The cast comes together for the coming Goosebumps reboot series on Disney+. In February, it was reported that a new live-action TV series had been ordered for series on the streaming platform, inspired by RL Stine’s best-selling books. utilities, Variety reports that Long has boarded the new show in a series regular role. We can expect more casting announcements to follow soon.
Long’s character has been named as Nathan Bratt, a new schoolteacher who “develops a terrifying connection to a decades-old supernatural murder.” Disney has also stated that the new Goosebumps series will be specifically inspired by five of the most popular books in the series. A provided description of the show is as follows:
The series follows a group of five high school students who unleash supernatural powers on their city and all must work together – thanks to and despite their friendships, rivalries and pasts with each other – to save it, and learn a lot about their own city. teen secrets from parents in the process.”
Nick Stoller and Rob Letterman made this new version together Goosebumps. The two serve as executive producers alongside Kevin Murphy, who also serves as showrunner, as well as Neal H. Moritz and Pavun Shetty of Original Film, Conor Welch of Stoller Global Solutions, Erin O’Malley and Iole Lucchese and Caitlin Friedman of Scholastic Amusement. Julia Ruchman, James Eagan and Nick Adams will co-executive produce.
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Neal H. Moritz, an executive producer on the new series, was also a producer on the two live-action Goosebumps movies starring Jack Black as RL Stine. The first Goosebumps the film was also directed by Rob Letterman, who co-created the upcoming series for Disney+; the sequel, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, was helped by Ari Sandel. The films were box office hits, earning over $250 million.
There was also an adaptation of the live-action TV series that aired for four seasons and 74 episodes from 1995 to 1998. Each episode of the anthology series was inspired by a different Goosebumps book. Today, many fans of the show are nostalgic about it, especially regarding the catchy theme song. The series also featured many celebrities in early roles, such as Ryan Gosling, Laura Vandervoort, and Hayden Christensen. In recent years, the series continues to be watched by fans due to its availability on Netflix for streaming.
It all goes back to the original book series by prolific author RL Stine. Also a product from the 90s, the Goosebumps books originally consisted of 62 titles, although several spin-offs were also developed. To date, more than 400 books have been sold worldwide, making Goosebumps the second best-selling book series of all time, behind only JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series. So it’s not really a surprise to see Disney return to that Goosebumps good to roll the dice with another television series adaptation.
No release date has been set for the new one yet Goosebumps series on Disney+.