Effectively, it simply turned August, and proper as we’re all gearing up for Halloween and pumpkin spice, it appears to be like like we’ll have one much less present to observe.
Selection has reported that the Disney+ anthology present, Goosebumps, has formally been cancelled.
The collection was primarily based on the beloved kids’s horror books by R.L. Stine, which function youngsters in numerous horror eventualities, from haunted masks to evil ventriloquist dummies to creepy cameras, and have been foundational to younger style followers like me.
The collection, which had two seasons (the second of which was referred to as Goosebumps: The Vanishing), was ostensibly performing nicely. The primary season adopted 5 excessive schoolers as they investigated the loss of life of a teen named Harold Biddle and starred Justin Lengthy, Rachael Harris, Zack Morris, Isa Briones, Miles McKenna, Ana Yi Puig, and Will Worth. It premiered in October 2023.
The second season featured David Schwimmer as a single father whose brother disappeared once they have been teenagers. His twins and their three buddies turned entangled within the thriller of 4 youngsters who disappeared a long time earlier. It got here out in January 2025.
‘Goosebumps’ (Season 2)Credit score: Disney/Francisco Roman
There was loads of creepiness to discover in these episodes, which pulled from numerous storylines within the in depth Stine catalogue with extra to spare (there are a pair hundred books within the franchise). The primary season had 10 weekly episodes, whereas the second had eight and got here out all in a block.
We might have a complete dialog concerning the launch mannequin right here—I’ve seen loads of complaints about how TV seasons maintain getting shorter, with big breaks in between. Simply take a look at Netflix’s Wednesday, which lastly launched its second season after a two-year hiatus. And for some cause, these eight episodes have been cut up into two four-episode blocks. Keep in mind after we would recover from 20 episodes of TV per season, launched each single yr? These have been the times.
Anyway, Goosebumps appeared to be faring fantastic. In response to Selection: “The 2 seasons pulled in 75 million hours considered mixed within the U.S., on high of 43 million hours considered throughout 16 worldwide markets.”
Whereas the second season did have a drop in viewership, we might probably attribute that to the lengthy break between seasons. Critically, it did fantastic, with Metacritic’s aggregator exhibiting favorable critiques from critics.
So what is the deal?
Disney hasn’t commented on the selection to ax the present, and it might be part of a graveyard of different prematurely canceled Disney+ exhibits until collection producer Sony Photos Tv is ready to discover it a brand new house.
As Contained in the Magic factors out, one among Disney CEO Bob Iger’s major targets has been to make the streamer worthwhile. That is seemingly guiding the corporate’s option to, in keeping with Deadline, extra totally combine Hulu into the worldwide model of the Disney+ app.
After that information broke earlier this week, rumors shortly began flying on-line about Hulu companies disappearing, however it’s solely the app itself that’s merging with Disney+. Disney says that subscription companies will nonetheless be out there because the bundle in addition to stand-alone Disney+ or Hulu subs, though pricing is not clear.
Anyway, as all this restructuring occurs, it is seemingly Goosebumps and different exhibits have been unlucky casualties. Tell us what you suppose.
