The next installment in the Scream franchise will be here sooner than you think. Co-directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The two have worked together on previous projects like Ready or Not, as well as the most recent Scream movie. The new movie, Scream VI, is written by James Vanderbilt and Gary Busick and based on characters by Kevin Williamson. The writers also collaborated with Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett on Ready or Not and the previous Scream film, with Vanderbilt making a cameo appearance as the demon Mr. LeBail in Ready or Not.
Produced by William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein, who were credited as producers on the previous Scream, the new film has been acquired by production companies Spyglass Media Group, Project X Entertainment and Radio Silence Productions.
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Writers: James Vanderbilt, Guy Busick, Kevin Williamson
Stars: Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Courteney Cox
This article will tell you everything you need to know about the latest Scream movie and what it will bring to the table. Scream VI just dropped the teaser trailer on December 14.
The original 1996 Scream was one of the first horror films to provide a "meta-experience" in which the main characters were introduced to common horror film tropes and clichés. This allowed for comic relief at times, but also allowed the characters to make smarter decisions as they tried to figure out and stop whoever Ghostface's killer was.
Without giving away any serious spoilers for the 2022 version of Scream, which is the fifth installment in the franchise, the characters use their knowledge of horror movie tropes once again.
They soon realize that the new assassin is making a "requel" or "legacy sequel" to the fictional Stab films from previous installments, targeting characters that are related in some way to the characters in the original. In the words of Mindy Meeks-Martin (Jasmin Savoy Brown), it's basically "new characters backed up by legacy characters."
Scream VI will pick up right where Scream (2022) left off, with surviving Carpenter sisters Sam and Tara, and twins Mindy and Chad Meeks-Martin moving to New York City to escape Woodboro and its twisted past. They plan to start over in a new town, but quickly get sucked into another meta-slasher-whodunnit scenario when a new Ghostface starts killing the people around him. Similar to other recent "whodunnit" movies like Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, less detail surrounding the plot makes for a better viewing experience! The only solid clues we have to go from are the cast members. Between "legacy" characters and new faces, who will reveal himself as the new assassin?