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At long last , Scream 5is now officially in development , and has attachedReady or Nothelmers Matt Bettinelli - Olpin and Tyler Gillett to direct . It ’s been nigh a tenner since the late , slap-up Wes Craven rise the dormantScreamfranchise for a new sashay , Scream 4.Despite middling irrefutable reviews , Scream 4failed to make a scratch at the box office , and plans for a possible Craven - directedScream 5were put on ice . deplorably , brain cancer would arrogate Craven ’s life in 2015 , taking one of revulsion ’s all time greats from the world .
Outside of theScreamTV series - which bore small resemblance to the films - the enfranchisement has been back in hibernation in the years since Craven ’s passing . That was until a report last November that Spyglass Media Group was setting out tobring hearing a newScreamfilm . Information beyond that fact was scarce , and in the months since the news report , it ’s been radiocommunication silence touch the possible follow - up to one of horror ’s most noted slasher property .
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The silence concerningScream 5has been broken today , thanks to a new report byDiscussing Filmthat ’s being back up by another report fromThe Wrap . at last , Scream 5truly looks like in motion .
Scream 5 Officially In Development From Ready or Not Directors
According to the almost simultaneously released reports , Scream 5is formally in ontogenesis , and is being put on the truehearted track , as cinematography is probable to lead off in May 2020 . Onboard to directScream 5is the dyad of Matt Bettinelli - Olpin and Tyler Gillett , directors of 2019 ’s critical and commercial-grade hitReady or Not , with their frequent collaborator - the trio make up a filmmaking collective dubbed Radio Silence - Chad Villella executive director producing . Also serving as an executive manufacturer will be originalScreamwriter Kevin Williamson .
While manyScreamfans are probably delighted by the newsworthiness thatScream 5is lastly moving forward , what still remains entirely undecipherable is the form it will take . Discussing Film ’s report says the story will follow " a woman returning to her home town to seek to find out who has been committing a series of vicious crimes,“but whether that woman isSidney Prescottand her hometown happens to be Woodsboro remains to be seen .
In other word , it ’s unknown if this will actually be a properScream 5,complete with returning stamp member and context , or a full reboot of the franchise ’s continuity . A writer forScream 5has yet to confirm , although it does n’t seem Williamson will be fill up that function himself . Still , take him on the team will likely try out an priceless resource to whatever author does get the esteemed lance . The melodic theme of doing aScreammovie withoutWes Craven ’s guiding hand still feels quite strange , but if it has to happen , Olpin and Gillett are an inspired pick for the director ’s chairperson .
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Sources : Discussing Film , The Wrap
