As of this writing, a pair of Jack Black genre films will be releasing in theaters on the exact same day.
It was announced yesterday that The House With a Clock in Its Walls, the Universal/Amblin adaptation of the 1973 John Bellairs horror book illustrated by Edward Gorey, will be hitting theaters on September 21, 2018.
Black stars alongside Cate Blanchett, Colleen Camp, and Kyle MacLachlan, who recently returned on Showtime’s “Twin Peaks” revival.
Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Death Wish, Hostel, Green Inferno) is directing the tale of a recently orphaned 10-year-old boy who discovers a world of hidden passageways, magic and danger in his uncle’s old house.
Set to open on the exact same day through Sony Pictures is Goosebumps 2.
R.L. Stine himself recently noted on Twitter that he’s heard the story concept for Goosebumps 2 and, in his own words, “it’s pretty amazing.”
Last we heard, director Rob Letterman will be back, with Deborah Forte and Neal H. Moritz returning as producers. Screenwriter Darren Lemke will once again be penning this family-friendly terror tale, drawing inspiration from the works of Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine. Black will again play Stine.
It’s a game of movie chicken. Who moves first? Goosebumps already shifted once before so it wouldn’t surprise me to see it get goose-bumped to 2019.