Goosebumps is coming back to our TV screens from one of the bosses of the Fast & Furious franchise, the director of Pokémon Detective Pikachu and the co-writer of the latest two The Muppets movies.
As reported by Variety, Disney+ have picked up the series that was first announced back in April 2020, and have ordered 10 episodes.
Unlike the 1990s series, which was an anthology that adapted a different RL Stine story every episode (or two, they loved a two-parter and we lived for those cliffhangers), this will be one continuous story.
Related: Disney+ content list – Here's everything that is available on the platform in the UK
That story will follow five high school kids who unleash all sorts of supernatural evil upon their time, and have to put aside their differences and work together to sort things out. Apparently, they will learn secrets their parents kept hidden along the way. Will the parents be characters from previous Goosebumps stories?
Fast & Furious executive producer Neal H Mortiz is executive producing, while Detective Pikachu and the 2015 Goosebumps movie director Rob Letterman is helming the first episode, and will be co-writing with The Muppets and The Muppets: Most Wanted co-writer Nick Stoller.
What to Read Next
This isn't the first RL Stine adaptation that Disney+ have brought to our screens, as the eight-episode first season of the Just Beyond graphic novels dropped last October.
Last year, actor Justice Smith updated fans on what's going on with the Detective Pikachu sequel, and while it looked like things were going well, he seems to think it's not going to happen.
"I don't know if it's going to happen," he said. "I think we have to just kind of bury our hopes. I don't think it's going to happen. I really hope so though. Honestly, I'm such a huge fan, who knows, who knows? I hope so."
Joe Anderton is a freelance news writer at Digital Spy, having worked there since 2016. In his time, he's covered a host of live events and interviewed celebrities big and small. A big fan of TV and movies both mainstream and obscure, Joe also enjoys video games and in particular PlayStation. Joe currently does not use Twitter, but he only ever used it to tell people to watch the film Help! I'm a Fish.
