Variety is reporting that 20th Century Fox has snapped up the rights to Goosebumps author R.L. Stine’s teen horror series Fear Street, setting Leigh Janiak (Honeymoon) to oversee development on up to three films.
According to the site, Chernin Entertainment is producing the potential trilogy, and has tapped writers Kyle Killen, Zak Olkewicz and Silka Luisa to each pen a different Fear Street script. Janiak – whose other credits include episodes of the TV shows Scream: The TV Series and Outcast – will direct.
The first Fear Street book, titled The New Girl, was published in 1989. Stine has since went on to pen over 100 novels in the series.
In addition to the Fear Street movies, Stine also has the Goosebumps sequel Goosebumps: Horrorland set for release from Universal on September 21st 2018.
Originally published July 15, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
