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Stine gives Columbia 'Goosebumps'
Studio acquires Scholastic's young-adult series

Columbia Pictures has acquired rights from Scholastic Media to bring R.L. Stine's young-adult "Goosebumps" series to the bigscreen.

"Goosebumps" has never been adapted for the bigscreen, despite selling 300 million books -- a young-adult feat second only to Scholastic's "Harry Potter" series.

Scholastic's Deborah Forte is producing alongside Neal Moritz via his Sony-based Original Film banner.

"Numerous people have tried to bring 'Goosebumps' to the bigscreen, but luckily Scholastic never found the right fit," said Moritz, who is better known for producing action fare such as "The Fast and the Furious" films, though he has the young-adult project "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" in development at Sony. "I've been a huge fan of the property for a long time. I met with Deborah several times and convinced her that Original and Sony were the best place to take it."

Sony and Scholastic see the property as a potential franchise.

"The time is ripe for doing a movie," said Forte, who dubbed "Goosebumps" the original "safe scare" property. "The first generation of 'Goosebumps' fans are in their early 20s now."

Studio is fast-tracking the project and is focusing on finding a writer.

Moritz said they likely will cast unknown child actors and then pepper the film with well-known thesps in supporting roles, much like Warner did with the "Harry Potter" franchise.

First published in 1992, the original "Goosebumps" series comprises more than 50 books and has been published in 32 languages. Stine's "Goosebumps HorrorLand" books -- a new 12-book series that feature characters from the original series such as Slappy the Dummy, the Haunted Mask and the Mummy -- hit shelves last month. In the fall, Scholastic Interactive will launch a "Goosebumps" videogame.

The series also spawned a live-action TV show that aired on the Fox Kids Network in the 1990s. Episodes of that series returned to the small screen last year on Cartoon Network.

Matt Tolmach, co-president of Columbia, called the franchise "a truly global brand that excites kids everywhere." He added, "With so much rich source material available to us, we expect to deliver a film that will chill and thrill fans of this unique family-friendly franchise."




Anyone remember this show? Well now it's going to be a MOVIE!

[ANJEE<3]

haha i totally remember watching the series

i wonder which book they are going to base the movie on.. or maybe a all new one instead?



btw.. i think it's goosebumps anyway but what's the name of the episode where a bunch of kids end up playing this huge board game inside a house?

[theskinnygirl]

im so excited!!! i used to LOVEEE the series!
they better not disappoint me!

[Amanda Plz]

Dude...Are you serious?!

I am a HUGE Stine fan. Maybe they'll do a Fear Street movie as well one day.

[cherrie.7]

^ i agree. i liked fear street too
but hmms.. i wonder if this will turn out good rather than cheezy?

[witchery]

OMG!
I'm so excited lol!
I used to frkn love this series
Even though I have a feeling it's gonna be lame, I really really really wanna watch it

[0rchid]

haha, i remember watching the show as a kid. my brother and i use to watch it before going to bed; we use to be so scared of the show, but at the same time, it use to be sooOoo addictive xD

[jessyjess]

I am a HUGE Stine fan. Maybe they'll do a Fear Street movie as well one day.

OMG. I WOULD LOVE THATTTTTTT! But this is pretty awesome! I think I still have my books as well!

[<3goesDOKIDOKI]

"The first generation of 'Goosebumps' fans are in their early 20s now."

lol thats me. i used to buy all those goosebumps books. i have a big collection.
dont think id want to watch the movie tho. all the tv movie versions have been very cheesy

[Atmosphere.]

ooooh i always loved goosebumps since they first made it! it was awesome!! especially the books, they did give you the goosebumps back then, but now it's just blah. but the movie were pretty scary >__<;; like the one where she wore the halloween mask and it was stuck into their face >__< omg!! >__<;; i wonder what the story will be though!! i'm glad they are making movie in big screen!

i used to have R.L. stine books but after i moved out of alaska, i remember my mom sold it on the yard sale :[

[Myss Blewm]

Ummm are you cereal? Because I don't see how they can turn it into a movie? Perhaps I'm hesitant because I still remember the God-awful tv series. I used to read a lot of RL Stine but not anymore. My younger brother loves reading the Goosebumps books though.

[suki_*]

ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? > GOOSEBUMPS

[LaBelle]

whooaaa is this for real???
but i like FEAR STREET more kekeke

[Mz-Descamento86]

i still watch the series sometimes on cartoon network. i remember when i was younger it used to come on saturday mornings and it would scare the crap outta me! lol that and the eerie indiana show

dang i miss nbc saturday morning line up
hang time
one world
save by the bell the new class
goosebumps
eerie indiana
and bill nye the science guy lol

[LaBelle]

wew i never watched cartoon network so there's a series for this
what bout Fear Street?

[Melyxcious]

"The first generation of 'Goosebumps' fans are in their early 20s now."

Ooh... I'm part of that haha.

ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? > GOOSEBUMPS

I do have to agree with this though 8D;



I loved both series but... AYAOTD was like. Awesomeee.


OH wellz. Can't wait :D

[mintcracker]

dude like YAY

gosh I used to love the books
then were friggen <3

hope it doesn't turn out disappointing

[diru]

All the puppets on that show scared me as a kid! XD

[FTI&CNB]

I used to have so much goosebumps books, its probably somewhere in my closet or under my bed. haha
i used to read those in 5th grade. oh wow.
i remember watching the show too.
now theres going to be a movie, & for sure im looking forward to that

[mz simmonz]

"The time is ripe for doing a movie," said Forte, who dubbed "Goosebumps" the original "safe scare" property. "The first generation of 'Goosebumps' fans are in their early 20s now."


Anyone remember this show? Well now it's going to be a MOVIE!

yes, yes we are in our ealry 20s now! haha

I remember the Goosebumps series (books and tv show)..I used to think the show was so strange though..eerie but not exactly scary..my fav was the "Cookoo Clock of Doom" ! ahhh I really wonder what the movie is going to be on? it's o hard to just pick one of the stories..