Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

Goosebumps Slappy Halloween is the upcoming sequel to the 2015 Goosebumps film, coming to theaters in the United States on October 12, 2018 by Columbia Pictures. The producers of the first film, Deborah Forte and Neal H. Moritz are returning.

The film is about to begin production in late February.

Crew

 * Directed by Ari Sandel
 * Screenplay by Rob Lieber
 * Produced by Deborah Forte and Neal H. Moritz
 * Based on the Goosebumps books written by R.L. Stine

Production
Sony announced on September 2, 2015 that a sequel was on it's way, though the first film wasn't due to come out for another month. On April 26, 2016, it was reported that Rob Letterman would return to direct the film, and Darren Lemke would handle the script. On January 17, 2017, Sony announced that the movie would hit theaters on January 26, 2018. On February 7, 2017, Sony announced that they would push back the release date to September 21, 2018. On May 18, 2017, official title for the film was announced as Goosebumps HorrorLand, and it was stated that Jack Black would be respiring his role as R.L. Stine. A teaser image was also released.

On June 12, 2017, R.L. Stine teased Slappy would appear in the film in a tweet on Twitter. On November 2, 2017, it was reported by Variety that Rob Lieber wrote a script for the film. According to the report, Lieber's script did not include Jack Black as R.L. Stine. However, it is said that Black could return if his schedule allows, and there are other scripts being considered that do have Black's character.

On December 12, 2017, the official director was stated to be Ari Sandel instead of Rob Letterman. , during the same month, the film got pushed back to October 12, 2018.

Filming is expected to begin on Feb. 25th and will conclude sometime in spring.

On Jan. 28th Ari Sandel posted to his Instagram account that production was five weeks away.