CS sits down with Goosebumps cast members Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush and Ryan Lee
If you were a kid in the ’90s, you very likely read the Goosebumps horror novel series by R.L. Stine. There were 62 books published in the series, which featured monsters like the Abominable Snowman, a werewolf and — likely the most famous — Slappy the Dummy, an evil marionette. A television series followed and the Goosebumps series has continued to maintain a slew of fans all these years later. Now, we’re getting a movie version and ComingSoon.net recently had the chance to sit down with the Goosebumps cast and chat about bringing the books to the screen.
Goosebumps stars Jack Black as a fictional version of R.L. Stine. He lives next door to Zach (Dylan Minnette), a young man who just moved into the neighborhood with his mom (Amy Ryan) after the death of his father. Zack, his new buddy Champ (Ryan Lee) and Stine’s daughter Hannah (Odeya Rush) accidentally unleash the real monsters from the book series that Stein has been keeping hidden in the original copies of the books and have to save the town from a monster attack.
We chatted with Goosebumps cast members Black, Minnette, Rush and Lee — and, of course, Slappy the Dummy himself — at the Goosebumps movie press day. We talked to Black and Slappy about working together (and whether or not Black was starstruck when he met Slappy) and what their biggest fears are. Meanwhile, Minnette, Rush and Lee tell us about building their onscreen relationships and what Easter Eggs eagle-eyed fans should be looking out for.
Check out the Goosebumps cast interviews in the player below and catch the film itself when Goosebumps arrives in theaters this Friday, October 16.
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Dylan Minnette in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Ryan Lee in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Jack Black stars in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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Jillian Bell, left, and Amy Ryan in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Things are starting to unravel for Stine and the kids as Slappy burns a manuscript
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Odeya Rush, left, and Dylan Minnette in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," staring Jack Black.
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L-r, Ryan Lee, Odeya Rush, Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Director Rob Letterman with camera operator Jacques Jouffret on the set of Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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L-r, Jack Black, Ryan Lee, Dylan Minnette and Odeya Rush star in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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L-r, Ryan Lee, Jack Black, Dylan Minnette and Odeya Rush star in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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Top to bottom, Ryan Lee, Odeya Rush and Dylan Minnette in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Odeya Rush in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Director Rob Letterman on the set of Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Jillian Bell in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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L-r, Odeya Rush, Jack Black, Ryan Lee and Dylan Minnette star in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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Dylan Minnette and Amy Ryan in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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L-r, Ryan Lee, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush and Jack Black star in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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Jack Black, left, and R.L. Stine on the set of Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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When the creatures from R.L. Stine’s (Jack Black) Goosebumps series come to life – including the Abominable Snowman (pictured) – it’s up to Stine to team up with three teenagers to get these figments of Black’s imagination back in the books where they belong and save the town.
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Jack Black, left, and Dylan Minnette star in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps," starring Jack Black.
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When the creatures from R.L. Stine’s (Jack Black) Goosebumps series come to life – including the Praying Mantis (pictured) – it’s up to Stine to team up with three teenagers to get these figments of Black’s imagination back in the books where they belong and save the town.
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When the creatures from R.L. Stine’s (Jack Black) Goosebumps series come to life – including the Vampire Poodle (pictured) – it’s up to Stine to team up with three teenagers to get these figments of Black’s imagination back in the books where they belong and save the town.
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Jack Black stars in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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L-r, Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Ryan Lee and Odeya Rush star in Columbia Pictures' "Goosebumps."
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