Hi CBM fans, I've been gathering information on ways to directly punish studios whose names start with F and end with X, for their other blasphemous film (which shall not be named in this article so as not to aid in its promotion in any way) and I have been reminded of another film arriving on that date:
"I went to meet R.L. Stine before we started filming, just to get his blessing, make sure he was cool with me playing him, and us making the movie out of his incredibly successful book series. We didn't want to do it without his consent."
Already a difference can be seen between the respect afforded by these film creators to the material that they get to make their living adapting. Stories have come from other unnamed productions where the director and writer have told the actors not to research the comics for inspiration, but Black has done otherwise in his preparation for Goosebumps, explaining:
"I have read quite a few of them, but not all of them; there's like fifty books ... I've read a good portion of those. I've read a lot for my research, and I'm really into them. I love the Goosebumps books because you can blast through one in forty-five minutes and it's like I should have read all fifty-eight of them by now. Give me time."
Here is the entire SDCC panel on streaming video:
Just so everyone knows, Goosebumps exists in several media including the youth novels, and earlier television series c. 1995, which ran for four seasons, but has also been adapted to graphic novel form and released by Scholastic, looking like this:
It seems to me that CBM fans would be well-served to put their support in projects that show reverence and respect towards their source material, without unnecessary and unadvised changes, and preserve the essential spirit of these properties, approaching them with a collaborative attitude, without angering fans and possibly getting their beloved comics series canceled as a result. I think studios should be rewarded for this behaviour with good sales. And for that reason I plan to be there on opening weekend, August 7, 2015, giving my money to Goosebumps movie starring Jack Black!