Produced by Guillermo del Toro, we’ve just learned today that CBS Films and Lionsgate will officially release Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark in theaters August 9, 2019.

In the André Øvredal-directed film adaptation of the spooky books…

The film follows a group of young teens who must solve the mystery surrounding sudden and macabre deaths in their small town.

Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows, Lorraine Toussaint, Austin Zajur and Natalie Ganzhorn star.

Daniel Hageman & Kevin Hageman and Guillermo del Toro wrote the script.