While it's still unknown if Jack Black will reprise his role as horror author R.L. Stine in Sony Pictures' Goosebumps sequel, the rest of the cast is beginning to come together, as four young actors are now set to star in the film.

Variety reports that Madison Iseman, Ben O’Brien, Caleel Harris, and Jeremy Ray Taylor have all been set to star in Goosebumps 2. Details on their specific characters have yet to be revealed, but it's safe to say that their young characters will encounter frighteningly fun creations from the pages of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps book series, which originally ran from 1992–1997 and still continues with new releases today.

Viewers recently saw Iseman play a high school student sucked into a video game in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, while horror fans are familiar with Jeremy Ray Taylor for his portrayal of a young Ben Hanscom in 1989's IT. Caleel Harris, meanwhile, will play a young Henry Deaver in Hulu's Castle Rock series, while Ben O'Brien had a role in 2016's Manchester by the Sea.

Director Ari Sandel is currently set to direct the sequel to Rob Letterman's Goosebumps, which was released in 2015 and starred Jack Black as Stine. While it's not yet known if Black (or the first film's co-stars) will return, Sandel is expected to direct from a screenplay by Rob Lieber. We'll just have to wait and see if that screenplay includes Stine as part of the story or if it takes the franchise in a new direction (and that direction may take us into the creepy confines of HorrorLand).

The Goosebumps sequel is scheduled to haunt theaters on October 12th, 2018, so if all goes according to plan we'll have a new Goosebumps movie and a new Halloween film to look forward to this Halloween season. We'll keep you updated as more details are revealed, and be sure to let us know what you'd like to see in a Goosebumps sequel in the comments below!

Source: Variety
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    Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.

    When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.