Christopher Landon attends Netflix’s ‘We Have A Ghost’ Premiere on February 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix.
Having directed the final two ‘Scream’ films, the fifth (simply titled ‘Scream’, confusingly) and sixth, ‘Scream VI’, you may suppose that administrators Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett could be a shoo-in to deal with the seventh, spawned due to the success of their two efforts.
But the duo, who work as a part of the filmmaking collective generally known as Radio Silence, are much more in demand than they had been earlier than they jumped into the world of genre-obsessed Ghostface killers and have since parlayed that success into the prospect to make an unique horror film for Universal that faucets into the studio’s inventory of traditional characters and ideas.
That nonetheless mysterious film has Dan Stevens, ‘Scream’s Melissa Barrera and ‘Matilda the Musical’s Alisha Weir hooked up to star, however clearly can’t transfer ahead whereas the actors’ and writers’ strikes proceed.
So now Spyglass, the corporate which produces the ‘Scream’ films (for distribution often by Paramount), has employed a brand new director for the franchise: Christopher Landon, in line with Bloody Disgusting’s sources (and since confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter).
Who is Christopher Landon?
Christopher Landon attends Netflix’s ‘We Have A Ghost’ Premiere on February 22, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix.
Landon is a revered author/director within the horror area, having introduced films equivalent to ‘Happy Death Day’, ‘Freaky’, and, most just lately, the family-friendlier ‘We Have a Ghost’ for Netflix to screens.
He’s additionally been behind a number of entries of the ‘Paranormal Activity’ franchise and wrote the script for 2007 thriller ‘Disturbia’ amongst others.
Landon actually has the chops to carry one thing contemporary to the ‘Scream’ world, particularly since his previous work, just like the Radio Silence group has proven a willingness to play with style and discover methods to sidestep cliches.
Where does the subsequent ‘Scream’ film stand?
Director Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, left, and Director Tyler Gillett on the set of Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group’s ‘Scream VI.’
Of course, whereas Landon will be employed and do some directorial prep work for a brand new ‘Scream’, the film itself must wait till the strikes are over, since except a script has already been developed (no phrase is talked about in both report as as to if James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick, who wrote the final two movies, had been at work on the brand new one). And regardless, given his common writing and directing type, Landon could wish to take his personal crack on the screenplay, one thing he can’t do till the Writers Guild of America has a brand new deal in place.
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Who will star within the new ‘Scream’ film?
(L to R) Melissa Barrera (Sam Carpenter) and Jenna Ortega (Tara Carpenter) stars in Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group’s ‘Scream VI.’
Much like with the script, casting can’t formally transfer ahead on the brand new ‘Scream’ till the actors’ strike is over. But we will moderately assume that the present set of survivors, together with Barrera, Jenna Ortega and Mason Gooding, are candidates to be again.
Of course, they’re all rather more in demand themselves as of late (particularly Ortega, who between these films and ‘Wednesday’, has a lot greater profile and can possible require a brand new deal to return?) so count on negotiations to kick in correctly as soon as the actors can really return.
‘Scream VII’, or no matter it finally ends up being known as, has but to be formally introduced, so there’s no phrase on a launch date.
Ghostface in Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group’s ‘Scream VI.’
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