We finally have an idea as to what to expect from the Goosebumps movie. Lots of madness, it seems!
It's amazing that it has taken this long to get a Goosebumps movie off the ground. But after several failed attempts, things are finally moving forward with Rob Letterman (Gulliver's Travels) in control. There has been some speculation as to what book(s) the film would draw from, but from the recent synopsis it appears as though the filmmakers are taking a somewhat unexpected approach.
So here's the synopsis:
In Goosebumps, upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah (Odeya Rush), living right next door. But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach's comes when he learns that Hannah has a mysterious dad who is revealed to be R. L. Stine (Jack Black), the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. It turns out that there is a reason why Stine is so strange… he is a prisoner of his own imagination – the monsters that his books made famous are real, and Stine protects his readers by keeping them locked up in their books. When Zach unintentionally unleashes the monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it's suddenly up to Stine, Zach, and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.
It certainly sounds interesting. More comedic than out and out horror from the description, so it might not match the majesty of The Hole, but hopefully it'll capture the spirit of the source material.
The film is scheduled for March 23rd 2016.
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oh, Goosebumps, you had me until 'Jack Black'. while I love a lot of his work, this just screams Gulliver's Travels... :(