“Fear Street Part One: 1994” is a 2021 American teen horror film that is part of a trilogy that is going to premiere on Netflix throught three weeks.
Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the new film.
- Fear Street Part One: 1994 is a 2021 American teen horror film
- The film is directed by Leigh Janiak
- With a script co-written by Phil Graziadei and Janiak
- From an original story by Kyle Killen, Graziadei, and Janiak
- Based on the book series of the same name by R. L. Stine
- The film was released by Netflix on July 2, 2021
- It is the first installment in the Fear Street Trilogy
- The other two entries to follow in subsequent weeks
- It received generally positive reviews from critics
- On October 9, 2015, TheWrap reported a film based on Stine’s Fear Street series was being developed by 20th Century Studios and Chernin Entertainment
- On February 13, 2017, The Tracking Board reported that Kyle Killen will write the script for the film
- Leigh Janiak will direct the film, with Janiak and her partner Phil Graziadei rewriting the script
- The film will be the first to be released as part of a trilogy of films set in different time periods
- The Hollywood Reporter states that the plan is to film the trilogy back-to-back, and release the films one month apart
- In February 2019, it was reported that Kiana Madeira and Olivia Welch would be starring in the film as lesbian teenagers
- The two characters are from different time periods, with one being from the mid-1990s and the other from the 1600s
- In March 2019, Benjamin Flores Jr., Ashley Zukerman, Fred Hechinger, Julia Rehwald, and Jeremy Ford joined the cast
- In May, Darrell Britt-Gibson was announced as a cast member
- Maya Hawke, Jordana Spiro, and Jordyn DiNatale also joined the cast
- In March 2019, filming began in Atlanta and East Point, Georgia
- Several vacant storefronts in the North DeKalb Mall in Georgia were renovated so that they could be used for filming
- Casual Corner, Software Etc., B. Dalton Bookseller, Musicland, and Gadzooks were placed
- Production also took place at Hard Labor Creek State Park in Rutledge in August 2019
- Filming wrapped in September 2019
- The film was scheduled to be released in June 2020
- It was pulled from the schedule because of the COVID-19 pandemic
- In April 2020, Chernin Entertainment ended their distribution deal with 20th Century Studios and made a multi-year first-look deal with Netflix
- By August 2020, Netflix acquired the distribution rights to the Fear Street Trilogy with a mid-2021 release date strategy for all three movies
- The film was released on July 2, 2021
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 86%
- Based on 58 reviews
- With an average rating of 7.10/10
- The website’s critics consensus reads, “Fear Street Part One: 1994 kicks off the trilogy in promising fashion, honoring the source material with plenty of retro slasher appeal”
- According to Metacritic, which assigned a weighted average score of 68 out of 100
- Based on 18 critics
- The film received “generally favorable reviews”
- Two sequels, entitled Part Two: 1978 and Part Three: 1666
- The films are scheduled for release in subsequent weeks from Part One, on July 9 and 16
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