Goosebumps gets axed at Disney+

But there's a chance the spooky anthology series could be resurrected elsewhere.
August 8, 2025

Disney+ has closed the book on the supernatural live-actioner Goosebumps after a two-season run.

The cancellation comes seven months after the launch of the second season of the series, which is based on the iconic kids horror books penned by R.L. Stine and published by Scholastic starting in the early ’90s.

Designed as an anthology, the show featured a new premise and characters in each season, broadly revolving around a group of teens investigating a spooky mystery in their town.

Goosebumps generated solid ratings across both seasons, to the tune of 75 million hours watched in the US, plus 43 million hours in 16 other international markets. It also racked up multiple nominations, including a recent Children’s & Family Emmy nod for Outstanding Young Teen Series.

But the Disney+ cancellation may just be the end of a chapter, not the whole story. Sony Pictures Television, which owns the rights to the books and produces the show, is reportedly planning to shop Goosebumps to other outlets for a third season and open to approaching the IP with a new creative direction. When contacted by Kidscreen, Sony declined to share additional details.

There’s certainly still plenty of source material to draw from. Stine’s book franchise comprises more than 200 titles aimed at tween readers, including the original 62 novels published between 1992 and 1997, followed by various spinoffs. Collectively, Goosebumps has sold more than 400 million copies and is the second-bestselling book series of all time (only behind fellow kidlit sensation Harry Potter).

The franchise also spawned an earlier four-season live-action series in the ’90s, and two feature films in 2015 and 2018.

Though family-friendly thrills are evergreen, interest in this genre has been creeping steadily up in recent years—with DreamWorks Animation spawning its first older kid-skewing scary series Fright Krewe and Netflix ordering a new Scooby-Doo series, along with animated adaptations of Ghostbusters and Stranger Things.

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