Jack Black Set To Star In GOOSEBUMPS Movie

Jack Black Set To Star In GOOSEBUMPS Movie

The School Of Rock actor is apparently in talks with Sony to star in a movie version of the classic children's horror franchise which a whole generation of kids scared themselves silly with. This probably won't be taken very seriously though..

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By MarkCassidy - Sep 15, 2013 11:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: The Wrap



According to The Wrap, Jack Black will re-team with his Gulliver's Travels director Rob Letterman for a live action take R.L. Stine's Goosebumps -- the second most popular book franchise in the world, spawning a tv series, video games and comic books along the way. The site report that Black would play a "Stine-like author whose scary characters literally leap off the page, forcing him to hide from his own creepy creations." All sounds very Night At The Museum...what do you fans of the books think about this take? Sony execs Hannah Minghella and Elizabeth Cantillon will oversee the “Goosebumps” movie for the studio.

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NovaCorpsFan
NovaCorpsFan - 9/15/2013, 11:48 AM
That show used to scare the shit outta me.
3DWitchHunt
3DWitchHunt - 9/15/2013, 11:52 AM
Goosebumps were the shit when I was growing up
Effusion
Effusion - 9/15/2013, 11:56 AM
I remember those books from my childhood.
Pheezmatic
Pheezmatic - 9/15/2013, 11:59 AM
look at all you youngn's getting wet panties.
drewXdeficit
drewXdeficit - 9/15/2013, 11:59 AM
It's making me feel old to remember a time before the television show. Y'all some youngsters.
LEVITIKUZ
LEVITIKUZ - 9/15/2013, 12:00 PM
Nice to see Jack still working these days.

Also I loved Goosebumps. Saw the show, read the books. Scary enough for kids without blood and gore in a way.
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 9/15/2013, 12:01 PM
"Probably won't be taken very seriously though."
I used to love the show as a kid just like everyone else but watching them on Netflix as an adult you realize it was far from serious lol
I'll be checking the movie out.
Grodd87
Grodd87 - 9/15/2013, 12:05 PM
Yea loved it when I was a kid watch them with my kids on the hub and they are funny as hell when you are older.
solidsnake512
solidsnake512 - 9/15/2013, 12:06 PM
I didn't even know they were making a goosebumps movie the books used to scare the crap outta me
Greengo
Greengo - 9/15/2013, 12:09 PM
Again??

Lol. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
Greengo
Greengo - 9/15/2013, 12:11 PM
I don't know how scary it'll be with Jack Black.
ahhmynuts
ahhmynuts - 9/15/2013, 12:12 PM
this could be kind of cool. in a nostalgic sort of way
SageMode
SageMode - 9/15/2013, 12:15 PM
I remember the TV show and books when I was a kid. Creepy ass covers
imaremote
imaremote - 9/15/2013, 12:16 PM
Are you afraid of the dark
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 9/15/2013, 12:42 PM
This was my favorite book series as a kid. Memory lane FTW!!
Ocelot
Ocelot - 9/15/2013, 12:43 PM
One of my favourite shows when I was younger, the books were good too.
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 9/15/2013, 12:51 PM
I remember reading "Let's Get Invidible" in the third grade. I came home that night and we just so happened to have pizza for dinner. When I think about it now I do nothing but laugh but back then I was so scared I couldn't eat that night and pizza is one of my favorite meals! lol

Good times good times!

But my main question here is will he be the character RL.Stine played who walked around with the briefcase? Or will he be doing voice work? How many stories are they combining into one film?

And I hope they alter the original theme to make it sound more menacing and frightening! :D
cfoster060809
cfoster060809 - 9/15/2013, 1:49 PM
This is awesome! So glad I still have the whole book collection! Gonna get them out and reread them all now!
0bstreperous
0bstreperous - 9/15/2013, 2:05 PM
tragic story

i had such bad Automatonophobia ( fear of puppets ) growing up i'd throw up

screw you rl stein
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 9/15/2013, 2:58 PM
I loved the books and TV show as a kid. Both scared the crap out of me.

I remember they did a line of interactive books where at the end of each chapter you were asked to make a choice that would affect the outcome of the plot.

I'm not really expecting much from the director of Gulliver's Travels.
SpiderRanger
SpiderRanger - 9/15/2013, 3:56 PM
I always thought "Are you afraid of the dark?" was the better show...
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 9/15/2013, 4:24 PM
I don't know why they'd turn it into movie if it wasn't gonna be an anthology film. Shame.
patriautism
patriautism - 9/15/2013, 4:49 PM
Fear Street > Goosebumps.
Vital
Vital - 9/15/2013, 6:29 PM
I didn't even know there was a tv show, just know and read the books when I was a kid.
BANE5000
BANE5000 - 9/15/2013, 7:46 PM
When the Night of the Living Dummy episode premiered when I was a kid, I couldn't watch it, I still had my phobia of Chucky and Slappy just made it worse lol

Best book IMO and my favorite story is still The Haunted Mask :]
Archangel82
Archangel82 - 9/16/2013, 5:50 AM
Ah yes Goosebumps great childrens book series. I read those and watched the tv show too. My favorite book from the series aswell as the tv Show was the masked mutant. In the tv show the masked mutants superhero arch nemisis was the Galloping Gazelle played by Adam West. The books and show were a lot of fun. Looking forward to this.
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