According to Variety, Sony Pictures has found a new director for the Goosebumps sequel in Ari Sandel, who directed the 2015 comedy The DUFF and also won an Oscar for his 2005 short film West Bank Story.
The first Goosebumps made $150 million on a $58 million budget, and hit #1 on the sales charts when it was released on home video.
The sequel was previously given the title Goosebumps: Horrorland, and had the first film’s director Rob Letterman and Neal H. Moritz (22 Jump Street) also coming back as producers.
Based on Scholastic’s worldwide best-selling book series, with over 400 million copies in print, Goosebumps starred Jack Black (School of Rock) as “Goosebumps” author R.L. Stine, along with Dylan Minnette (Prisoners), Ryan Lee (Super 8) and Odeya Rush (The Giver).