Disney+’s adaptation of the iconic RL Stine horror book series is back with the Goosebumps Season 2 trailer. Co-developed by Rob Letterman, who directed the 2015 movie adaptation, and Nicholas Stoller, season 1 of the show took a serialized approach to adapting Stine’s novels and was both a critical and viewership hit for the streamer. Goosebumps Season 2 was officially announced in February 2024, although it was revealed to take an anthology approach by shifting to a new setting and cast of characters with the subtitle The vanishing.
Now, in honor of New York Comic Con, Disney+ And Hulu have released the official Goosebumps Season 2 trailer. The video begins by introducing twin siblings, Cece and Devin, as they meet their father, David Schwimmer’s Anthony, to spend the summer with him in Brooklyn. After inviting the duo to have some fun and “Sure“summer, Anthony delivers a fairly ominous warning not to go into his basementAlthough offers no explanation as to why they should not.
The Goosebumps The season 2 trailer then transitions into introducing the rest of the teenage cast of characters, including Elijah M. Cooper’s CJ, Galila La Salvia’s Franki, Francesca Noel’s Alex and Stony Blyden’s Trey. The group learns the central mystery of the new season, that is Anthony’s older brother died under mysterious circumstances when the two were teenagersTurns out it was in a closed power station. Anthony also remained desperate to investigate the situation himself, getting his brother’s sweatshirt from the police after 30 years of asking for it.
The trailer then turns to showcasing the various horrors set to crop up Goosebumps: The Vanishing. This includes A plant that comes to life and attacks both Anthony and DevinAnd seemingly leaves them both empty handed in different ways before Anthony drops the plants in a freezer, as well as Trey’s car becomes possessed, Trey collapses after being attacked by the plants, and a mysterious ooze blob continues to grow out of the cyst. It’s sinking. Check out the trailer below:
What the Goosebumps: The Vanishing trailer shows for Season 2
Multiple iconic Stine stories are at the forefront
Much like season 1, the The season 2 trailer showcases that Letterman and Stoller are maintaining the same serialized approach to adapting Stine’s novels. Unlike the previous season, however, Season 2 is introducing a fish-out-of-water story and estranged family frame To the formula, with the disappearance of Anthony’s brother in the ’90s is the key catalyst for the story of the season. This, in turn, looks to be establishing a new means of jumping between adopting various Goosebumps Storylines throughout the seasons, moving on from an evil spirit influencing various objects with evil to the plant influencing objects.
Swimmer’s opening warning of “Stay out of the basement“Refers back to the second-ever novella of the same name…
One of the other main differences Trailer seemingly confirms is that the primary adult character of the season Don’t be the only one Goosebumps Season 2 character affected by the evil presence at the heart of the story. Unlike Justin Long’s Mr. Bratt, who was possessed by Biddle, Schwimmer’s Anthony seems to have real agency over his actions and behavior, even if he seems to inhabit some kind of parasitic vine. Additionally, both Devin and Cece look to be affected by the evil plant in some capacity, opening the door for an emotional full-circle storyline in which they come together to stop the evil.
In regard to the actual stories, the Goosebumps Season 2 trailer confirms that multiple Iconic Stine stories are adapted for The vanishing. Swimmer’s opening warning of “Stay out of the basement” refers back to the second-ever novella of the same name, in which a factory-testing parent begins to turn into one. Other stories that are looking to be adapted include “The Haunted Machine,” a Curry-Like story of a possessed car, and “It came from under the sink!”, in which a large living sponge brings bad luck to two siblings.
Our trailer on The Goosebumps Season 2
The stakes look appropriately high
As a longtime fan of Stine’s novels, I found that Season 1 found a really unique way to adapt its source material, and the Goosebumps Season 2 trailer gives me a lot of hope that the show will continue this trend. Although I admittedly still find a resolution to Goosebumps Season 1’s cliffhanger ending, I generally appreciate the show’s efforts to do something new and I’m curious to see how The vanishing will bind the stories it is adapted from.
Goosebumps: The Vanishing Premieres on Disney+ and Hulu on January 10.
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