A New Stand Alone 'FEAR STREET' Film Is Officially In The Works
R.L.Stine’s teen horor series, FEAR STREET, received the made for TV Movie treatment thanks to Netflix. With that, fans have been wondering when we will get more Fear Street and today we have the details you have been asking about.
in an interview with Scott Stuber, Head of Netflix Film, at the grand reopening of the American Cinematheque at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood, our friends over at Collider were able to talk to him about Fear Street and what the future holds.
Boasting over 50 books in the collection, R.L. Stine’s Fear Street series offers a lot of options for on-screen adaptations, something that Stuber is fully aware of. “Obviously, there’s a lot of books,” he says, “There’s one stand-alone that we’re working on right now that we’re once again trying to get the script right, but I like it very much, and so does the team. So I feel like if we can get that script right there would be a great kind of extension of that franchise.” Although, with this bit of information it’s impossible to narrow down which story is in Stuber’s sights, it sounds like the plan is to branch out from the original trilogy and let other characters take center stage.
Beyond a fresh Fear Street film, Stuber is jonesing to break more into the horror genre. Recognizing that there’s a dedicated following behind favorite characters like Michael Myers, Freddy, Jason, and Chucky, he says, “I think there are two complexities to it; one, it’s an event right now in theaters, right? It’s a communal event that really is working theatrically, and so for us to be able to get the right stories, I think it’s imperative, and to be a little more aggressive in that space.”
Seeing plenty of space for Netflix’s growth in the genre, Stuber adds, “If you look at its history, which I love horror, I’d like us to find our own Freddy Krueger, our own Jason, our own kind of iconic horror character, and we haven’t really honed in on that yet. So the team is working hard on that because I think there’s a real opportunity there. You know, you’ve got so many great characters.” As this year alone saw the arrival of the Five Nights at Freddy’s adaptation and a new installment in The Exorcist franchise, Stuber says that he’s taken notice. “Every Halloween, basically, I look and go, ‘Okay, there’s 20 great characters to pick from. We should be making those movies.’”
We’ll bring you more as it develops.
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