EastEnders star Zack Morris has landed himself a big new role, in Disney+'s new TV series of Goosebumps.
As reported by Variety, the actor – who played Keegan Baker on the BBC One soap between 2017 and 2022 – and Picard star Isa Briones are the newest cast members for the House of Mouse's upcoming interpretation of R L Stein's children's horror books.
Unlike the famous 1990s series, which was an anthology show that featured a different story and characters every week for the most part, the new series will tell one story that takes inspiration from five of Stein's books.
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The official synopsis reads: "The series follows a group of five high schoolers who unleash supernatural forces upon their town and must all work together — thanks to and in spite of their friendships, rivalries and pasts with each other – in order to save it, learning much about their own parents’ teenage secrets in the process."
Both actors have been cast as high schoolers, with Morris playing popular football star Isaiah, who hides his family's struggles with money and feels the pressure of them hoping his athletic prowess nets him a college sponsorship.
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Briones will play the bookworm Jane, who is obsessed with living a life that is worthy of writing a memoir about, while avoiding accusations of being a snob.
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The Muppets Most Wanted director Nick Stoller and the 2015 Goosebumps movie director Rob Letterman are serving as executive producers, while Senior Year's Ana Yi Puig, Barbarian's Justin Long, Guilty Party's Miles McKenna and The Equalizer's Will Price have previously been announced as cast members.
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