Goosebumps is an American Disney+ and Hulu original series, based on the books of the same name by R.L. Stine. The first season premiered on October 13, 2023. The second season, subtitled The Vanishing, premieres on January 10, 2025.
Synopsis
Season one 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.[1]
Season two, subtitled The Vanishing, follows teenage siblings who discover a threat stirring, triggering a chain of events that unravel a profound mystery. As they delve into the unknown, the duo find themselves entangled in the chilling tale of four teenagers who mysteriously vanished in 1994.[2]
Cast
Season One
- Zack Morris as Isaiah Howard
- Isa Briones as Margot Stokes
- Miles McKenna as James Etten
- Ana Yi Puig as Isabella Chen Lopez
- Will Price as Lucas Parker
- Rachael Harris as Nora Parker
- Taylar Hender as Young Nora
- Justin Long as Nathan Bratt
- Rob Huebel as Colin Stokes
- Leonard Roberts as Ben Howard
- William Chris Sumpter as Young Ben
- Ben Cockell as Harold Biddle
- Rhinnan Payne as Allison
- Françoise Yip as Victoria Chen Lopez
- Michelle Mao as Young Victoria
- Laura Mennell as Eliza Etten
- Samantha Blaire Cutler as Young Eliza
- Lexa Doig as Sarah Stokes
- Alex Felix as Young Sarah
- Chris Geere as Slappy the Dummy/Kanduu
Season Two
- David Schwimmer as Anthony Brewer
- Patrick Scott McDermott as Young Anthony "Stink"
- Ana Ortiz as Jen
- Isabella Ferreira as Young Jen
- Jayden Bartels as Cece Brewer
- Sam McCarthy as Devin Brewer
- Elijah M. Cooper as CJ
- Francesca Noel as Alex
- Galilea La Salvia as Frankie
- Sendhil Ramamurthy as Avi Pamani
- Stony Blyden as Trey Jimenez
- Sakina Jaffrey as Ramona Pamani
- Sahana Srinivasan as Young Ramona
- Christopher Paul Richards as Matty Brewer
- Eloise Payet as Hannah Parker
- Arjun Athalye as Sameer
- Kyra Tantao as Nicole
Production
On February 4, 2022, Variety reported that a new Goosebumps TV series was in the works at Disney+.[1]
Filming began on October 18, 2022, and it is scheduled to wrap on March 31, 2023.[3]
On January 27, 2023, Variety reported the entirety of the cast of the series.[4]
On February 10, 2024, the series was renewed for a second season with the intent to turn it into a seasonal anthology series.[5]
On March 21, 2024, Deadline reported the main cast for season two.[6]
Gallery
Videos
Trivia
- This marks the first series to simultaneously premiere on both Disney+ and Hulu.
- This is the second Goosebumps TV show since the original nineties TV show.
- This also marks the first Sony Pictures Television series to be distributed by Disney since Hotel Transylvania: The Series as that show aired on Disney Channel on June 25, 2017.
- Each season loosely adapts a select number of books into one continuous story.
- Season one adapts, Night of the Living Dummy, Say Cheese and Die!, The Haunted Mask, Go Eat Worms!, The Cuckoo Clock of Doom, Please Don't Feed the Vampire!, and Night of the Living Dummy II. While the titles You Can't Scare Me and Horrorland are used, neither is truly adapted.
- Season two adapts, Stay Out of the Basement, The Haunted Car, Monster Blood, The Girl Who Cried Monster, The Ghost Next Door, Welcome to Camp Nightmare, and Invasion Of The Body Squeezers. The Blob That Ate Everyone also influenced one of the episodes. While Egg Monsters from Mars inspired the alien ships in the series.
Tie-in book
On May 21, 2024, it was announced that a tie-in novel titled Goosebumps: The Haunting Returns is set to be released later that year on October 1. The novel, written by Kate Howard, acts as a resolution to season one's story, due to the series changing to an anthology format.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Otterson, Joe (February 4, 2022). "‘Goosebumps’: New Live-Action TV Series Lands at Disney Plus (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
- ↑ "David Schwimmer To Lead Season 2 Of Disney+ Anthology Series ‘Goosebumps’". Deadline (March 20, 2024).
- ↑ Gittins, Susan (October 18, 2022). "Disney+’s GOOSEBUMPS Series With Justin Long Starts Filming in Vancouver". Hollywood North Buzz.
- ↑ Otterson, Joe (January 27, 2023). "‘Goosebumps’ Disney+ Series Adds Rob Huebel to Cast (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
- ↑ "‘Goosebumps’ Renewed for Season 2 at Disney+ as Anthology Series". Variety (February 10, 2024).
- ↑ "‘Goosebumps’ Rounds Out Series Regulars For Season 2". Deadline (March 21, 2024).
- ↑ "New Goosebumps Book Set to Resolve Disney+ Cliffhanger Ending". Comic Book (May 21, 2024).
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