The first three episodes of School Spirits just dropped on Paramount+, and they're filled with enough mystery to propel the series for years to come. The teen drama with a supernatural twist follows Maddie Nears as she lives out every teenager's worst nightmare. Destined to roam the halls of her high school as a ghost, Maddie takes it upon herself to discover the truth behind her murder, regardless of the consequences.
Nate Trinrud: For Megan and I, an unfortunate family event happened about 10 years ago. Our father, who struggled off and on with alcoholism throughout our whole lives, got very ill. Megan and I had just finished college, we were out living in big cities, and very quickly, our lives turned upside down. We ended up having to move back to small town, Illinois, and move back into our parents' house where we had to figure out what was next.
When you're creating a new show, there are so many different things you can do with your protagonist. What was most important to you when you were shaping Maddie's character? Especially because this has personal meaning to you. Oliver Goldstick: Certainly unexpected twists, I hope. The thing about those two shows—a decade separates them. This generation of young people has been through something else called the pandemic. I have two teenagers who came out of their bedrooms after lockdown of a year and a half, went back to school wearing masks, and didn't know how to navigate the new world. You couldn't read people anymore, you couldn't read their faces, you didn't know who you could trust.