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Gillian Jacobs joins Atlanta-filmed adaption of R.L. Stine’s ‘Fear Street’

Quick facts about Gillian Jacobs
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April 17, 2019

Gillian Jacobs is the newest cast member of “Fear Street,” Fox’s adaptation of R.L. Stine’s teen horror books.

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The trilogy, directed by Leigh Jeniak, is currently filming in Atlanta, and also stars  Kiana Madeira, Sadie Sink, Olivia Welch and Fred Hechinger Jr.

The flicks, set in 1994, 1978 and 1966, will follow a group of teenagers who realize the deadly events occurring in their town have been happening for years and are all connected.

Jacob, who will make an appearance in multiple films, will play the survivor of a massacre that took place at a summer camp in 1978.

No word yet on when the movies will be released.

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