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R.L. Stine only recently confirmed that Fear Street: Prom Queen was in growth at Netflix, with pre-production having now began on the film. What’s on Netflix has discovered that Matthew Palmer has been tapped to direct the brand new function movie with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage writing.
The Canadian Director’s Guild first posted about Fear Street: Prom Queen in early January 2024, and we shortly reported on all the pieces we knew in regards to the mission and the supply materials.
Shortly after, R.L. Stine took to Twitter to verify the brand new mission, saying:
“Movie News: I can finally announce that a new Fear Street movie is about to go into production for Netflix. It’s based on my Fear Street book, The Prom Queen. Good news!”
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You could recall that Above the Line first reported in December 2022 that Chloe Okuna, who was simply scorching off the 2022 hit Watcher, was initially hooked up to direct the mission. This isn’t the case any longer.
We perceive that Matt Palmer (additionally by Matthew Palmer) is ready to direct the Fear Street film. Palmer beforehand labored on the criminally underrated Netflix Original film Callibre launched on the service again in 2018.
Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, who’ve labored collectively on The O.C. and Gossip Girl, plus extra just lately Apple TV+’s City on Fire and The CW’s Nancy Drew, will function the writers on the brand new Netflix film.
Chernin Entertainment is producing Fear Street: Prom Queen for Netflix. They’re at the moment below an in depth general deal for Netflix.
Filming, based on the Canadian Director’s Guild, is scheduled to kick off on March twenty fifth, 2024, and run by way of to May tenth, 2024.
It’s unclear whether or not the film might be prepared for launch for Halloween this yr. We do know that Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein gained’t be popping out this yr, however Netflix does have just a few different horror titles up its sleeve for the festive interval, such because the just lately acquired It’s What’s Inside, which it picked up from Sundance.
What’s on Netflix may also verify that the brand new film is ready within the Nineteen Eighties and isn’t a part of the unique trilogy, launched in the summertime of 2021, in any type.
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