R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps tales are headed back to the small screen in a new series from Disney+, and we’ve learned this morning that the premiere is just one month away.
“Goosebumps” will premiere on Disney+ on Friday the 13th of October!
While you wait, check out a short teaser trailer below. And DON’T BLINK.
The Wrap details the unique release strategy, ” The adaptation will launch October 13 on both Disney+ and Hulu with the first five episodes of the series running as part of Disney+’s “Hallowstream” and Hulu’s “Huluween” celebrations. Subsequent installments of the 10-episode series will release weekly. The first two episodes of “Goosebumps” will also air October 13 on Freeform during its “31 Nights of Halloween” programming.”
Justin Long, Rachael Harris, Ana Yi Puig, Miles McKenna, Will Price, Zack Morris and Isa Briones star in the live action series, which is set to be a teen horror-comedy.
“Plunging viewers into a world of mystery and suspense, the new “Goosebumps” series follows a group of five high schoolers as they embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three decades earlier of a teen named Harold Biddle — while also unearthing dark secrets from their parents’ past.”
Disney teases, “The new television series draws on elements from five of the most popular middle grade books including Say Cheese and Die!, The Haunted Mask, The Cuckoo Clock of Doom, Go Eat Worms! and Night of the Living Dummy.”
Rob Letterman, who directed the 2015 Goosebumps movie, will be directing the first episode of the Disney+ series. He’s also on board to write and executive produce.
Nick Stoller will also write and executive produce the Goosebumps TV series.
Before the two movies, Stine’s Goosebumps books were first turned into a TV series back in the 1990s, a live action project that ran for four seasons between 1995 and 1998.
