Bad news, Goosebumps fans – the horror anthology show based on R.L. Stine's book series of the same name will not be returning for a third season at Disney+.
All hope might not be lost though – per Variety, who reported the news earlier today, series producer Sony Pictures Television “plans to shop the show to other outlets and explore different creative directions for the IP.”
The 10-episode Season 1 of Goosebumps, starring Justin Long, Rachael Harris, Zack Morris, Isa Briones, Miles McKenna, Ana Yi Puig and Will Price, followed a group of teens investigating a mystery surrounding Harold Biddle, a high-schooler who died decades prior. The second season, Goosebumps: The Vanishing, starred David Schwimmer, Ana Ortiz, Jayden Bartels, Sam McCarthy, Elijah M. Cooper, Francesca Noel, and Galilea La Salvia, and followed twins twins Cece and Devin who enter a haunted fort. Both series pull plot lines and references from a number of Stine's most beloved Goosebumps books, including “Night of the Living Dummy”, “The Haunted Mask” and “Monster Blood”.
According to Variety, both seasons of Goosebumps pulled in 75 million hours viewed combined in the U.S., in addition to 43 million hours viewed across 16 international markets. Unfortunately, it seems like not even those numbers, nor a “generally favorable” Rotten Tomatoes score for the second season, was enough to save Goosebumps.
As mentioned though, this may not be the end of the line for the Goosebumps show. Perhaps we'll see the series return to an episodic format like the original 1995 series (fingers crossed!) While we wait for updates, pour one out for Goosebumps.
