Itâs been a good year for Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine. Screenwriter Carl Ellsworth has a deal with Columbia Pictures to produce a live-action movie franchise based on the kidsâ horror series and Dana Stevens is writing a thriller based on Stineâs The Sitter. Now, according to THR, it looks like another one of Stineâs books is getting a treatment for the big screen. Itâs the First Day of Schoolâ¦Forever! has been optioned by Gotham Group, although the book wonât be available until early July. Gotham Group, who also has the YA fantasy adaptation The Maze Runner in development, is in search of a writer before taking the project to a studio.For more info on R. L. Stineâs latest book-turned-movie, hit the jump.For those of you who are unfamiliar with R. L. Stine, he has been called âthe Stephen King of childrenâs horrorâ and his Goosebumps series is the second highest selling of all time (behind Harry Potter). His Goosebumps stories have also been developed into a TV series.As for Itâs the First Day of Schoolâ¦Forever!, it has been described as Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Groundhog Day. In other words, a socially awkward 12-year-old must relive the first day of school over and over until, presumably, he solves some mystery that lets him restore time to normalcy. If my memory serves me correctly, every day in high school felt pretty much like the rest. Check out the product description for the book below:
On the first day of school, Artie falls out of his bed and hits his head. Hard. He tells his mom heâs dizzy and she says:
âYouâre just worried about your first day in a new school.â
At breakfast, his little brother, Eddie, splashes syrup in his hair, and thereâs no time to wash it. Artie has to go to school with syrup-hair. And then, on the way there, he gets splashed by a puddle that makes him look like he wet his pants. Itâs not just the first day of school; itâs the worst day of school.
On the second day of school, Artie falls out of bed and hits his head. Hard. He tells his mom heâs dizzy and she says:
âYouâre just worried about your first day in a new school.â
Huh? Today is just like the day before. Can Artie find a way to change it, before itâs the first day of schoolâ¦forever? [Amazon]