{"id":16553,"date":"2019-06-11T10:06:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/afraid-dark-reboot-set-nickelodeon\/"},"modified":"2019-06-11T10:11:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:11:05","slug":"are-you-afraid-of-the-dark-reboot-set-for-nickelodeon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/are-you-afraid-of-the-dark-reboot-set-for-nickelodeon\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Afraid of the Dark? Reboot Set for Nickelodeon"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nickelodeon is reimagining its Are You Afraid of the Dark?<\/em> anthology as a brand-new limited series that will premiere later this year.<\/p>\n Featuring three hour-long episodes, the reboot will introduce a new Midnight Society, a group of kids who gather together to tell terrifying tales. This time, they dive into a frightening legend about the Carnival of Doom, only to have the events of the story come to life. Production on the new\u00a0Are You Afraid of the Dark?<\/em>\u00a0is scheduled to begin this month in Vancouver, Canada. The series is slated for an October premiere.<\/p>\n Produced by ACE Entertainment, Are You Afraid of the Dark?<\/em> is written by BenDavid Grabinski (Skiptrace<\/em>) and directed by Dean Israelite (Power Rangers<\/em> movie, Project Almanac<\/em>). Starring as the new Midnight Society members are Sam Ashe Arnold (Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever.<\/em>), Miya Cech (Rim of the World<\/em>, Always Be My Maybe<\/em>), Tamara Smart (Artemis Fowl<\/em>, The Worst Witch<\/em>), Jeremy Taylor (It<\/em>, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween<\/em>) and Lyliana Wray (Top Gun: Maverick<\/em>, black-ish<\/em>). Rafael Casal (Blindspotting<\/em>) is playing the Carnival of Doom\u2019s ringmaster, Mr. Tophat.<\/p>\n Nickelodeon\u2019s original\u00a0Are You Afraid of the Dark?\u00a0<\/em>series ran from 1992 to 1996 and again from 1999 to 2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nickelodeon is reimagining its Are You Afraid of the Dark? anthology as a brand-new limited series that will premiere later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":16554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[4631,96],"class_list":["post-16553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-are-you-afraid-of-the-dark","tag-nickelodeon","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n