hardcover. The novel is Stine's first Fear Street novel since the last book in the Fear Street Nights series was published in 2005. The novel was followed by Don't Stay Up Late, which was published in April 2015. Stine stated the new books are longer, more adult and more violent, to reflect how young adult literature has changed since Fear Street was first published. Adaptations Television At some point before October 1997, Viacom Productions had inked a development deal with Parachute Entertainment to produce a primetime TV series based on the Fear Street books. Soon after Disney-owned ABC bought a Fear Street pilot. The pilot episode for the unproduced Fear Street television series, titled Ghosts of Fear Street, aired on ABC Television on July 31, 1998. The pilot's airing held 89% of its men 18-34 lead-in but just 55% of its women 18-34 lead-in. The result was ABC's worst rating on record in that slot and a third-place finish for the night in homes and adults 18-49. Film On October 30, 1997, Variety reported Hollywood Pictures struck a deal to acquire the Fear Street series of books, which were set to be developed with Parachute Entertainment as a Scream-like feature franchise. On October 9, 2015, TheWrap reported a film based on the series was again being developed, by 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment. On February 13, 2017, The Tracking Board reported that Kyle Killen would write the script for the film. On July 13, 2017, Variety reported that Leigh Janiak would oversee the development of the scripts as a trilogy, and direct the first film. On February 27, 2019, it was announced that Kiana Madeira and Olivia Welch would star as the lead characters in the trilogy. On March 12, 2019, Deadline Hollywood reported that Benjamin Flores, Jr. would play Josh, while Ashley Zukerman, Fred Hechinger, Julia Rehwald and Jeremy Ford joined the cast on March 27. On April 1, 2019, Gillian Jacobs, Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd and McCabe Slye were cast in the second film. On March 13, 2019, filming for the first film began in East Point, Georgia. Janiak directed all three films in the series, after originally being set to direct the first and third films. Alex Ross Perry was previously set to direct the second film. Phil Graziadei and Janiak received screenplay credit, and with a "story by" co-credit shared by Killen, Graziadei, and Janiak.