alvin schwartz

Guillermo del Toro’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark secures financing

Posted 8 years ago

An adaptation of author Alvin Schwartz's SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK book series has been in the works at CBS Films for a little over four years. After passing through the hands of John August and genre regulars...

Original Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series on sale again!

Posted 9 years ago

Jesus, please us, this is awesome news! Turns out the original three SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK books are now back on sale for the first time in forever. Harper Collins is selling the three full books together...

The Lego Movie writers to pen Guillermo Del Toro’s Scary Stories

Posted 11 years ago

Guillermo Del Toro has recruited a couple of new writers for his SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK movie. Del Toro is developing the film as a potential directing vehicle, and THR has learned that THE LEGO MOVIE and...

Guillermo Del Toro has Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark on hia agenda

Posted 11 years ago

Guillermo Del Toro isn’t the type of filmmaker to sit around and wait for projects to come to him. If what he wants to do isn’t coming together quickly enough, he’ll go out and develop something else… and that’s primarily...

Guillermo del Toro developing Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark film

Posted 11 years ago

Guillermo del Toro has a lot on his plate. In addition to a potential PACIFIC RIM sequel, he is also working on the Netflix animated series Trollhunters and in talks to direct a FANTASTIC VOYAGE remake. But here comes the...

Tim Burton scribe John August to adapt Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Posted 12 years ago

Almost a year ago we caught wind that writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (FEAST, SAW 3D: THE FINAL CHAPTER) would be scripting a feature film adaptation of "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark." Mum's been the word ever...

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark to be told by John August

Posted 12 years ago

A film adaptation of everyone's favorite haunting ghost story anthology for kids, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK, has been in the works for almost a year now; it was last December when CBS Films nabbed a pitch from...

CBS Films to bring us Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark; Saw’s Dunstan & Melton to adapt

Posted 13 years ago

I'm sure many of you reading this grew up reading Alvin Schwartz's much beloved "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" as well as the sequels "More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" and "Scary Stories 3: More Tales...