For a lot of people, their introduction to horror was R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps book series, which spawned the TV series that aired in the 90s and two films. Well, it’s back to introduce a new generation to the genre with a live-action revival series coming to Disney+.
The ten episodes first season will center on five-high schoolers who accidentally set loose the forces of evil and have to team up to set things right. The series will pay homage to the books as well as focus on the relationships between all of the kids.
Nick Stoller and Rob Letterman (director of the first film), will serve as both writers and executive producers on the show, with Stoller executive producing via Stoller Global Solutions. Letterman will also direct the first episode. Neal H. Moritz, who produced the two Goosebumps movies, and Pavan Shetty of Original Film, Conor Welch of Stoller Global Solutions, and Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman of Scholastic Entertainment are also executives producing. Sony Pictures Television Studios will produce. Original Film and Stoller Global Solutions are currently under TV overall deals with Sony.
Published by Scholastic, “Goosebumps” is one of the best-selling book series of all time with more than 400 million copies in print in 32 languages.
