Spyglass Leisure’s Scream reboot has formally landed its first forged member. And the most effective information is, it confirms that the brand new movie isn’t actually a reboot however a continuation of the earlier 4 films within the horror franchise.
Deadline has revealed in the present day that David Arquette has signed as much as reprise his position as Woodsboro Sheriff Dewey Riley in Scream 5. Talking about his pleasure to be again, the actor stated the next:
“I’m thrilled to be enjoying Dewey once more and to reunite with my Scream household, previous and new. Scream has been such a giant a part of my life, and for each the followers and myself, I sit up for honoring Wes Craven’s legacy.”
This information follows on from Neve Campbell’s feedback revealing that she’s in talks to return as sequence protagonist Sidney Prescott as nicely, which gave us our first signal that administrators Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett wished to comply with on from Craven’s unique quartet and never begin from scratch. Nevertheless, Campbell has but to signal alongside the dotted line.

Apparently, Spyglass is discussions with different franchise veterans to return as nicely for Scream 5. Presumably, Arquette’s real-life ex-wife Courtney Cox is on the prime of the listing, as solely she, Campbell and Arquette have appeared in all 4 earlier entries within the Ghostface saga. Cox memorably performed bitchy reporter Gale Weathers and final time we noticed her, she was married to Dewey, so it might make sense for her to characteristic.
Deadline was additionally in a position to affirm that the movie is about to shoot in Wilmington, North Carolina later this yr, as quickly as security protocols are in place for the film trade to get going once more.
Scream 5 is written by James Vanderbilt and Man Busick, with unique screenwriter Kevin Williamson serving as EP. And with Arquette on board, the manufacturing is 100% a go now, so get able to return to Woodsboro for an additional night time of meta-murder mayhem.
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