David Schwimmer plays Anthony Brewer in Goosebumps: The Vanishing, an eight-episode anthology season whose mystery links a Brooklyn family to four teenagers who disappeared in 1994. The official trailer introduces that story and its horror-comedy tone. The season premiered January 10, 2025, on Disney+ and Hulu.
What the official trailer shows
The trailer sets up a summer in Gravesend, Brooklyn, where twins Cece and Devin stay with their divorced father, Anthony. The family’s circumstances intersect with a mystery surrounding four teenagers who vanished decades earlier. The trailer presents the season as a mix of family drama, supernatural danger and horror rather than a straightforward retelling of one Goosebumps book.
Schwimmer described his interest in the project as a chance to try a genre blend he had not previously taken on: “I was just excited as an actor to try my hand at this, this action-comedy-horror-drama genre, which I’ve never been able to do before.” He made the comment in a Disney interview published on January 10, 2025. He also said he aimed to ground Anthony in real emotion and drama, and described the horror as not gratuitously gory; those are the actor’s descriptions of the show’s approach, not an independent review.
Who David Schwimmer plays
Schwimmer plays Anthony Brewer, a father balancing the demands of raising teenage twins and caring for an aging parent. D23’s promotional character guide describes Anthony as a former world-class botanist who became absorbed in science after his teenage brother disappeared. That background links his family story to the season’s wider interest in disappearances, though the guide is character material rather than a separate account of what happens in the episodes.
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The announced ensemble also includes Ana Ortiz, Jayden Bartels, Sam McCarthy, Elijah M. Cooper, Galilea La Salvia, Francesca Noel and Stony Blyden. In D23’s descriptions, Cece is dependable and focused on debate, while Devin is smart and less inclined to conform. The guide identifies Detective Jen Diaz as Alex’s mother and says Trey challenges Devin to enter the abandoned military site associated with the earlier disappearances.
Which Goosebumps books inform the season?
Disney identifies six books as inspirations: Stay Out of the Basement, The Haunted Car, Monster Blood, The Girl Who Cried Monster, The Ghost Next Door and Welcome to Camp Nightmare. Episode titles also include Stay Out of the Basement, The Haunted Car, Monster Blood and Welcome to Camp Nightmare.
That connection is best understood as a set of book inspirations, not a one-book adaptation. The season combines familiar story titles with its own Brooklyn setting, ensemble and central mystery. Official materials do not provide detailed book-by-book comparisons, so the titles alone do not establish how closely any episode follows its namesake.
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Goosebumps: The Vanishing premiered on January 10, 2025, with eight episodes. Disney+ classifies it as anthology and horror and lists a TV-14 rating. Its listing warns that some flashing-light sequences or patterns may affect photosensitive viewers. Availability varies by region, so check the local Disney+ or Hulu catalog; Sony’s series page also identifies both services as streaming destinations.
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Sony lists an original-series soundtrack for streaming and download. That listing does not establish a physical soundtrack release.
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