Fear Street: Part One - 1994

Stranger Thingsactress Sadie Sink has joined the cast of the forthcomingFear Streetfilm trilogy based on the teen horror book series of the same name by author R.L. Stine . The version of Stine ’s democratic horror series wasfirst announced back in 2015and fall in the wake of other recent adaptations of Stine ’s works include 2015’sGoosebumpsand its 2018 sequelGoosebumps 2 : Haunted Halloween , both starring Jack Black as the writer himself .

place in the fictional city of Shadyside , Stine’sFear Streetseries focus on adolescent resident physician who come up against malevolent murderers , paranormal entities and the corresponding . First penned in 1989 , the serial publication have various spin - offs and continued for a decade deal over 80 million transcript . Stine revivedFear Streetin 2005 with another spin - off series and again in 2014 with six brand new book . Since 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment announced they ’d be adaptingFear Streetfor the large screen , things have been pretty quiet on the progress front . In 2017 , it was let on that Leigh Janiak , the director behind acclaimed indie horrorHoneymoon ,   would behelming the Fear Street movie adaptationand that it would most in all probability take the form of a trilogy , but not much else in the meantime . However , the latest news on the project suggests thing are proceed forward pretty cursorily now .

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Deadlinereports that Sadie Sink , who plays Max Mayfield in Netflix ’s wildly successfulStranger Things , is the latest to join the mold of theFear Streettrilogy . cesspool bring together otherconfirmedFear Streetcast membersthat include Kiana Madeira ( Really Me , Harriet the Spy : Blog Wars ) and Olivia Welch ( Modern Family , Agent Carter ) alongside other late addition like child rapper Benjamin Flores Jr. and Ashley Zukerman ofMasters of SexandFear the Walking Deadfame . TheFear Streettrilogy cast will follow ascript penned by screenwriter Kyle Killenwhose other composition credits includeThe Beaverand the forthcomingHaloTV series .

AlongsideStranger Things , Sink has also had roles inThe Glass CastleandUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidtand will asterisk in outgoing repugnance movieEliwhen it ’s released later this class . It ’s as yet unknown who Sink will roleplay inFear Streetor how many picture she ’ll feature in , but with shooting underway as of last month and a release date scheduled for 2020 , we could well be finding out more specific details in the not too distant time to come .

Some more cynical family line might say that Sink ’s be sick inFear Streetis a crafty move . After all , it ca n’t hurt to have a star that ’s already associated with the most popular youth - fronted TV horror series in recent memory attached to a project of a similar nature . From a less cynical item of view , Sink is a talented actress as rave reviews for herStranger Thingsperformance prove . However favorable her casting might be forFear Street ,   she ’s trusted   to bring a tidy sum to the table when the films are in the end release .

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Fear Street: Part One - 1984