A brand-new Fear Street movie is officially in the works from Netflix.
Speaking with Collider, Netflix Films’ Scott Stuber confirmed a new stand-alone Fear Street movie is currently being written.
“Obviously, there’s a lot of books,” he said, “There’s one stand-alone that we’re working on right now that we’re once again trying to get the script right, but I like it very much, and so does the team. So I feel like if we can get that script right there would be a great kind of extension of that franchise.”
Stuber didn’t reveal any further details about the project beyond that. Whether or not any characters for the original Fear Street trilogy will return for the stand-alone film is also unclear at this time.
What is Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy?
Based on R. L. Stine’s book series of the same name, Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy debuted in July 2021. Included in the trilogy are Fear Street: Part One 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666, all of which were directed by Leigh Janiak. The movies star Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, and Benjamin Flores Jr., among others.
Stine previously hinted that more Fear Street movies may be coming to Netflix. In July 2022, he told Yahoo! Entertainment, “The first ones did so well last summer. Those films kind of shocked me, because they were all R-rated, and I’ve never done anything R-rated! All those teenagers were getting slashed. I was like, ‘Suddenly, I have a slasher movie!’”
In addition to another Fear Street movie, Stuber said Netflix is looking to further expand its catalog of original horror franchises. “If you look at its history, which I love horror, I’d like us to find our own Freddy Krueger, our own Jason, our own kind of iconic horror character, and we haven’t really honed in on that yet,” he explained. “So the team is working hard on that because I think there’s a real opportunity there. You know, you’ve got so many great characters.”
