Goosebumps (2023 TV series)

Goosebumps
Also known asGoosebumps: The Vanishing (season 2)
Genre
Based onGoosebumps
by R. L. Stine
Developed byRob Letterman
&
Nicholas Stoller
ShowrunnerHilary Winston
Starring
Music byThe Newton Brothers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
  • Nicholas Stoller
  • Rob Letterman
  • Hilary Winston
  • Neal H. Moritz
  • Iole Lucchese
  • Pavun Shetty
  • Conor Wrench
  • Caitlin Friedman
  • Erin O'Malley
  • Kevin Murphy
Producers
  • Justis Greene
  • Franklin Jin Rho
  • Paul M. Leonard
Cinematography
Editors
  • Christopher S. Capp
  • Tuan Quoc Le
  • Debby Germino
  • Darren C. Bui
Running time36–48 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseOctober 13, 2023 (2023-10-13) –
present (present)
Related
Goosebumps (1995 TV series)
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Goosebumps is an American supernatural horror television series developed by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller for Disney+ and Hulu. It is based on the book series by R. L. Stine.[1] The series abandons the episodic anthology format of the 1995 original television series to focus on a serialized-anthology style of storytelling instead, changing storylines from season to season instead of episode to episode while still featuring some of the existing Goosebumps monsters and items episodically.

In 2020, a series based on the Goosebumps books was announced to be in development by Sony Pictures Television alongside Original Film and Scholastic Entertainment, all of whom previously developed the films Goosebumps (2015) and Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018), that were both from Sony Pictures Animation, based on the books. Letterman, the first film's director, was hired by 2022 to write and produce the series alongside Stoller. Letterman also directed the pilot episode.

Goosebumps was released on October 13, 2023, on Disney+ and Hulu simultaneously as a part of the "Hallowstream" and "Huluween" streaming blocks, respectively.[2][3] It received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised the story, visuals, cinematography, writing, acting and casting with a particular amount of praise going towards some of the monster designs and the darker, more serious tone, though there was some criticism for the pacing and the remaining monster designs. In February 2024, the series was renewed for a second season with a different cast and storyline. The second season, titled Goosebumps: The Vanishing, will debut on Disney+ on January 10, 2025, and will consist of eight episodes.

  1. ^ "Goosebumps (2022)". Writers Guild of America West. December 6, 2022. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  2. ^ Goosebumps Series [@goosebumpsseries] (September 7, 2023). "Don't blink. #GoosebumpsSeries premieres Friday, October 13th on #DisneyPlus and #Hulu. #Hallowstream #Huluween". Retrieved September 7, 2023 – via Instagram.
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