The upcoming Goosebumps film has many people wondering how author R.L. Stine is an actual character in the film, played by Jack Black. After all, he wasn’t a character in any of the books, so what gives?
Well, io9 recently sat down with producer Neal H. Moritz and direction Rob Lettermen to explain how the film was actually going to work and it sounds really cool!
Moritz explains the origin of the film, stating:
When we heard this idea of the reason why R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps stories are so good is because the monsters are real and they’re locked up inside of the books, “OK that’s a good idea.”
When asked about the inspiration for the style of the movie, Lettermen stated, “The movies that helped us out a lot were those old Amblin films.” Moritz then added, “It really fits in that category of Goonies, Gremlins, Jumanji. That kind of thing.”
When talking about what we can expect in the film, Moritz stated that we could see, “…30 monsters in this film,” with Lettermen adding:
We certainly imply just an army of them. We zero in a handful that play big roles. One of the main monsters, one of the most popular monsters is Slappy. He’s a big part of the movie. He plays a big part of the movie.
You can read the full interview at the above link. Goosebumps comes out October 12th, 2015.
I remember reading this books as a kid and loving every second of it. Then, as I got older, I began getting into the Fear Street series, which actually legitimately terrified me on several occasions. Then again, I by older I mean I was nine years old and my parents had no idea what they were letting me read.
