David Arquette is officially back for new Scream movie from Ready Or Not filmmakers
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Not long after the new Scream movie was announced, we spoke with David Arquette, who implied pretty heavily during our Random Roles interview that he was reprising his role from the first four films in the new installment. That return became official today, as Bloody-Disgusting confirms that Arquette is on board for the next film in the Scream franchise. Taken with Neve Campbell’s recent admission that she’s also in talks to return, the news of Arquette’s casting confirms that the fifth film is definitely a continuation of some kind.
Ready Or Not’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are directing the new Scream, with collaborator Chad Villella producing alongside franchise creator Kevin Williamson. The filmmaking trio, also known as Radio Silence, are also responsible for unforgettable segments in horror anthologies Southbound and V/H/S, as well as the (admittedly forgettable) 2014 found footage flick Devil’s Due. The fifth Scream film was co-written by James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) and Guy Busick (Ready Or Not). While the idea of revisiting the same ol’ Scream cast for yet another sequel feels a bit cumbersome at this point, if anyone can get us excited about Scream 5 (or whatever they do with the title), it’s the Radio Silence guys. Ready Or Not was a total blast—a subversive, self-aware, hilarious, and exceedingly bloody horror trip that showcased all the reasons why you would hire this trio to tackle (and revitalize) an iconic franchise.
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Eh. This kinda reminds me when the filmmakers behind You’re Next and The Guest did that Blair Witch reboot – it seems like a waste of some good genre filmmakers (really liked Ready or Not) to just go do a reboot of a spent franchise.Maybe it will be good?
Fede Alvarez’ Evil Dead was an actual reboot, which didn’t depend on any continuity with the Raimi films. It was also good. Adam Wingard’s Blair Witch is a sequel, and not as good. The Spierig brothers’ “Jigsaw” is a Saw sequel, while Maury & Bustillo’s “Leatherface” is a Texas Chainsaw prequel. I haven’t seen either of those, but I’ve heard they’re not good. I think that Pesce’s recent “Grudge” is implied to take place in the same continuity as the prior American films, but I’m not sure. On the other hand, I think the Soska’s “Rabid” discards any existing continuity, as has every Black Christmas since the first (making them remakes rather than reboots), and those weren’t received well either. And I didn’t like the recent Suspiria nearly as much as the original (which had sequels, thus making the remake a reboot), but lots of other people did.
There were no ‘official’ sequels to Suspiria, although Inferno and Mother Of Tears loosely continued the story with different casts in different cities and with entirely different plots, and in the case of the last one, after a gap of 27 years. Actually I prefer to just forget Mother Of Tears, like people like to forget Indy And The Crystal Skull. Deep Red was released in Japan as Suspiria Part 2 though, just to add to the confusion.
Mother of Tears is genuinely one of the worst films I’ve ever seen, and I adore the first two in that trilogy
Absolutely, just crushingly bad. And yet somehow The Card Player is even worse.
I’ve never seen that – actually the trilogy and Phenomena are the only Argento I’ve seen. I was just really getting into him and thinking of doing a deep dive on his work when I saw Mother of Tears which put me off for life, lmao
Oh, take the plunge, everything from The Bird With The Crystal Plumage through amazing pics like Deep Red and Tenebre all the way up to Opera, which I didn’t particularly like but I know many others do. Then go for Sleepless, mostly for a great performance from Max Von Sydow and a terrific soundtrack by Claudio Simonetti. Lamberto Bava’s two Demons pics, which Argento produced, are also worth a look, but some US versions of the first Demons are heavily cut, including taking out the nihilistic ending. Two other Argento productions, The Church and The Sect, directed by Michele Soavi, are very inconsistent, with the first being by far the better. Essentially anything between Crystal Plumage and Opera, with the addition of Sleepless, the rest is, shall we say not essential.
What makes a sequel ‘official’ or not?Dawn of the Dead was released as “Zombi” in Italy, resulting in Lucio Fulci’s film “Zombi 2″ being titled as if it were a sequel, even though they’re really incompatible.
Good point. If anything, their originality gets hamstrung trying to fit into the box of expectations from these franchises.
I fucking love the Scream movies and I hope all 3 main actors come back (plus Hayden Panettiere as Kirby!). And I know in my heart one of the big 3 should die at this point but I’ll be sad so I’m fine with them eluding death again. If one of them HAS to go, I’ll sacrifice Dewey (sorry).
I didn’t think 3 was great, but 4 really picked it back up. I’m sure I’ll watch this one too. I hope Williamson has a heavy hand in the story, as his absence seemed to be missed in 3.
If they don’t call it 5cream, the franchise has lost all self-awareness.
It’s going to be 5cream, isn’t it.
In this version, the twist is that everyone is a Ghostface killer.