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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.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has taken in for development Confessions (working title), a drama series starring and executive produced by The Vampire Diaries alum Paul Wesley, I have learned. Written and executive produced by TVD co-developer, executive  and showrunner Julie Plec and Bradley Paul (Better Call Saul), the project, which is in early stages, is based on Jason Smith’s non-fiction 2015 article The Confessions Of a Drug-Addicted High School Teacher.

EXCLUSIVE: Industry veteran Sandra Condito has joined Eva Longoria‘s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment as President of TV & Film. She succeeds Longoria’s long-time producing partner Ben Spector who has left the company.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: James Wolk is set to jon the cast of MGM’s adaptation of The Boys In The Boat. He joins an ensemble that already includes Callum Turner, Joel Edgerton, Jack Mulhern, Sam Strike, Luke Slattery, Thomas Elms, Tom Varey, Bruce Herbelin-Earle, Wil Coban and Hadley Robinson.

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

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJulie Plec and Amy Chozick’s “The Girls on the Bus” is on the move again, this time to HBO Max.The streamer has given the drama series a straight-to-series order. It was most recently set up at The CW for development, having moved to the broadcaster from Netflix. Netflix had originally given the show a series order back in 2019, but it was previously reported that they had dropped the show after the pandemic pushed back the start of production.“The Girls on the Bus” is inspired by a chapter in Chozick’s book “Chasing Hillary.” The show is described as a comedic character-driven drama that chronicles four female journalists who follow every move of a parade of flawed presidential candidates, while finding friendship, love, and scandal along the way.

Get ready to return to Woodsboro once again.

Scream 6 is a go!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Vampire Diaries” creators Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson are teaming up again on the supernatural drama series “Dead Day” at Peacock.Based on the AfterShock comic book series of the same name, “Dead Day” has been given a straight-to-series order at the NBCU streaming service. Plec and Williamson will serve as writers, executive producers, and co-showrunners on the series.“We have been looking for a project to do together and ‘Dead Day’ has all the ingredients we love as storytellers,” said Plec and Williamson.

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to a TV adaptation of Ryan Parrott’s comic book Dead Day.

MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD, TURN BACK NOW. We start talking about stuff from the jump. You’ve been warned.First off: the return of Billy Loomis. When this idea came in and how hard it was to get him back in the fold?Matt Bettinelli-Olpin: This, idea was in the script that we read.

“Scream” fandom, it doesn’t get much bigger than directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and producer Chad Villella, who are collectively known as Radio Silence. Talking to them, even for a few moments, it is very clear that there simply isn’t anyone else who could have brought this new “Scream” to life.The team, who last worked on the wonderful locked-door horror thriller “Ready or Not,” talked with TheWrap about what it was like working on their dream project, attempting to sway the legacy cast members to come on board the new film, and reproducing the special formula that made the initial films so special, only without director Wes Craven (who passed away in 2015) and screenwriter Kevin Williamson (who was an executive producer; the new script was handled by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick).

“When Wes (Craven) passed, I already said goodbye to it,” says original Scream franchise scribe Kevin Williamson today on Deadline’s Hero Nation podcast.

Paramount-Spyglass Media’s Scream made $3.5M from Thursday night previews that began at 7PM at roughly 3,000 theaters.

Ring. Ring.Twenty-six years after the original, “Scream” calls again. We're now up to the fifth film in the franchise, but the first since 2011's “Scream 4.” Enough time has passed that this one, titled simply “Scream,” bears no number, no caller ID.

“What’s your favourite scary movie?”

There’s a reason the fifth Scream movie is being called Scream!

What are you waiting for? It’s time to find out what the cast of I Know What You Did Last Summer has done since they burst onto screens in 1997, continuing the trend of teen slasher films started by Scream the year before.

Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette prepare to revisit their iconic characters in the horror franchise's upcoming fifth installment —  In honor of the release of the original in 4K Ultra HD and a newly remastered Blu-ray, the OG stars are looking back on the legacy of the 1996 film. «When came out it was just such a unique film,» Cox says in a featurette for the Blu-ray.

The reckless partying of teens during a summer’s eve leads to a horrendous car accident on a coastal road. A body is hidden and secrets are buried.

A whole new chapter. Kevin Williamson penned the original Scream screenplay nearly 25 years ago — and he couldn’t say no to being part of the new one, which is written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick.

The fans have spoken!

Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 2 of Outer Banks.

EXCLUSIVE: Miramax has greenlit an untitled penned feature thriller from Scream architect Kevin Williamson set during the pandemic which Blockers actress Gideon Adlon will star in.

“Scream” is officially ready to be scaring its way through theatres.

Scream 5 is officially titled Scream – which is also the title of the very first film in the franchise!

fifth film in the ongoing, popular slasher franchise will officially be called. The title was revealed by franchise creator and executive producer Kevin Williamson, who posted a lengthy note as the latest film wrapped production in North Carolina.