Scream

American slasher film

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March 2025 David Arquette announced his return to reprise his role as Dewey Riley in Scream 7.
January 7 2025 Filming for Scream 7 officially began.
2024 Stu's photo appears on the investigation board in Scream VI, with his red robe and the TV used to kill him featured in the Ghostface shrine.
December 2024 Courteney Cox confirmed her return to the film.
December 2024 Additional cast members Anna Camp, Celeste O'Connor, Asa Germann, Mckenna Grace, Sam Rechner, Mason Gooding, and Jasmin Savoy Brown were announced for Scream 7.
November 2024 Isabel May was reported to portray Sidney Prescott's daughter in the film.
October 2024 Paramount announced Scream 7 would be released on February 27, 2026.
March 2024 Neve Campbell announced her return as Sidney Prescott for Scream 7, with Kevin Williamson announced as the film's director.
2023 Ghostface (voiced by Jackson) became a playable character in the fighting game Mortal Kombat 1.
December 23 2023 Christopher Landon announced he was no longer associated with the Scream 7 sequel.
November 21 2023 Production plans for Scream 7 were pushed back after Melissa Barrera was fired from the film.
August 2023 Christopher Landon was announced as the director for Scream 7, though he would later leave the project in December.
March 10 2023 Scream VI released, continuing the franchise's modern storyline.
March 10 2023 Release of Scream 6, developed by the same directors and screenwriters as the fifth film.
2022 Lillard makes vocal cameos in Scream (2022) as the voice of Ghostface and appears as a background partygoer participating in the 'To Wes!' toast.
2022 Williamson reflected on the queer undertones in Scream, stating he was hesitant to explicitly present the gay aspects of the characters and that any queerness was 'coded and maybe accidental'.
2022 Varèse Sarabande released the film's score in a limited-edition six-disc box CD set and digitally, along with a four-LP record set with a jacket that turns into a Ghostface mask.
2022 Fifth Scream film released, serving as a legacy sequel that reunites original cast members with a new ensemble of characters.
June 6 2022 Neve Campbell announced she would not return as Sidney Prescott for the sixth film, citing unresolved contract and salary negotiations with Paramount.
June 3 2022 Dermot Mulroney joined the cast of the sixth Scream film.
May 11 2022 Hayden Panettiere confirmed to reprise her role as Kirby Reed from the fourth film.
May 10 2022 Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, and Jenna Ortega announced to return for the sixth Scream film.
March 2022 Film scheduled for release on March 10, 2023, with Courteney Cox confirmed to reprise her role as Gale Weathers.
February 3 2022 Sixth installment of the Scream franchise was officially greenlit, with the same creative team returning and production planned to begin in mid-2022 in Montreal, Canada.
January 14 2022 Scream is released by Paramount Pictures, marking the fifth installment in the franchise.
January 14 2022 Reboot of Scream released, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, marking a new era for the franchise.
January 14 2022 Release of Scream 5, the first film in the series not directed by Wes Craven, with Kevin Williamson returning as an executive producer.
2021 Jamie Kennedy noted he was still being approached by fans about his iconic horror rules monologue from the film.
2021 Kevin Williamson revealed in an interview that he subconsciously coded Scream movies with gay survival themes, drawing parallels between Sidney's survival tactics and his own experiences as a gay man.
2021 For the film's 25th anniversary, Scream was remastered and released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in a steelbook case, including a new documentary 'A Bloody Legacy: Scream 25 Years Later' featuring new interviews with cast and crew.
November 2020 Kevin Williamson confirms the film's official title will be simply 'Scream'.
September 22 2020 Filming for the fifth Scream movie begins.
July 31 2020 Courteney Cox confirms her return to the Scream franchise for the fifth installment.
March 2020 Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are announced as directors for the fifth Scream installment, with Kevin Williamson serving as executive producer.
March 2020 David Arquette is confirmed to reprise his role as Dewey Riley in the fifth Scream film.
November 2019 Spyglass Media Group acquires the rights to make a new Scream film.
July 8 2019 Third and final season of Scream, subtitled 'Resurrection', premiered on VH1.
2017 Director Jordan Peele credited Scream as a direct inspiration for his influential horror film Get Out.
October 10 2017 Keke Palmer confirmed Roger L. Jackson would return as the voice of Ghostface for the third season.
September 18 2017 Announcement that the original Ghostface mask from the film series would appear in the third season.
July 19 2017 The Hollywood Reporter announced potential transition of the series into an anthology format after the third season.
April 26 2017 MTV announced a reboot of the series for the third season with a new cast and setting, with Brett Matthews as the main showrunner.
October 14 2016 MTV renewed the Scream television series for a six-episode third season.
May 30 2016 Second season of Scream TV series premiered.
2015 Premiere of the MTV anthology television series Scream, which followed new characters and was not canon to the film series.
August 30 2015 Wes Craven died of brain cancer, with the first-season finale including a tribute to him during the opening credits.
June 2015 Bob Weinstein initially denies the possibility of a fifth film, suggesting the MTV television series as the franchise's future path.
April 12 2015 First trailer for the Scream TV series aired during the MTV Movie Awards, revealing the premiere date of June 30, 2015.
April 2 2014 Jill Blotevogel selected to write the show, focusing on a viral YouTube video that triggers a murder investigation in Lakewood.
September 30 2013 Harvey Weinstein expresses interest in producing a fifth Scream installment.

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