Trilogy based on R.L. Stine’s Fear Street books coming to Netflix in 2021

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

When director Leigh Janiak began working on a trilogy of films based on the FEAR STREET book series written by R.L. Stine, the project was set up at 20th Century Fox, with the studio planning to give the films theatrical releases. By the time the back-to-back-to-back production had wrapped, Fox had been acquired by Disney, and the new studio didn't have room for the trilogy in their release schedule. Producers Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping of Chernin Entertainment were given the opportunity to find a different home for the films, and now they have: Netflix has closed a deal to release the FEAR STREET trilogy through their streaming service.

The plan is to release the three movies over the course of summer 2021, one movie arriving on the streaming service each month. This is an event that Netflix will be marketing as "The Summer of Fear".

Janiak crafted the trilogy story with a writers room that included Phil Graziadei, Zak Olkewicz, Roberto Patino, and Kate Trefry. Here's the synopsis for movie 1: 

In 1994, in the aftermath of a brutal tragedy in Shadyside, Ohio, a group of teens discovers that a series of horrifying events that have plagued their town over many years might not be random and that they may be the next victims.

Movie 2 will tell the following story: 

In 1978, Camp Nightwing is divided by the campers and counselors who hail from the of prosperous town of Sunnyvale and the campers and maintenance staffers from the downtrodden town of Shadyside, but when horrors from their towns shared history come alive, they must band together to solve a terrifying mystery before it’s too late.

And the synopsis for movie 3: 

In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it’s up to teenagers in 1994 to try and finally put an end to their town’s curse, before it’s too late.

Cast members include Gillian Jacobs, Sadie Sink, Ryan Simpkins, Emily Rudd, McCabe Slye, Kiana Madeira, Olivia Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Ashley Zukerman, Fred Hechinger, Julia Rehwald, and Jeremy Ford.

I have never read a Fear Street book, but I'm interested to see how this trilogy turned out. As a fan of camp slashers, I'm especially interested in the second movie.