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It’s official, Goosebumps won’t be coming back for a third season. Sources told Deadline that Disney+ has canceled the horror series based on R.L. Stine’s classic books.

The show came from Disney Branded Television and Sony Pictures Television, and each season told a brand-new creepy story with a fresh cast. The second season, titled Goosebumps: The Vanishing, followed a pair of teenage siblings who stumbled onto a strange threat. As they dug deeper, they found themselves caught in a mystery about four teens who vanished back in 1994.

Unlike the original 1995 Goosebumps show, which featured a different spooky tale in each episode, this modern version told one long story over an entire season. It still brought in some of the monsters and objects from the books, but the storytelling was more serialized.

The series was developed by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller. Letterman, who directed the first Goosebumps...

There won’t be a third season of Goosebumps on Disney+. Deadline reports that the horror anthology, inspired by R.L. Stine’s famous book series, has been canceled after just two seasons.

The show came from Disney Branded Television and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. Each season told a brand-new story with a different setting and cast. The second season, called Goosebumps: The Vanishing, followed teenage siblings who discovered a strange threat. As they tried to figure it out, they uncovered a mystery involving four teenagers who had disappeared back in 1994.

Unlike the original 1995 Goosebumps series, which told a new spooky story each episode, this Disney+ version focused on one long storyline per season. It still included some of the monsters and items from the books, but the style was more serialized.

The series was developed by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller. Letterman, who directed the first Goosebumps movie...

The spooky tales are over for Goosebumps. Disney+ has canceled its horror anthology series after two seasons, a decision that comes just weeks after the entire second season debuted on January 10, 2025. Developed by Nicholas Stoller and Rob Letterman, the series offered a modern take on R.L. Stine’s iconic books, blending supernatural horror with […]

Goosebumps Canceled at Disney+ After Two Seasons...

Nobody likes cancellations. The word itself will make your skin crawl. But sadly, this is what we're currently faced with. In 2025, Disney+ has renewed more shows than it has canceled. In fact, the only show the streaming giant has axed was the highly anticipated Tiana series. Well, that's until now. Unfortunately, Disney+ has just given the boot to the acclaimed horror anthology Goosebumps after two thrilling seasons.

This news is a huge disappointment to fans who had hoped the spooky adaptation of R.L. Stine’s beloved books would continue to deliver chills and eerie tales. But for us, we saw it coming. The signs were there. Although both seasons 1 and 2 were received well by critics and viewers alike, it's been almost seven months since the second season's release and there’s been an unmistakable silence.

David Schwimmer as Anthony Brewer in Goosebumps: The Vanishing | Disney/Francisco Roman

Disney+ hadn't said...

The “Goosebumps” franchise returned to the small screen in 2023 with a Disney+ series that was only loosely inspired by R.L. Stine’s classic books, and the series essentially rebooted for the second season – titled “Goosebumps: The Vanishing” – with all new characters and an all-new story. But after just two seasons, we’ve learned that “Goosebumps” has been cancelled.

Variety reports this afternoon, “According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, series producer Sony Pictures Television plans to shop the show to other outlets and explore different creative directions for the IP.” In other words, the Goosebumps property is far from dead on the small screen, but this particular take on the franchise isn’t likely to continue.

The site’s exclusive report also notes, “The two seasons pulled in 75 million hours viewed combined in the U.S., on top of 43 million hours viewed across 16 international markets.”

The Goosebumps property...

Disney+ is no longer feeling Goosebumps.

The streamer has canceled its Goosebumps series, based on the enduringly popular books by R.L. Stine, after two seasons. The most recent season, subtitled The Vanishing, premiered in January.

Sony Pictures TV, which owns the rights to Stine’s books and produced the series, will shop Goosebumps to other outlets and also look for other creative directions for the property. There are more than 200 stories in Stine’s original Goosebumps books, spinoff series and short story collections.

Goosebumps on Disney+ was an anthology series. The first season premiered on Disney+ in October 2023 — a few weeks before Halloween — and performed solidly, ranking among Nielsen’s top 10 original streaming series for four weeks. Season two debuted in January and didn’t do as well, never making the Nielsen charts.

To date, sources say, viewers have watched 118 million hours of Goosebumps worldwide — 75 million in the United States and 43 million in 16 international markets.

There will be no third season for Goosebumps at Disney+. Sources confirm to Deadline that the horror anthology based on the R.L. Stine book series has been canceled after two seasons.

A source close to the situation says producer Sony Pictures Television plans to shop the series to other outlets and explore a few different creative directions for the IP.

The series has done well ratings-wise. Seasons one and two combined have racked up 43 million hours watched across 16 international markets, alongside 75 million hours viewed domestically in the U.S. since their debut.

From Disney Branded Television and produced by Sony Pictures Television, the series was based upon R.L Stine’s bestselling Scholastic series. Each season featured a new story, setting and cast. Season 2 followed teenage siblings who discover a threat stirring, triggering a chain of events that unravel a profound mystery. As they delve into the unknown, the duo find...

Despite garnering strong reviews and solid viewership for the streamer, Disney+ will not be moving forward with Goosebumps. The show took an anthology structure to adapting R.L. Stine's classic novel series, with season 1 following a group of high school students investigating the tragic death of a teen in the past that also leads to bizarre supernatural secrets.

Season 2, subtitled The Vanishing, subsequently shifted to twin siblings moving in with their father in New York City for the summer, only for their trip through an abandoned Fort to unleash a long-dormant evil. Each episode of the seasons incorporated certain Goosebumps stories into their serialized story, ranging from The Haunted Mask to Night of the Living Dummy and Stay Out of the Basement.

As revealed by Variety, Goosebumps has been cancelled by Disney+ after two seasons. The show garnered strong reviews from critics during its run and was a modest viewership success,...

“Goosebumps” is not returning for a third season at Disney+, Variety has learned exclusively.

The horror anthology based on the R.L. Stine book series originally debuted on Disney+ in October 2023, with the second season premiering in January 2025. Season 1 was 10 episodes and released weekly, while Season 2 was eight episodes and dropped all at once.

According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, series producer Sony Pictures Television plans to shop the show to other outlets and explore different creative directions for the IP.

The two seasons pulled in 75 million hours viewed combined in the U.S., on top of 43 million hours viewed across 16 international markets.

Each season featured references to and storylines from multiple entries in Stine’s books. In Season 1, a group of five high schoolers are pulled into a dark mystery surrounding a teen named Harold Biddle who died decades earlier. In Season 2, a pair of fraternal twins...

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In terms of earnings, video games are the most significant source of entertainment worldwide, with millions and millions of fans. Which is a solid reason for Hollywood to think that if they make them into films, they will attract the same kind of audience and even though in the beginning it seemed like that they will never be able to make a good film based on video games but now it seems like they are getting the hang of things. We have compiled a list containing the names of the highest-grossing films based on video games, but just because they are in this and have earned a lot of money, doesn’t mean that all of them are good.

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Gulliver's Travels, starring Jack Black, Emily Blunt, and Jason Segel, has found a new streaming home just in time for its 15th anniversary. The movie can now be found on Hulu.

Gulliver's Travels was among the dozens of titles added to Hulu on April 1. Per the official synopsis, the story follows "travel writer Lemuel Gulliver who takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens." Rob Letterman directed the film from a screenplay by Joe Stillman and Nicholas Stoller.

Unlike the source material, the film is set in the present day and includes references to contemporary pop culture. It also includes a stellar cast with Jack Black in the lead role, alongside Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Chris O'Dowd, T.J. Miller, James Corden, and Catherine Tate.

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Friends’ theme song may have been “I’ll Be There for You,” but the sitcom, more than 30 years after it premiered, has been there for several generations. One of the show’s stars, David Schwimmer, who can currently be seen in the new Hulu/Disney+ series, Goosebumps: The Vanishing, says that three decades later he still realizes how meaningful the show is to him and to the fans.

“What’s really meaningful to me is when I’ll bump into someone on the street and they’ll say, ‘I just want you to know, I was going through a really tough time, I was in the hospital,’ whatever. ‘And the thing that kept me going was watching Friends,” Schwimmer told GamesRadar+. The Emmy-nominated actor portrayed Ross Geller in all 10 seasons of Friends, which aired on NBC from 1994 until 2004.

Schwimmer continued, “For someone I’ve never met to come up to...

For Manish Raval and Tom Wolfe, the duo behind Goosebumps: The Vanishing’s music supervision, playing in the sandbox of ’90s music is an opportunity to channel their childhoods. “It’s our soft spot,” Raval tells The Hollywood Reporter.

That connection and appreciation both music supervisors have for the turn of the century’s endless library of hits is particularly useful in the Disney+ and Sony Television Studios series, which taps into R.L. Stines’ younger Gen X, Millennial and ‘90s-adjacent Gen Z audience via the show’s multiple timelines.

“Going into Goosebumps, there wasn’t really a direction or specific vision in mind. We just knew we had a popular book series to support,” Raval says. “But we did know that we wanted to jump back and forth with time periods and that a lot of that story would be anchored in the music. So when we would jump back to the ’90s,...

Hulu started the year right because one of its recent additions is already a hit. On Jan. 10, Hulu released the second season of the supernatural horror series Goosebumps, which is already a huge hit on the streaming platform.

Goosebumps: The Vanishing premiered over a year after the first installment, Goosebumps, which was released on Disney+ and Hulu simultaneously in Oct. 2023. The series follows a serialized anthology style, changing the characters and story for Season 2. Per FlixPatrol, Goosebumps: The Vanishing is a major success on both Disney+ and Hulu, entering the Top 10 charts on both streaming services.

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Goosebumps: The Vanishing is currently in the fourth spot on Disney+, ahead of the popular Inside Out spinoff series Dream Productions, and behind Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for Goosebumps (2023) and Goosebumps: The Vanishing

Although Goosebumps: The Vanishing’s ending is more self-contained than the finale of its predecessor, the show still keeps a frustrating anthology trend alive. 2023’s Goosebumps reboot was a fun blend of teen drama and horror comedy that saw a group of teenagers battle against supernatural forces in the small town of Port Lawrence. Goosebumps season 1’s finale left the show’s hero in critical condition in a hospital after an encounter with the villain of the series, and this cliffhanger was left unresolved. However, Goosebumps: The Vanishing didn’t pick up where season 1 left off.

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“Goosebumps” returned for its second season on Hulu and Disney+ January 10 — and even for an anthology series, the new season felt worlds away from the creepy haunted house aesthetic of Season 1. Sorry, Slappy: “Goosebumps: The Vanishing” 2 is all about body horror.

Well, not just body horror. But as twin teen New Yorkers CeCe and Devin discover, investigating a haunted fort from their botanist father’s traumatic childhood doesn’t typically end well. Although their dad (played by David Schwimmer) might be the one who learns that lesson most thoroughly when one sneeze dislodges his eyeball. Watch the video above to find out how the cast and creators tackled a new season of scares.

”We were still just finishing Season 1 when talk about Season 2 came up,” senior visual effects supervisor Lawren Bancroft-Wilson told IndieWire in a separate interview. “Pretty much anything that [co-creator] Rob Letterman does, it has to be real and grounded,...

David Schwimmer brought his own corny dad jokes for his botanist character in “Goosebumps: The Vanishing,” the second season of the Disney+ and Hulu series inspired by R.L. Stine’s iconic stories.

For example, the punny plant joke that makes his teenage kids on the show — Devin (Sam McCarthy) and Cece (Jayden Bartels) — wince the hardest is, “What plant should you watch out for? An ambush.”

Showrunner Rob Letterman told TheWrap in a recent interview, “He did a deep dive on, ‘Ok, botanist. Bad dad jokes. Bad dad plant jokes.'”

Fellow showrunner Hilary Winston added, “He sent us a list of these jokes. It was so cool.”

Hilary Winston and Rob Letterman at the “Goosebumps: The Vanishing” panel during New York Comic Con on October 20, 2024 (Credit: Marleen Moise/Getty Images)

One of his bad jokes became the unofficial crew shirt of the series “Everyone loves it. I was walking...

The second season of Goosebumps recently began airing on Disney+ and Hulu, and the show has taken on an anthology format which follows entirely new characters. The show's executive producers recently shared the reasoning for not continuing the first season's story.

The second season of the anthology series, titled Goosebumps: The Vanishing, adapts R.L. Stine's Stay Out of the Basement -- a very different story than the first season's plot about five high schoolers investigating the decades-old death of a teen named Harold Biddle. Speaking with ComicBook.com, Goosebumps: The Vanishing executive producer Rob Letterman discussed the choice to have the show be an anthology -- especially after season one's massive cliffhanger finale.

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All eight episodes of Goosebumps: The Vanishing made their debut on Disney+ last week, and fans hoping for some answers to that cliffhanger Season 1 ending were left in the lurch as the series took a drastic turn. Instead of picking up where the freshman season left off, Goosebumps completely switched its format into an anthology show, meaning each season focuses on a new story and a different crop of characters. Once more, Season 2 ended with a cliffhanger that saw Trey (Stony Blyden) coughing up an alien slug, and when it comes to all the burning questions fans have, executive producer Rob Letterman is in no hurry to provide answers.

Speaking with Us Weekly, Letterman touched on the Goosebumps: The Vanishing ending, and was asked whether Season 3 would provide any answers – either to what happens with Trey, or what happened after Kanduu's spirit possessed Nathan at the end of Season 1. His response,...

Plot: Begins with fraternal twins Devin and Cece adjusting to life with their recently divorced dad, Anthony. When the duo discovers a threat stirring, they quickly realize that dark secrets are among them, triggering a chain of events that unravel a profound mystery.

Review: Growing up, I was slightly too old to enjoy Goosebumps. While I was graduating from Christopher Pike novels and R.L. Stine’s Fear Street series to the more mature novels of Stephen King, tons of kids entered the gateway horror of Stine’s fun brand of scary stories to tell in the dark. The anthology series was a hit with kids looking for a good scare, and the big-screen films starring Jack Black amped up the comedy for a big-budget adventure. Disney+ and Hulu’s reboot of the franchise was a successful, scary take on the source material back in 2023, and this year’s sophomore entry is equally good.

Goosebumps: The Vanishing follows fraternal twins Devin and CeCe when they visit their father Anthony for the summer in Brooklyn. The twins attempt to forge friendships with the local kids. Devin gets close to outgoing delivery boy C.J. and sweet-tempered, shy girl Frankie. But his rapport with Frankie threatens Trey, Devin's belligerent neighbor. An ill-advised dare then leads the whole group back to the scene of a 30-year-old mystery -- and unleashes a new round of horrors.

In this interview with Cbr, actors Elijah M. Cooper (who plays C.J.), Galilea La Silva (who portrays Frankie) and Stony Blyden (who plays Trey) share their creepy real-life adventures. They discuss filming some of Goosebumps: The Vanishing's scariest scenes. Plus, the trio talk about their own experiences growing up with the Goosebumps books.

Cbr: Did any of you have a connection to Goosebumps before signing on to star in Goosebumps: The Vanishing?...

While the horror genre continues to evolve onscreen, the stories of R.L. Stine are spooking audiences of a whole new generation.

In Sony Pictures Television‘s Goosebumps: The Vanishing, Season 2 of the Disney+ anthology adaptation from Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller, the author’s works come to life onscreen once again in a whole new setting, the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn.

“I’m shocked by it,” Stine told Deadline. “I have a superstition. I grew up in Columbus, Ohio, in a suburb, so most of the Goosebumps books take place in the backyard, a suburban backyard, which I think most kids can identify with.”

Still, the beloved children’s book scribe says the new season of Goosebumps “looks nice” after filming in Brooklyn and Queens.

Largely inspired by Stay Out of the Basement (1992), Stine’s second entry in the Goosebumps series, The Vanishing follows twins Devin (Sam McCarthy) and Cece...

Rob Letterman and Hilary Winston are taking their R.L. Stine-based hit show in a new direction with Goosebumps: The Vanishing. Letterman, whose history with the franchise goes back to directing the 2015 Jack Black-led movie adaptation of the horror novels, co-developed the show with Nicholas Stoller, whose filmography ranges from helming the fan-favorite comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall to co-creating and directing the acclaimed Apple TV+ comedy show Platonic. Winston, whose producorial career took off with My Name is Earl, was a co-showrunner with Letterman and Stoller on season 1 and is now sole showrunner on the new season.

Goosebumps: The Vanishing shifts the focus away from the season 1 finale and to New York City, putting its focus on botanist and single father Anthony as his twin teen children come to stay with him for the summer. Anthony, having been focused on discovering the answers to his brother's disappearance when they were teenagers,...

Prolific author R.L. Stine scared a generation of children into loving the horror genre with his “Goosebumps” book series. In the years since he released his first young adult novel in the early 1990s and became a staple of Scholastic Book Fairs, that initial audience has grown to have kids of their own to share the spooky stories with. And not only has the franchise expanded to include an impressive collection of thrilling literary tales, but there are also films and TV shows that are bringing the brand to all-new audiences.

In late 2023, Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller brought their version of “Goosebumps” to life on Disney+ and Hulu. The series starring Justin Long and an excellent ensemble of young stars modernized fan-favorite stories like “Night of the Living Dummy,” “The Haunted Mask,” and “Welcome to Horrorland” by targeting a slightly older audience than the original books and not shying...

The second season of the new Goosebumps TV series, Goosebumps: The Vanishing is set to make its premiere on January 10th on Disney+ and Hulu – and with just hours to go until all of the episodes drop, Disney+ has unveiled the opening scene of the first episode. This scene, which takes us back to 1994 Brooklyn and has Beastie Boys on the soundtrack, can be viewed in the embed above.

The first season of Goosebumps centered on a group of five high schoolers as they embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three decades earlier of a teen named Harold Biddle — while also unearthing dark secrets from their parents’ past. The show is taking the anthology route, so we can expect a second season that has “an entirely new cast and setting based on R.L. Stine’s iconic Scholastic book series.” Season 2 will also consist of eight episodes,...

Francesca Noel and Ana Ortiz are a mother and daughter who must reckon with the resurgence of a secret from the former's past in Goosebumps: The Vanishing. The latest season of the Disney+ adaptation of R.L. Stine's novels continues Noel's rise to stardom, having previously appeared in a variety of shorts, as well as the coming-of-age drama Selah and the Spades and R#J, a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic. Ortiz, on the other hand, has enjoyed a career of both main and supporting roles in a variety of hit movies and TV shows, namely Ugly Betty and Hulu's Love, Victor, among others.

Noel and Ortiz star in Goosebumps: The Vanishing's story as Alex and Jen, the neighbors to David Schwimmer's Anthony, with whom the latter was also a childhood friend. Jen is a police detective who has been secretly investigating the mysterious disappearance...

Get ready for a spooky start to the year with a brand-new season of Goosebumps. Also known as Goosebumps: The Vanishing, the sophomore season of the supernatural horror series will also bring a new story, cast, and, of course, a new level of terror. The Disney+ original is a series adaptation of R. L. Stine’s eponymous and fan-favorite book series and the second TV adaptation since 1995’s show of the same name. Developed by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller, Goosebumps explores a variety of incidents and mysteries surrounding the town of Port Lawrence and its people. Designed as an anthology, Goosebumps Season 2 features a new mystery, where two teenage siblings try to investigate a mysterious force in their home, setting off a chain of events that lead them to a case of missing teenagers who mysteriously vanished in 1994.

Following a thrilling debut starring Justin Long, Chris Geere, and an excellent ensemble of young talent including Zack Morris, Isa Briones, Miles McKenna, Ana Yi Puig, and Will Price, Disney+ and Hulu are bringing Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller’s Goosebumps back for a whole new chapter. This time around, as if the start of a new and uncertain year wasn’t spooky enough, the second season of the serialized anthology series based on the works of R.L. Stine will be known as “Goosebumps: The Vanishing.”

The next installment follows siblings Cece and Devin Brewer as they head to Gravesend, Brooklyn to spend the summer with their dad (played by the legendary David Schwimmer). But they soon discover a threat in their own home that triggers mysterious events that pull the twins and their friends into the inexplicable case of four missing teens from 1994.

Ahead of the season premiere, Daily...

Prepare to get Goosebumps once again!

In Season 2 of the Disney+/Hulu anthology series (this time subtitled The Vanishing), David Schwimmer (Friends) plays Anthony Brewer, a former botany professor who has immersed himself in science and mystery. But shortly after warning his kids to “stay out of the basement,” all hell breaks loose in town and it’s all tied to Brewer’s dark secrets and strange laboratory.

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Viewers, it is time once again to beware…

A little more than a year has passed since R.L. Stine’s monstrous creations once again took root on our television screens, this time manifesting as a dark, aged-up departure from the franchise’s sugary hued history. Combining classic Goosebumps lore with modern thrills and a grounded approach that allowed the heightened frights and characterizations to reclaim some of what made them so terrifying to young readers in the first place, the new show aimed to forge a fresh and frightening path to the franchise for newcomers and longtime acolytes alike.

With new season Goosebumps: The Vanishing, the show returns to screens once more. Staying ever true to its roots, Goosebumps: The Vanishing is an entirely new story of the grander anthology series that maintains the more mature and grounded tonalities that so strikingly differentiated the previous season from what had come before.

Goosebumps: The Vanishing will feature a fresh cast in a new creepy story. But that doesn't mean the characters from Season 1 are gone forever.

Speaking to The Direct, producer Rob Letterman said that Isaiah, Margot, James, Isabella, Lucas, and Mr. Nathan Bratt could return at some point. "If I say we will never go back, then that'll probably trigger the opposite thing," he explained. "I really don't know about anything. Yeah, you never say never for stuff like that. You know, anything's possible. And one of the great things about Goosebumps is, you know, R.L Stein did circle back a few times to a couple things [like] Slappy for instance."

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Developed by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller for Disney+ and based on is based on the book series by R. L. Stine, this new series abandons the episodic anthology format of the 1995 original television series to focus on a serialised anthology style of storytelling instead, changing storylines from season to season instead of episode to episode.

Season 2 stars Jayden Bartels and Sam McCarthy as two siblings, Devin and Cece attempting to adjust to a life with their recently divorced dad Anthony. When the duo discovers a threat stirring, they quickly realize that dark secrets are among them, triggering a chain of events that unravel a profound mystery.

We spoke to Jayden and Sam about  starring alongside Friends star David Schwimmer in the show. We also spoke about their own favourite horror films and series and what kind of movies they grew up on and what genres they want to focus on in the future.

Goosebumps: The Vanishing showrunner Hilary Winston and co-creator Rob Letterman tease an upcoming Blair Witch-style episode. Developed as the second TV show and fourth screen adaptation of the series of enormously popular children's horror novels by R. L. Stine, Goosebumps debuted on Disney+ and Hulu in 2023. The series was developed by Letterman and Nicholas Stoller, and, despite ending season 1 on a cliffhanger, has become an anthology; Goosebumps season 2 will now be known as The Vanishing. It stars David Schwimmer, Jayden Bartels, and Ana Ortiz, among many others, and is set to release on January 10.

In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Letterman and Winston teased a Goosebumps: The Vanishing episode shot in the style of the cult found-footage horror movie The Blair Witch Project. Discussing their unique approach to filming the season, and their techniques to avoid budgetary constraints, the duo revealed that their limited budget created a need for real-world production value,...

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2024 is over, and while it was a relatively good year for Disney+ and its subscribers because of all the marvelous content we got. In my opinion, it is nothing compared to what Disney+ has in store for us for 2025, as some of the most highly-anticipated Disney+ original shows will be premiering this year. So, let’s find out which of your favourite Disney+ original shows or some incredible new shows are coming to Disney+ in 2025.

Goosebumps: The Vanishing (January 10) Credit – Disney+

Goosebumps is a supernatural horror anthology series created by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller. Based on the book series by R.L. Stine, Season 2 of the Disney+ series is titled The Vanishing, and it follows fraternal twins Devin and Cece as they go to spend their summer with their dad, but they soon realize that their father is...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for 'Goosebumps'Goosebumps co-creator Rob Letterman and showrunner Hilary Winston don’t plan on resolving the cliffhanger that Season 1 of the Disney+ and Hulu series ended on. Based on the book series of the same name by R.L. Stine, the show follows an anthology format where each season tells a different story. Goosebumps Season 1 features five teenagers who unleash the vengeful sorcerer Kanduu. The season ends with Kanduu's spirit possessing one of the teenagers, just as they believe he has been defeated.

Spoilers for 2023's Goosebumps TV series ahead.

The showrunners of the 2023 Goosebumps reboot series recently explained their decision to not resolve season one's cliffhanger ending. The second season, titled Goosebumps: The Vanishing, is set to premiere on Jan. 10.

Speaking with ScreenRant, Goosebumps co-creator Rob Letterman and showrunner Hilary Winston discussed the show's upcoming second season, which will be presented as an anthology rather than following up after the events of the first season. Letterman and Winston referred back to R.L. Stine's source material, citing that the Goosebumps book series often ends with a similar approach. "It's a thinking, and it's sort of our justification of why it works. I think, ultimately, that's how the books tend to end, where it opens a big door and a big twist, and it's kind of what we love about the material," Letterman said.

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With the show's upcoming return going in a similar direction to American Horror Story, Rob Letterman and Hilary Winston share why Goosebumps: The Vanishing won't resolve the season 1 cliffhanger ending. The next season is taking an anthology approach to adapting R.L. Stine's iconic novel series, centering on teen siblings Devin and Cece as they go to stay with their dad, only for a new wrinkle in the dark mystery from their family's past to unleash mayhem. David Schwimmer will lead the Goosebumps: The Vanishing cast as their father, alongside Sam McCarthy, Jayden Bartels and Ana Ortiz, among others.

Ahead of the show's January 10 premiere, ScreenRant interviewed co-creator Rob Letterman and showrunner Hilary Winston to discuss Goosebumps: The Vanishing. When asked about the decision to go in an anthology route for the new season, rather than build on season 1's cliffhanger ending, the duo pointed to how it stays in...

Disney+ brought R.L. Stine's classic young adult horror anthology Goosebumps back to TV screens, revamping it for a new generation of horror fans. With its dark and wryly humorous storyline, twisted intrigue, fresh themes and nods to its '90s roots -- including the return of iconic dummy mascot Slappy -- the Goosebumps reboot was a resounding success. Now Season 2 aims to startle audiences all over again, with Friends star David Schwimmer in the lead.

Goosebumps: The Vanishing is a whole new story based on a classic idea -- the evil plants from "Stay Out of the Basement" -- with a darker twist. In 1994, four teenagers went missing when they ventured underneath New York City. 30 years later, fraternal twins CeCe and Devin visit their father Anthony (played by Schwimmer) in Brooklyn. But Anthony has a tragic past directly linked to the mysterious disappearances -- and his obsession with them...

With a bevy of series and movies from global properties like Star Wars and Marvel joining Disney+ and Hulu each month, it's easy for an under-the-radar young adult series to go unnoticed — even those backed by nostalgic IP. Back in October 2023, that's precisely what happened when an ingenious interpretation of Goosebumps debuted on the streaming platforms. A little over a year later, fans are finally getting the second season—Goosebumps: The Vanishing—slated to be released on January 10.

Based on the series of beloved yet terrifying children's horror novels by the same name, Goosebumps (2023) serialized the anthology series originally penned by author R. L. Stine. Of course, this wasn't the first adaptation of the acclaimed series; there was a '90s television series that closely adapted individual stories and two films starring Jack Black as the horror author himself. Goosebumps (2023), however, differed considerably from the book series and the '...

The Goosebumps franchise has an enduring appeal because it straddles the line between nostalgic comfort and childhood fears. Since it began in the early 1990s, the series based on R.L. Stine’s popular stories has undergone dramatic change. Goosebumps was first a way for young readers to get into horror books, and now, with Goosebumps: The Vanishing, it has found a place in modern TV.

The narrative shifts to Gravesend, Brooklyn, for the second season, where teenage twins Devin and Cece Brewer are dealing not only with the ghosts of their past but also with a terrifying supernatural presence that threatens to consume their summer.

Rob Letterman, Nicholas Stoller, and showrunner Hilary Winston are in charge of this revival. They skillfully weave together a tapestry of suspense and youthful exploration. With its anthology format, this season connects to the Goosebumps universe’s rich mythology while allowing for a new narrative each time.

David Schwimmer and two key creatives behind Goosebumps have discussed the show giving him his first lead horror role. The Disney+ anthology series is inspired by the children's book series of the same name by R. L. Stine and tells a different family-friendly horror story every season. The upcoming Goosebumps season 2, which is subtitled The Vanishing and follows teenage siblings who uncover a dangerous secret hidden in their new home, boasts a brand-new ensemble cast that includes Schwimmer, Ana Ortiz, Sam McCarthy, Jayden Bartels, Elijah M. Cooper, Galilea La Salvia, and Francesca Noel.

ScreenRant had the opportunity to interview Goosebumps showrunner Hilary Winston, co-creator Rob Letterman, and star David Scwhimmer ahead of the new season. Letterman and Winston revealed that they were already thinking of going with a comedy star for the role because "comedy and horror are so linked," but casting the Friends alumnus felt like a long shot.

Fans of R.L. Stine have even more to be thankful for this year, as not only is a new Fear Street movie debuting on Netflix, but the author himself has just confirmed that there are at least three more films in development. The series made its premiere on the streaming service back in 2021 when a trilogy of movies came out just weeks apart, with the news of a fourth standalone film breaking in 2023. Filming on The Prom Queen wrapped in May 2024, and it's been confirmed that it will hit Netflix later this year.

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter about the upcoming second season of the Disney+ Goosebumps series, Stine broke the news that "the writers are working" on more Fear Street movies for Netflix, and that he's got his "fingers crossed" they’ll eventually come to fruition. He didn't reveal much else, so it's unclear at this point if it...

In the same The Hollywood Reporter interview where he revealed that Netflix is developing three more Fear Street movies, author R.L. Stine also spent some time hyping up another streaming adaptation of his work: Goosebumps: The Vanishing. The second season of the new Goosebumps TV series, Goosebumps: The Vanishing is set to make its premiere on January 10th on Disney+ and Hulu – and Stine described this as an “elevated” Goosebumps that’s more terrifying than the source material.

The first season of Goosebumps centered on a group of five high schoolers as they embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three decades earlier of a teen named Harold Biddle — while also unearthing dark secrets from their parents’ past. The show is taking the anthology route, so we can expect a second season that has “an entirely new cast and setting based on Stine’s iconic Scholastic book series.

Goosebumps: The Vanishing promises to include more than a few scares when Season 2 of the anthology series premieres on Disney+. However, David Schwimmer, who will lead an all-new cast, recently revealed that his biggest fear comes from real life.

"What gives me goosebumps in real life, not watching a movie or something, is when you are looking for your car at night in an underground parking lot, and you suddenly have that moment of, 'I don't know where my car is, and I'm utterly alone in this parking lot,'" Schwimmer told GamesRadar+. "I hope I'm not the only person who's experienced that. But then you hear some sound, but you don't know where it came from, and then you're just like, 'Oh, Ok; I hope I find my car.'"

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When it comes to fiction, children love to be scared. By and large, the horror genre can provide the same emotional catharsis and development for young adults that it does for older demographics: allowing them to feel thrilled by and engaged with challenging themes, but always able to retreat to the safety of their own homes. Compared to the 1990s, when series like Are You Afraid of the Dark? unabashedly terrorized the airwaves, there's been a current-day dearth of spooky streaming series set within that kid-friendly framework. In 2023, Goosebumps, a Disney+ revival of the original 1995 series that's in turn based on author R. L. Stine's bestselling children's book series, poised itself to fill that void. Developed by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller and supervised by showrunner Hilary Winston, Season 2 — stylized as Goosebumps: The Vanishing — might not be an instant modern classic, but it also avoids most of the pitfalls...

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Hulu is ready with an entertainment-packed January next year. The upcoming month will see the release of the brilliant mystery thriller Paradise and multiple comedy shows like Going Dutch and Shifting Gears. Just like every month, Hulu is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 10 new movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in January 2025.

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Animal Control is a comedy series created by Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg, and Dan Sterling. The upcoming Season 3 of the Fox series will continue the story of our favorite animal control workers as they try to wrangle some new animals while going on various misadventures. Animal Control stars Joel McHale, Vella Lovell, Michael Rowland, Ravi V. Patel, and Grace Palmer.

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The Walt Disney Company has revealed the Disney+ January 2025 release schedule, which includes new Originals, movies, and TV series. The Disney+ streaming service features movies and shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and more, alongside exclusive Disney+ Originals.

The January schedule includes the premieres of Goosebumps: The Vanishing, A Real Bug’s Life Season 2 and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, as well as new episodes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.

Goosebumps: The Vanishing Disney Plus January 2025 Schedule

Available January 1

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Available January 7

Disney+ Originals

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

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“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” follows the journey of four kids who make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet and then get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy. Finding their way home—and meeting unlikely allies and enemies—will be a greater adventure than they ever imagined.

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How far will you go for that unforgettable moment? Two people are about to find out in “You’re Cordially Invited.” The comedy sees dueling wedding parties at odds for that all-too-perfect venue. What ensues is a battle between the father of the bride and the sister of the bride from rival parties. ‘Invited’ hails from writer and director Nicholas Stoller, who previously developed 2023’s TV revival of “Goosebumps” with Rob Letterman and is known for directing comedies like “Saving Sarah Marshall,” “Five Year Engagement” and “Neighbors.”

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Family Pack is a French adventure fantasy comedy film directed by François Uzan who also co-wrote the screenplay with Céleste Balin and Hervé Marly. Based on the best-selling game The Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow, the Netflix film follows a family who are transported back in time after playing a card game where they have to unmask werewolves if they want to return home. Family Pack stars Franck Dubosc, Jean Reno, Suzanne Clément, Grégory Fitoussi, Bruno Gouery, Jonathan Lambert, and Lisa Do Couto. So, if you loved the fun adventure, hilarious comedy, and compelling characters in Netflix’s Family Pack here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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