Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Will Arrive Next Summer
The upcoming film adaptation finally gets a release date.
By Chris Morse

The upcoming Guillermo Del Toro-produced film adaptation of Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has finally been given a release date. Late in the week, it was officially announced that the movie will hit theaters on August 9th, 2019, via CBS Films and Lionsgate.
According to the film’s official synopsis, this adaptation will follow “a group of teens who must solve the mystery surrounding a wave of spectacularly horrific deaths in their small town.” The cast includes Zoe Colletti (Annie), Michael Garza (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1), Austin Abrams (Paper Towns), Gabriel Rush (Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel), Austin Zajur (Fist Fight), Natalie Ganzhorn (Make It Pop), Dean Norris (Breaking Bad), Gil Bellows (The Shawshank Redemption), and Lorraine Toussaint (Selma, Orange is the New Black).
André Øvredal will direct the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark movie, which is based on a script by Guillermo Del Toro along with Daniel Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Patrick Melton, and Marcus Dunstan. The film is slated to be released on August 9th, 2019.
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