The filming of Scream 5 will be a bit different than the previous films without famed director Wes Craven behind the camera. The film is slated for a 2021 release, with stars David Arquette and Courteney Cox set to reprise their roles as Dewey Riley and Gale Weathers, respectively. Neve Campbell is also in talks to return as the series protagonist and perennial final girl Sydney Prescott, although her return has yet to be officially confirmed.
The Scream franchise follows Woodsboro teen Sydney Prescott as she fights for her life against Ghostface, a masked killer with a different identity in each film. The series is particularly notable for reviving the horror genre in the 1990s by injecting the slasher subgenre with humor and self-aware meta-commentary about the archetypal situations the characters were in. The film series also spawned an anthology TV series, which aired three seasons from 2015 until 2019. Scream 5 will be the first Scream project Craven hasn't been involved in.
In an interview with CinemaBlend, David Arquette acknowledged that filming Scream 5 will be "bittersweet" without Wes Craven on the set. While Arquette acknowledged it will be tough to shoot without Craven, he also added "But it’ll also be exciting for him to… I dunno, I think everyone’s still connected or out there, part of something bigger... It’ll be cathartic, I guess." Although the cast will have to forge ahead without their beloved colleague, and the energy will certainly be different, Arquette views the process as an opportunity to feel close to Craven once more.
Wes Craven, also known for creating the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise as well as horror classics The Hills Have Eyes and The Last House On The Left, directed the first four entries into the Scream franchise before passing away at age 76 in 2015. In 2011, Craven stated that he agreed to work on Scream 5 if Scream 4 had been successful, but added that he would only work on the project if he approved of the final script. While his absence will certainly be felt, Scream 5 is in good hands, with Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett of Ready Or Not fame directing.
It will also be interesting to see whether or not Scream 5 acknowledges the passing of Craven in any way. While details of the plot remain thin at this point, the Scream franchise has always played with audiences' expectations of pop culture and horror movies in particular. While the original Scream was about slasher movies broadly, Scream 2 parodied sequels, Scream 3 commented on trilogies, and Scream 4 played with the idea of reboots. Given Craven's indelible impact on the genre, it seems fair game for Scream 5 to pay tribute to him at least in passing, if not with an entire plot point.
Source: CinemaBlend
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