Scott Cawthon
American video game developer
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| 2025 | Scott Cawthon's 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' feature film is released, continuing the adaptation of his popular video game series into cinema. |
| 2025 | Scott Cawthon planned to release 'Tales from the Pizzaplex: Graphic Novel Collection #1', co-authored with Andrea Waggener. |
| 2025 | Scheduled to release 'Five Nights at Freddy's: Escape the Pizzaplex' co-authored with Lyndsay Ely |
| 2025 | A sequel to the 'Five Nights at Freddy's' feature film is planned, with Scott Cawthon again involved in creation, writing, and production. |
| 2025 | Planned releases include Five Laps at Freddy's and Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic, showcasing ongoing game development |
| 2024 | A sequel to the Five Nights at Freddy's film was revealed to be in development, with Cawthon writing the screenplay. |
| 2024 | Published 'Five Nights at Freddy's: Ticket to Fun Ephemera Kit', a game book expanding the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise. |
| 2024 | Scott Cawthon released an updated edition of 'Security Breach Files', continuing to provide detailed information about the game series. |
| 2024 | Scott Cawthon continued the Fazbear Frights series with 'Graphic Novel Collection #5', co-authored with Elley Cooper and Andrea Waggener. |
| 2024 | Published three Five Nights at Freddy's books with new co-authors Eugene C. Myers and Adrienne Kress |
| 2024 | Developed Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit as a writer and producer |
| March 9 2024 | Made his first public video appearance in MatPat's final episode of The Game Theorists, titled 'MatPat's FINAL Theory!' |
| 2023 | Released two books: 'Five Nights at Freddy's Character Encyclopedia', a comprehensive guide to characters in the franchise, and 'Five Nights at Freddy's Cookbook', co-authored with Rob Morris. |
| 2023 | Scott Cawthon published three Fazbear Frights Graphic Novel Collections (#2, #3, and #4), collaborating with various co-authors including Andrea Waggener, Carly Anne West, Kelly Parra, and Elley Cooper. |
| 2023 | Continued 'Tales from the Pizzaplex' series with four more books, collaborating with Kelly Parra and Andrea Waggener |
| 2023 | Released Freddy in Space 3: Chica in Space and Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2, continuing his game development work |
| 2023 | Scott Cawthon produced and wrote the screenplay for the Five Nights at Freddy's film, expanding the franchise into cinema. |
| October 27 2023 | The Five Nights at Freddy's film was released, receiving negative critical reviews but becoming a significant box office success, grossing over $296 million. |
| October 18 2023 | Cawthon released Freddy in Space 3: Chica in Space, his first game since retirement, as a tie-in to the Five Nights at Freddy's film. |
| 2022 | Published 'The Official Five Nights at Freddy's How to Draw', a drawing book co-authored with Claudia Schröder. |
| 2022 | Scott Cawthon published 'Security Breach Files', a guide book related to the Five Nights at Freddy's game. |
| 2022 | Scott Cawthon released 'Fazbear Frights: Graphic Novel Collection #1', a graphic novel collection based on his Fazbear Nights series, co-authored with Elley Cooper and Carly Anne West. |
| 2022 | Launched 'Tales from the Pizzaplex' book series, publishing four titles with co-authors Kelly Parra, Elley Cooper, and Andrea Waggener |
| 2022 | Collaborated on Youtooz Presents: Five Nights at Freddy's as a writer and producer |
| October 2022 | Emma Tammi was announced as the film's director, co-writing the script with Cawthon and Seth Cuddeback. |
| 2021 | Co-authored 'The Official Five Nights at Freddy's Coloring Book' with Claudia Schröder. |
| 2021 | Scott Cawthon released 'Five Nights at Freddy's: The Ultimate Guide', providing comprehensive information about the game series. |
| 2021 | Scott Cawthon published two graphic novel adaptations: 'Five Nights at Freddy's: The Twisted Ones' and 'Five Nights at Freddy's: The Fourth Closet', both co-authored with Kira Breed-Wrisley. |
| 2021 | Continued Fazbear Frights series with five more books, collaborating primarily with Elley Cooper and Andrea Waggener |
| 2021 | Scott Cawthon created, directed, wrote, and produced the miniseries 'Freddy & Friends: On Tour!' consisting of 4 episodes, which was based on his video game series 'Five Nights at Freddy's'. The series was co-directed with Jason Topolski. |
| 2021 | Developed Security Breach: Fury's Rage and Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, with varying levels of involvement across different production roles |
| June 2021 | Became a trending topic on Twitter after his political donations to Republican Party politicians were publicly shared, leading to mixed reactions on social media. |
| June 16 2021 | Cawthon announced his retirement from public game development following a political controversy. |
| 2020 | Prolific year for Cawthon, publishing six Fazbear Frights books with various co-authors including Elley Cooper, Andrea Waggener, Kelly Parra, and Carly Anne West |
| 2019 | Scott Cawthon published 'The Freddy Files: Updated Edition', a guide book about the Five Nights at Freddy's series. |
| 2019 | Scott Cawthon published 'Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes: The Graphic Novel', an adaptation of his original novel co-authored with Kira Breed-Wrisley and illustrated by Claudia Schröder. |
| 2019 | Cawthon was involved in multiple Five Nights at Freddy's projects, including Help Wanted (as writer, producer, voice actor) and Special Delivery (as writer, producer) |
| December 26 2019 | Cawthon released the first book in the eleven-book Fazbear Frights series, Fazbear Frights #1: Into the Pit, available in Kindle and paperback formats. |
| December 3 2019 | Released 'Freddy in Space 2' on Game Jolt, featuring hidden dollar amounts that would determine his donation to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. |
| November 2019 | Cawthon announced a fundraising game for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, creating 'Freddy in Space 2' for a charity livestream event hosted by YouTubers MatPat, Dawko, and Markiplier. |
| November 25 2019 | Five Nights at Freddy's: Special Delivery, an augmented reality game, was released for iOS and Android. |
| October 23 2019 | Curse of Dreadbear DLC update was released for Help Wanted. |
| May 28 2019 | Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted was released for PC and PlayStation VR. |
| 2018 | Scott Cawthon published 'Art with Edge, Five Nights at Freddy's', a coloring book based on his popular video game franchise. |
| November 2018 | Cawthon announced the film's script had been scrapped, causing further production delays. |
| August 2018 | Cawthon confirmed the film would be based on the first game, with potential sequels following the second and third games. Jason Blum tweeted a planned release window of 2020. |
| June 28 2018 | Ultimate Custom Night was released on Steam for free, featuring over 50 franchise characters. |
| June 26 2018 | Cawthon released the third novel in the series, Five Nights at Freddy's: The Fourth Closet. |
| February 13 2018 | Blumhouse Productions announced Chris Columbus would direct and produce the Five Nights at Freddy's film, working alongside Jason Blum and Cawthon. |
| December 26 2017 | Cawthon released the Survival Logbook, a second guidebook with interactive elements and hidden lore secrets. |
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