Universal Studios Home Entertainment Family Productions struck a deal with independent Indian producer Toonz Animation to acquire R.L. Stine’s Mostly Ghostly, an animated feature from the mind of the Goosebumps author. The family adventure is slated for release on DVD this Halloween season.
Based on the first in the eight-book Mostly Ghostly series, the film chronicles the eerie adventures of 11-year-old outcast Max as he helps protect Nicky and Tara, sibling ghosts who live in his house, from the fume-spewing demon Phears. The voice cast includes Madison Pettis (Horton Hears a Who!), Luke Benward (How to Eat Fried Worms), Maiara Walsh (Cory in the House), Ali Lohan (Living Lohan), Brian Stepanek (Transformers) Kim Rhodes (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) and Noah Cyrus, the younger sister of Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus.
Mostly Ghostly is directed by Hannah Montana co-creator Rich Correll and produced by Yvonne Bernard, Arthur Cohen and Steve Stabler. The screenplay is written by Correll and Emmy Award nominee Pat Proft, whose credits include Scary Movie 3, Scary Movie 4 and The Naked Gun series.
Stine’s books, including The Nightmare Room, Fear Street and Nightmare Hour, have been translated into more than 20 languages and published in more than 30 countries. The Author been honored with a Children’s Choice Award, three Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards and three Disney Adventures Kids’ Choice Awards.
The Universal Studios Family Productions banner, which includes Universal Animation Studios, develops, produces and acquires live-action and animated family productions directly for the home entertainment and television markets. The group’s properties include The Land Before Time, which has earned more than a billion dollars worldwide to become the most successful feature-length children’s home entertainment franchise of all time, as well as PBS KIDS’s Daytime Emmy-nominated Curious George television series and a string of Barbie movies.
