For showrunner duties, Deadline reports that Paramount+ has tapped Oliver Goldstick, the producer and screenwriter behind the likes of "Bridgerton" and "Pretty Little Liars." He's an executive producer on "School Spirits," as is Max Winkler, who helms the first episode. The pilot was written by Nate and Megan Trinrud, co-creators of the source material. They're also taking up executive producer roles on the series. The presence of the Trinruds should help keep the tones of both works in line with each other.
Director Max Winkler has a good pedigree, having worked on a number of projects from Ryan Murphy. These include the most recent seasons of "American Horror Story" and its spin-off series "American Horror Stories." For the newer show, Winkler took the reins on Season 1's "The Naughty List," an episode about a bunch of influencers who get themselves in trouble, and Season 2's "Aura," the story of a woman who sees ghosts through her doorbell camera.
"School Spirits" will be produced by Awesomeness Live-Action Studio, which appears to be a division of AwesomenessTV. The studio was founded in 2012 by Brain Robbins (who was hired by Paramount in 2017) and television multi-hyphenate Joe Davola. Shauna Phelan and Zack Olin — executive vice presidents at Nickelodeon and Awesomeness — will be a supervising force on the production team.
