Goosebumps 2 in the works at Sony
With last year’s family film Goosebumps a solid hit at both the box office and on home video, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Sony Pictures is in development on a sequel. The first film’s director Rob Letterman (Shark Tale, Monsters vs. Aliens) and screenwriter Darren Lemke (Turbo) will return for Goosebumps 2, with Deborah Forte (The Golden Compass) and Neal H. Moritz (22 Jump Street) also coming back as producers. While Jack Black has yet to sign on, the hope is he will also come back to the fold for more monster mayhem.
The first Goosebumps made $156.7 million on a $58 million budget, and is scheduled to arrive on Netflix’s streaming service May 11. Since there are 62 books in the original “Goosebumps” series, the filmmakers will have plenty of material to wade through in order to craft a story.
Based on Scholastic’s worldwide best-selling book series, with over 400 million copies in print, Goosebumps starred Jack Black (School of Rock) as “Goosebumps” author R.L. Stine, along with Dylan Minnette (Prisoners), Ryan Lee (Super 8) and Odeya Rush (The Giver). When Zach (Minnette) unwittingly unleashes magical monsters on the town, he must team with his new friends Champ (Lee), Hannah (Rush) and Stine (Black) to send the ghouls back where they came from before it’s too late.
Ace screenwriting team Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski (Big Eyes, “The People v OJ Simpson”) penned the story for the original, with Lemke writing the screenplay.
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Dylan Minnette in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Ryan Lee in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Jack Black stars in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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Jillian Bell, left, and Amy Ryan in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Odeya Rush, left, and Dylan Minnette in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," staring Jack Black.
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L-r, Ryan Lee, Odeya Rush, Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Director Rob Letterman with camera operator Jacques Jouffret on the set of Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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L-r, Jack Black, Ryan Lee, Dylan Minnette and Odeya Rush star in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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L-r, Ryan Lee, Jack Black, Dylan Minnette and Odeya Rush star in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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Top to bottom, Ryan Lee, Odeya Rush and Dylan Minnette in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Odeya Rush in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Director Rob Letterman on the set of Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Jillian Bell in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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L-r, Odeya Rush, Jack Black, Ryan Lee and Dylan Minnette star in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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Dylan Minnette and Amy Ryan in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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L-r, Ryan Lee, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush and Jack Black star in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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Jack Black, left, and R.L. Stine on the set of Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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When the creatures from R.L. Stine’s (Jack Black) Goosebumps series come to life – including the Abominable Snowman (pictured) – it’s up to Stine to team up with three teenagers to get these figments of Black’s imagination back in the books where they belong and save the town.
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Jack Black, left, and Dylan Minnette star in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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When the creatures from R.L. Stine’s (Jack Black) Goosebumps series come to life – including the Praying Mantis (pictured) – it’s up to Stine to team up with three teenagers to get these figments of Black’s imagination back in the books where they belong and save the town.
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When the creatures from R.L. Stine’s (Jack Black) Goosebumps series come to life – including the Vampire Poodle (pictured) – it’s up to Stine to team up with three teenagers to get these figments of Black’s imagination back in the books where they belong and save the town.
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Jack Black stars in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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L-r, Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Ryan Lee and Odeya Rush star in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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