Spyglass Media Group, LLC (“Spyglass”) and Paramount Pictures announced today they have given the green light to move forward with the next installment of SCREAM, the relaunched horror franchise whose positive reviews from critics and fans alike propelled it to the #1 spot in its box office debut on January 14, 2022. Returning are Radio Silence (Ready or Not, V/H/S) with Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett at the helm, and James Vanderbilt (Murder Mystery, Zodiac) & Guy Busick (Ready or Not, Castle Rock) co-writing the screenplay. Project X Entertainment's Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein and William Sherak are serving as producers (Ambulance, Bed Rest). Creator Kevin Williamson, and the third member of Radio Silence, Chad Villella, are executive producing alongside Spyglass’ Gary Barber and Peter Oillataguerre.
Principal photography is slated to begin this Summer. Keeping with SCREAM tradition, plot details are under wraps. Spyglass and Paramount Pictures jointly said, “We are tremendously grateful to the fans around the world who enthusiastically received our film. We can’t wait for audiences to see what Radio Silence, writers Jamie & Guy and Project X have in store for our Woodsboro family.”
Radio Silence said, "Working with such a wonderful and talented family of creators – and in the lineage Wes and Kevin so expertly built – has been the thrill of a lifetime and we’re so excited to bring the next chapter in the SCREAM saga to life."
Vanderbilt and Busick said, “Is this real life? Getting to collaborate once again with our friends on the next installment of the SCREAM story is more than we could have hoped for. We are overwhelmed that we get to continue to play in the sandbox that Kevin and Wes created. It is, as Ghostface would say, an honor."
“We have become a big family and are eager to continue telling stories in the wonderful SCREAM universe,” said the Project X Entertainment partners.
SCREAM earned a “Certified Fresh” score from Rotten Tomatoes and recently surpassed the $100 million global box office milestone. Directed by Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett and written by Vanderbilt & Busick from characters created by Kevin Williamson, the horror film’s cast included: Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Marley Shelton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sonia Ammar with Courteney Cox, David Arquette and Neve Campbell. Williamson, Villella, Barber, Oillataguerre, Ron Lynch, Cathy Konrad and Marianne Maddalena served as executive producers.
SCREAM is a long-running, genre-busting horror franchise which generated four feature films including Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3, (2000) and Scream 4 (2011), directed by famed "maestro of horror," the late Wes Craven. SCREAM 1-4 went on to gross more than $600 million in worldwide box office receipts. Williamson wrote the original film, as well as Scream 2 and Scream 4.
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