Ken Jeong, Wendy McLendon-Covey to star in 'Goosebumps 2'

Actors Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ken Jeong have been roped in for "Goosebumps 2".

The duo joins Madison Iseman, Ben O'Brien, Caleel Harris and Jeremy Ray Taylor in the project, Variety reported.

Director Rob Letterman, who helmed the first film, is expected to return for the sequel along with screenwriter Darren Lemke.

The project will be produced by Deborah Forte and Neal H Moritz.

Based on Scholastic's worldwide bestselling book series, with over 400 million copies in print, the first movie starred Jack Black as "Goosebumps" author R L Stine, along with actors Dylan Minnette, Ryan Lee and Odeya Rush.