Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Ending Explained, Director Teases Third Film

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 , ” now playing in theaters.

Freddy Fazbear and his friends have done it again.

The bloodthirsty animatronics beckoned enough franchise fans to theaters to make “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” a box office hit this weekend. The film’s ending — complete with a mid-credits scene, an end-credits scene and a handful of cliffhangers — is already encouraging plenty of debate and analysis online.

Emma Tammi, who directed both films in the series, spoke with Variety about the series’ next steps. During this film’s mid-credits scene, Springtrap — the antagonistic animatronic from the game “Five Nights at Freddy’s 3” — is seen booting up. It’s implied that the spirit of William Afton (Matthew Lillard), the co-founder