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Genre Writer Bringing the Terror to ‘Goosebumps’ Franchise
Screenwriter Carl Ellsworth (The Last House on the Left, Disturbia, Red Eye, Red Dawn) is carving a niche for himself writing movies about kids in jeopardy. He’s come aboard to write the screenplay for a live-action feature adaptation of the R.L. Stine book series Goosebumps for Columbia. Neal Moritz is producing through his Original Film banner with Deborah Forte of Scholastic Entertainment. Scholastic publishes the hugely popular kids’ horror books, which number in the dozens and have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide, second only to the “Harry Potter” series in total sales. Columbia picked up film rights to the series in May 2008 and is looking at a family-driven potential franchise. The property has spawned video games, TV shows, additional book series and straight-to-video films, but this would be the first big-screen treatment. Screenwriters Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander (“1408”) previously worked on adapting the material.
Inspired by Nicholas Hogg’s 2015 novel Tokyo Nobody, the thriller A Sacrifice starring Sadie Sink (“Stranger Things”) is on the way from Vertical, and the official trailer has arrived.
From director Jordan Scott, the film releases on June 28, 2024.
“A Sacrifice is an emotionally turbulent story that follows American social psychologist Ben Monroe who is investigating a local Berlin cult connected to disturbing events.
“While he immerses himself in his work, his rebellious teenage daughter, Mazzy, becomes embroiled with a mysterious local boy who introduces her to the city’s underground party scene. As their two worlds head toward a dangerous intersection, Ben will need to race against the clock in order to save his daughter.”
Sadie Sink stars alongside Eric Bana and Sylvia Hoeks.
A Sacrifice is produced by Ridley Scott.
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