A new Fear Street horror movie is in the works at Netflix

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A new standalone Fear Street movie, based on the novels by R.L. Stine, is in the works at Netflix.

"Obviously, there’s a lot of books," Scott Stuber, Head of Netflix Film, told Collider. "There’s one stand-alone that we’re working on right now that we’re once again trying to get the script right, but I like it very much, and so does the team. So I feel like if we can get that script right there would be a great kind of extension of that franchise."

Stuber also wants to further Netflix's growth in the horror genre, explaining, "I'd like us to find our own Freddy Krueger, our own Jason, our own kind of iconic horror character, and we haven’t really honed in on that yet. So the team is working hard on that because I think there’s a real opportunity there. You know, you’ve got so many great characters."