RL Stine making Point Horror series for HBO Max

DisasterMaster · Nov 13, 2019

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/point-horror-books-tv-series-hbo-max-1203401142/

HBO Max is developing a series based on Scholastic's "Point Horror" books by R.L Stine, Variety has learned exclusively.

The project hails from Picturestart and Lionsgate Television. The show, which is currently titled "Point Fear," is described as an anthology series that exposes the horrors of being a teenager. Each episode of the show will be inspired by one of the books in the series, told for today's audiences but with a nostalgic nod to the 1990s. Many authors have published books under the "Point Horror" banner, but the series will specifically focus on those written by Stine.

Jon M. Chu is in negotiations to direct and executive produce the series. Stine will also executive produce along with Yvonne M. Bernard. Ryan Lindenberg will oversee the project for Picturestart.

Previous television adaptations of Stine's work includes the "Goosebumps" series, as well as shows like "The Nightmare Room" and "Eye Candy." He and Bernard are also currently adapting his "Fear Street" books into films.

gforguava · Nov 13, 2019

I do not like how they are painting this as a Stine thing, a lot of people wrote for the series and Stine was arguably the worst of the lot.

rude · Nov 13, 2019

How about we do Animorphs but for real this time.

grang · Nov 13, 2019

rude said:
How about we do Animorphs but for real this time.

A PG13 level Animorphs series would be so great, those books covered some heavy stuff

DisasterMaster · Nov 13, 2019

rude said:
How about we do Animorphs but for real this time.

I'd fucking love this

HStallion · Nov 13, 2019

rude said:
How about we do Animorphs but for real this time.

Ahh one of my first memories of a series whose ending the fans did not handle well at all.

Sage · Nov 13, 2019

Stine is a real person? I thought it was a pen-name and all those books were ghostwritten (fittingly).

Pizza Dog · Nov 13, 2019

rude said:
How about we do Animorphs but for real this time.

Having never read or even heard of Animorphs when I was growing up my only exposure to this series is TV Trope's apparent fascination with the series, second only to Gargoyles and Bionicle. Very odd.

I remember the Point (whatever) series of books from back in the day, didn't they also do Point Crime and Point Romance?

rude · Nov 13, 2019

Sage said:
Stine is a real person? I thought it was a pen-name and all those books were ghostwritten (fittingly).

He said he wrote all of the mainline Goosebumps books himself in a reddit AMA awhile back, but I really doubt it.

Pizza Dog said:
Having never read or even heard of Animorphs when I was growing up my only exposure to this series is TV Trope's apparent fascination with the series, second only to Gargoyles and Bionicle. Very odd.

I remember the Point (whatever) series of books from back in the day, didn't they also do Point Crime and Point Romance?

The books take a strangely violent and introspective (for a children's series) turn as the series goes on. Terroism, genocide, etc etc

Deleted member 13496 · Nov 13, 2019

Sage said:
Stine is a real person? I thought it was a pen-name and all those books were ghostwritten (fittingly).

Yeah me too. I think I was in my 30s when I found that out.

Fat4all · Nov 13, 2019

rude said:
How about we do Animorphs but for real this time.

IDreamOfHime · Nov 13, 2019

Episode 1 The babysitter
Episode 2 The babysitter II
Episode 3 The babysitter III
Episode 4 The babysitter IV

Futabaisthebest<3 · Nov 13, 2019

So basically it's a version of Telltale Games but on TV.

RL Stine making Point Horror series for HBO Max

Woke up, got a money tag, swears a lot