Scream 4

[Derek]

Didn't Scream 3 explain why the mother was killed?

[Reel]

Well Billy said in the first one it was because she was fucking his Dad and made his Mom leave so that would cancel out my point,except before that he's talking about how its better if you don't know the motive so he would just come up with something like that. What did Scream 3 say?

[Derek]

Spoilers.


I haven't seen it since the theater, but I think the killer in the 3rd one is Neve's brother and he hired the killers in the first movie. My memory could be hazy though.

[socketlevel]

the killers in the 2nd and 3rd were the weakest parts of the sequels, honestly it should have been sydney in the 3rd installment.

[MacGuffin]

"Scream 4" brings on more fresh blood

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Adam Brody, Marley Shelton and Erik Knudsen have joined the cast of "Scream 4," which began shooting this week in Michigan.

The film reunites director Wes Craven with Kevin Williamson, who kicked off a horror movie revival with his "Scream" script in 1996.

Original cast members Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox are also returning, though the plan is to pass the baton to a new generation of slasher victims, namely Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin and Nico Tortorella.

Brody will play a cop recently graduated from college who was raised on the "CSI" TV series.

Shelton will play a deputy who knew Campbell's character in high school. Lake Bell had been in negotiations for the role.

Knudsen will have a role similar to the one played by Jamie Kennedy in the first two installments, a character who is familiar with horror movie conventions and a provider of comic relief.

To preserve the identity of the killer, Craven and Williamson are operating under several layers of secrecy, including not sending the script to agencies. At a table read last week, the actors were told to stop reading at page 75 to prevent even those already cast in the film from knowing the climax.

Brody recently wrapped ensemble indie drama "The Oranges," which also stars Hugh Laurie and Leighton Meester. He stars with Katie Holmes, Anna Paquin and Elijah Wood in "The Romantics," a romantic comedy slated to open this fall.

Shelton was most recently seen in director Sebastian Gutierrez's ensemble comedy "Women in Trouble." Other credits include "Planet Terror" and "Sin City."

Toronto-born Knudsen appears in the August release "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," Edgar Wright's adaptation of the Bryan Lee O'Malley graphic novel series, as well as "Beastly," a CBS Films fantasy romance.

[©brad]

I'm allowing myself to be mildly excited about this.

[©brad]

Errr, nevermind...

What The Hell is Happening to Scream 4?

Because Fourth of July weekend wouldn't be complete without some fireworks, here comes the implosion that is Scream 4. Earlier today, Zap2it reported that Kevin Williamson had been taken off the horror sequel and replaced with Ehren Kruger, much to the consternation of the cast — and likely Williamson himself, since he wasn't a big fan of Kruger's Scream 3 script. And now, it looks like their source for this scoop has been unearthed: Could it be Kevin Williamson himself?

On June 29th, the embattled screenwriter tweeted the following: "So nice to sushi with you @cadlymack and get to know you." Harmless, until you realize that @cadlymack is Carina MacKenize, a writer for Zap2it and the author of the Scream 4 piece that was posted today (which quoted anonymous sources close to the production).

And then there's Wes Craven. In response to the posted Zap2it article, Craven took to his own Twitter page — Randy would be very proud of how post-millennial this all is — and wrote the missive you see above. He even went so far as to hashtag the thing, as if to remind all Scream 4 fans searching Twitter just how terribly things on set are going.

So, to recap: Williamson is squawking about his treatment on the film (and his apparent firing), Craven is distancing himself from the script, and the actors are complaining about how their parts of have been changed for the worse. Looks like Harvey Weinstein has Scream 4 right where he wants it.

[socketlevel]

you know what, this isn't bad news. the third film was the best written script of the series. any complaints would be directed at the treatment/story which was williamson anyway.

it's great cuz P and i were talking about this 2 pages ago, and it looks like it's happening.

[tpfkabi]

is rachel mcadams new news or an imdb hoax? she's not listed on that 7/1 report, and she's a big name that would be.

alison brie is also in it now apparently.

[polkablues]

It seems like they just sent to every actor in Hollywood under 35 a mass text that said "CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE IN SCREAM 4".

[MacGuffin]

Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell in 'Scream 4'; script now at 140 pages
Source: THR

Hot news out of the horror world today: "True Blood" star Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell will make cameos in "Scream 4," now shooting in Michigan.

The Wes Craven has a top secret script but those in the know say the cameos are in similar nature to that of Drew Barrymore's in the original "Scream." The 1996 movie opened with an electrifying sequence of Barrymore forced to play a phone game with the killer. Jada Pinkett Smith and Omar Epps made cameos in "Scream 2."

I learned about the cameos a little while back but as asked to hold the reveal. I complied because I like being surprised when I go the movies. And that can be tough to do when you write about movies and plot details and character descriptions. I remember the first time I saw "Scream" and was like, "Hey, that's Drew Barrymore." Then I was like, "Holy smokes, they killed Drew Barrymore!" Apart from being well done, the opening was shocking because seeing a relatively big name get killed so early was not the norm and evoked Hitchcock's "Psycho." So I wanted to give people a chance to be surprised at "Scream 4."

Alas, that is not the case, as USA Today broke the news.

Anyway, here's more interesting news:

The script, according to insiders, is 140 pages long.  The general rule of thumb is that one page equals one minute of screen time; 120 pages of already long by horror movie standards so expect some serious cutting (no pun intended) in the editing room.

Also, the movie was originally scheduled to have a 42-day shoot, with the last day occurring on Labor Day Weekend. Now, the actors have having their stays extended to the new wrap date, September 24.

[MacGuffin]

Trailer here.

[Reel]

I can't wait

[socketlevel]

This looks so bad.

[RegularKarate]

This looks so bad.

This looks like a Scream movie.
Do you just not like Scream?

I'm excited.