthew Lillard

  William Afton

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