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grossed $3.5 million at the Thursday box office in January 2022. It went on to make $81.6 million in the U.S. and $137.7 million worldwide against a $25 million budget.

The Paramount/Spyglass Media release of Scream VI is off to a loud start with $5.7M in Thursday previews from its 5PM fan event and and 5:30PM previews at 3,125 theaters. It’s expected that the sixthquel is headed to a franchise record domestic start of $35M-$40M this weekend. Worldwide, the current Scream from Radio Silence is expected to also notch a global record debut of $50M+ from 50 territories.

EXCLUSIVE: With their action-romcom Ghosted bowing next month, Skydance and director Dexter Fletcher already have found their next project as the studio has closed a deal with Dexter Fletcher to direct the upcoming feature project Fountain of Youth written by James Vanderbilt.

an engaging slasher movie amusement park ride – but just like any amusement park ride, it’s notas exhilarating the sixth time around, it probably won’t impress you with its subtext, and you canusually see the ending coming around the bend.It’s been several years since the events of “Scream” — which, in classic slasher movie sequel fashion, means it technically takes place in the future — and the survivors of the previous film are now living in New York City where most of them attend college. Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera) is trying to process her trauma through therapy, her little sister Tara (Jenna Ortega) is trying to party her cares away, and their friends Mindy (Jasmin Savoy-Brown) and Chad (Mason Gooding) are coping just fine by focusing on their own lives and crushes.“Scream VI” begins, as all “Scream” movies must, with an inventive new murder in the prologue, and kudos to screenwriters James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick for coming up with a doozy this time.

In “Scream VI,” the psychotic, knife-wielding serial killer known as Ghostface is set loose on the streets of New York City. Yawn.

When “Scream” landed in theaters in January 2022, a month that works well for horror but is also often considered a dumping ground for so-so content, the reboot/sequel was greeted with one of the biggest cinematic sighs of relief in recent years. Not only did it not suck, but for the vast majority of people, the fifth entry exceeded expectations and revitalized the film series. The gamble absolutely paid off.

Ghostface has moved out of Woodsboro and traveled cross country to terrorize New York City in Scream VI. The beloved horror franchise has been scaring audiences since 1996 and the directors of the latest installment are hopeful Scream VII and more films will come.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter If you saw a knife-wielding masked murderer lurking around your town, fear not… it’s all part of the marketing campaign to promote the upcoming “Scream VI,” sources close to the the film confirmed to Variety. In the weeks leading up to its release on March 10, the franchise’s notorious slasher Ghostface has been spotted in various U.S. cities, including Sonoma (the stand-in for the franchise’s fictional town of Woodsboro), New Orleans and St. Louis. Given the state of the world, and those demonic clown sightings in 2016, it’s hardly surprising that the seemingly random presence of a costumed killer has reportedly prompted 911 calls from disturbed bystanders.

is back. And the latest sequel in the meta slasher franchise promises to be the scariest and most brutal yet, especially now that the story is set in New York City and there's a whole new group of people to deal with in addition to the «core four.» Ahead of its increasingly anticipated release in theaters, the cast and crew of are opening up about the move across the country, Hayden Panettiere's return as Kirby Reed and what makes Ghostface more frightening than ever.    «They just keep elevating it… They amped it up in every way,» Courteney Cox says of directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who returned to helm their second installment after the success of.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount and Spyglass Media’s Scream VI hit tracking today with what looks to be a franchise opening record of $37M stateside. The previous highest opening for a Scream movie was Scream 3 back in 2000 which debuted to $34.7M stateside.

Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston are back for another raucous, deadly adventure in “Murder Mystery 2.”Netflix dropped the first trailer to the anticipated sequel on Monday, showcasing a new murder mystery after Sandler’s Nick and Aniston’s Audrey are invited to a private island for a wedding – with fatal results.“We’re not gonna be invited anywhere ever again,” Aniston quips in the trailer. Per an official synopsis from Netflix, the film takes four years after the action of “Murder Mystery.”“Nick and Audrey Spitz (Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston) are now full-time detectives struggling to get their private eye agency off the ground when they’re invited to celebrate the wedding of their friend the Maharaja (Adeel Akhtar) on his private island,” the release reads.

Paramount Pictures has unleashed a teaser trailer for the sixth installment of the Scream franchise, and in Scream VI it seems Ghostface has moved East and is stalking New York City.

New York City: center of the universe — and so bustling that no one can hear you scream. The first teaser trailer for “Scream VI” dropped Wednesday, and it shows our heroes from the last installment turning a new page and leaving Woodsboro behind for the Big Apple.

Tubi has picked up exclusive U.S. streaming rights to the supernatural thriller Bed Rest from STXfilms and Project X Entertainment. The film starring Melissa Barrera (In the Heights, Scream) will debut on the platform on December 7.

previously announced, the directing team known as Radio Silence, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, will also return, as will co-screenwriters James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick as they tackle the next chapter for the terrifying Ghostface killer.Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures’ will release the currently untitled “Scream 6” in theaters on March 31, 2023.Project X Entertainment’s Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein and William Sherak are serving as producers (“Scream,” “Ambulance”). Creator Kevin Williamson and the third member of Radio Silence, Chad Villella, are executive producing alongside Spyglass’ Gary Barber and Peter Oillataguerre, Ron Lynch, Cathy Konrad and Marianne Maddalena.In the fifth film, which released this January and earned $140 million at the worldwide box office, Barrera and Ortega played sisters who naturally had a tie to the murders as told in the original “Scream” from 1996 as directed by Wes Craven, and Savoy Brown, with her sibling played by Gooding, were standouts of the new film for playing the film literate, fourth wall-breaking character who introduces the terms “re-quel” and “lega-sequel” to explain how rebooted franchises always cast fresh faced young actors alongside the stars of the original from decades earlier.Sure enough, “Scream” additionally starred Courteney Cox, David Arquette and Neve Campbell alongside newcomers Kyle Gallner, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Jack Quaid, Marley Shelton and Sonia Ammar.“Scream” (2022) is currently available on Digital, Blu-ray and is streaming on Paramount+.Weaving is repped by CAA, 111 Media and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorKate Mara will topline “Necropolis,” a scripted supernatural thriller podcast series from sci-fi and fantasy podcast studio Echoverse.Mara (“A Teacher,” “The Martian,” “House of Cards”) also will executive produce the audio drama, alongside Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, Paul Neinstein and Nicole Tossou. “Necropolis” is adapted by Brian Miller (“Apollo 18”) from his short story of the same name.“Necropolis” follows Sarah Bishop (Mara) who, after a dishonorable discharge from the Army, moves with her two kids to a small California town to work as the deputy sheriff.

Scream star Neve Campbell has confirmed she will not be returning for the forthcoming sequel.The actor, who plays Sidney Prescott in the horror franchise, has revealed she turned down the offer she was given for Scream 6.“Sadly I won’t be making the next Scream film,” she began in a statement to Variety.“As a woman I have had to work extremely hard in my career to establish my value, especially when it comes to Scream. I felt the offer that was presented to me did not equate to the value I have brought to the franchise.She added: “It’s been a very difficult decision to move on.

Zack Sharf The most recent “Scream” was a gory bloodbath, but that’s nothing compared to what’s coming in the franchise’s future. Cast member Jenna Ortega told Entertainment Tonight that the next installment in the long-running horror franchise will be the most aggressive and violent yet.

Scream franchise.The actor, who starred in 2011’s Scream 4 as Kirby Reed, has been cast in the forthcoming sixth film, due to begin filming this summer.Panettiere’s character has been described as a “best friend” type, per The Hollywood Reporter, who “rises to hero status by the end”.The new role will mark the actor’s first return to film and TV acting since starring in the musical drama Nashville from 2012 to 2018.Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding and Jenna Ortega have all been confirmed to reprise their roles in the new Scream film as well, according to Bloody Disgusting.The franchise newcomers, who all made their debut in this year’s January reboot, played Sam, Mindy, Chad and Tara respectively. There’s no word on whether veterans David Arquette, Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox will return yet.“The Scream saga continues with the four survivors of the Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter,” a description for the new film reads.

Hayden Panettiere will reprise her Scream 4 role of Kirby Reed for the next installment in the franchise from Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures. She’s set to star alongside Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding and Jenna Ortega, who toplined the recent reboot of the franchise from directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (aka Radio Silence).

Angelique Jackson Fans who’ve been clamoring to see Hayden Panettiere return to the “Scream” franchise have gotten their wish.Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures announced Wednesday that Panettiere will appear in the upcoming sixth movie, reprising her role from 2011’s “Scream 4,” where she played Kirby Reed, a Woodsboro High School student and horror fanatic, who ultimately survived that movie’s Ghostface killer.News of the fan-favorite character’s return comes after Spyglass and Paramount confirmed that four survivors from last year’s “Scream” would also return for the new movie. Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera star as sisters Tara and Sam Carpenter, respectively.

Scream 6.Production is set to begin on the new film this summer, seeing several actors who starred in this year’s reboot returning once again.Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding and Jenna Ortega have all been confirmed to reprise their roles, according to Bloody Disgusting.The franchise newcomers played Sam, Mindy, Chad and Tara respectively. There’s no word on whether veterans David Arquette, Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox will return yet.“The Scream saga continues with the four survivors of the Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter,” a description for the new film reads.Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett – who directed the previous film – will be directing the new film, from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick.Campbell had said she had reservations about making a new film in the franchise after the death of Wes Craven.“I definitely had a period where I was thinking it would just be too odd to do a movie without Wes, and I wasn’t certain that I would want to do that,” Campbell told The Hollywood Reporter.“But, I think enough time has passed.

previously announced, the directing team known as Radio Silence, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, will also return, as will co-screenwriters James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick as they tackle the next chapter for the terrifying Ghostface killer. Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures’ will release the currently untitled “Scream 6” in theaters on March 31, 2023.

Angelique Jackson The four survivors of the latest string of Ghostface killings are set to return for the sixth installment of the “Scream” franchise.Melissa Barrera (Sam), Jasmin Savoy Brown (Mindy), Mason Gooding (Chad) and Jenna Ortega (Tara) will reprise their roles from 2022’s “Scream” for the next movie in the Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures franchise, which follows the quartet as they leave Woodsboro behind and attempt to start a fresh chapter. Principal photography is slated to begin in early summer, with the sixth movie set for theatrical release on March 31, 2023.Ortega and Barrera star in the franchise as sisters Tara and Sam Carpenter, respectively.

Deadline already told you that a Scream sequel is happening with directors Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett) returning and James Vanderbilt & Guy Busick co-writing the screenplay.

Andrew Wallenstein President and Chief Media AnalystIn the pandemic-impacted movie marketplace, it might seem like the only films that succeed in theaters these days are blockbuster titles featuring superheroes. But that’s not the case, according to William Sherak, one of the principals at Project X Entertainment.The company already proved the staying power of mid-budget movies with the success of Paramount Pictures’ “Scream,”  the horror franchise that returned to form at the box office in January.

Scream series has been confirmed.The film will once again be directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and writers James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick will also return.The fifth chapter in the long-running franchise arrived earlier this year and saw the original films’ core cast reprise their roles, with Courney Cox, Neve Campbell and David Arquette all returning to face off against the notorious masked serial killer Ghostface.An official synopsis of that film read: “Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.”The sixth Scream film will arrive in cinemas on March 31, 2023. Watch the trailer for this year’s film – simply titled Scream – below.Courtney Cox also recently confirmed that she would once again return to the sixth Scream outing as reporter Gale Weathers.Speaking on the Just for Variety with Marc Malkin podcast, Cox said: “I got the script yesterday.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaGhostface will strike again.The Woodsboro Killer will return in another, as yet untitled, entry in the “Scream” franchise on March 31, 2023. It appears to have that date to itself, but it will have to contend with the second weekend of “John Wick: Chapter 4.” Paramount and Spyglass Media produced the film and the most recent sequel, which served as a reboot of sorts.

Paramount has dated Spyglass Media’s Scream sequel for March 31, 2023 and its untitled Bob Marley movie starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the reggae legend for Jan. 12, 2024.

Courteney Cox is already getting pumped up for the next installment in the franchise!The actress recently revealed, during an appearance on the podcast , that she will be reprising her role as Gale Weathers in the next film in the long-running horror series.«I got the script yesterday,» Cox said on the episode. «I haven't read it yet, I just got it. I'm excited to read it.»The actress added that production could be starting in the next few months, telling Malkin, «I know they're going to start filming… I think, in June, in Canada.»«I don't know if I'm supposed to say anything!» she added with a laugh, before quipping, «Let me tell you the killer!»Spyglass Media and Paramount Pictures announced in February that they had given the green light to move forward with the next installment of the horror franchise.

Neve Campbell has been asked to star in “Scream 6”.

Scream film has been given the green light following the success of the fifth entry in the slasher movie franchise.It comes after the new chapter, which saw the original films’ core cast reprise their roles, with Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette all returning to face off against the notorious masked serial killer Ghostface, pulled in $106.7million (£78.4million) globally following its release last month.Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett will return to direct, with James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick penning the script. Production is set to begin this summer.“We are tremendously grateful to the fans around the world who enthusiastically received our film.

Get ready to return to Woodsboro once again.

A sequel to the latest reboot of “Scream” has officially been greenlit by Paramount and Spyglass. The directors of the fifth “Scream” film, the team Radio Silence, or Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, will be back to direct, as will writers James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick to write the script. Thus far their film has grossed over $100 million at the box office on a budget of around $20 million.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterThe residents of Woodsboro may never catch a break.Another “Scream” sequel, from Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media, is in the works on the heels of the recent box office success of “Scream.” (No word on what the title, the sixth “Scream” installment, will be called.)Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are returning to direct the next “Scream” story and James Vanderbilt (“Murder Mystery,” “Zodiac”) and Guy Busick (“Ready or Not,” “Castle Rock”) will co-write the screenplay.Principal photography is slated to begin this Summer. In keeping with “Scream” tradition, plot details are under wraps.“We are tremendously grateful to the fans around the world who enthusiastically received our film.