Goosebumps is not the only children’s horror book series getting a new feature film franchise, R.L. Stine‘s Fear Street saga is also headed to the big screen for a new trilogy from 20th Century Fox.
Word is Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon) will be directing two films of the trilogy with Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell) directing the other.
Collider is reporting that Kiana Madeira (She Never Died) and Olivia Welch (Agent Carter) have signed on to star in all three films of the trilogy.
The site states, “Sources say that Madeira and Welch will each be playing gay teenagers trying to navigate their rocky relationship when they’re targeted by the crazy horrors of their small town, Shadyside. Each actress will be playing two different characters — one in the mid-’90s, and one in the 1600s.”
Here’s what we know so far about each film:
FEAR STREET 1: Set in 1994, in the aftermath of a brutal tragedy in Shadyside, Ohio, a group of teens discover that a series of horrifying events that have plagued their town over many years might not be random and that they may be the next victims.
FEAR STREET 2: In 1978, the counselors and campers of Camp Nightwing is divided by the campers and counselors, but when a horror comes alive, they must band together to solve a terrifying mystery before it’s too late.
FEAR STREET 3: In 1666 a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come. It’s up to a group of teenagers in 1994 to try and finally put an end to their town’s curse before it’s too late.
R.L. Stine‘s Fear Street book series was first published in 1989. Set in the town of Shadyside, Ohio, the books center around teens going up against villains in a total of 52 stories.
