According to Deadline, actress Courteney Cox had her return CONFIRMED as the headstrong reporter Gale Weathers for ‘Scream 5 ‘.
The protagonist of ‘ Friends ‘ joins ex-husband David Arquette, who also returns as Dewey Riley.
“We can’t imagine Screamwithout the iconic Gale Weathers and are so incredibly thrilled and humbled to have the opportunity to work with Courteney. We’re absolute mega fans of her work and we’re so excited to join her in the next chapter of the Scream saga!”
Recalling that the actress Neve Campbell revealed to Collider that she is in negotiations to participate in the new film.
“I think you can always tell them more with these stories, and they’re such fun films. There’s obviously a huge audience for them, and the audiences wants to see more of them. You can always go further with the journey. Certainly, with Sidney, she comes to some new shift in her life, at the time, and I don’t know. We’ll see, ” explained Campbell.
Filming will take place at Spyglass Media Group in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Paramount’s plan is to release the new film in 2021.
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillertt , from the acclaimed ‘My Bloody Wedding’ will direct it.
The first film in the franchise debuted in 1996 and became an instant and revolutionary classic that blended elements of slasher terror with cinematographic metalanguage. Directed by Wes Craven and scripted by Kevin Williamson, the plot focused on a masked serial killer who goes by the name, Ghostface.
Together, the four iterations raised more than $ 608 million at the worldwide box office.
After the release of ‘ Scream 4’ in 2011 and with Craven’s death, MTV decided to produce a series reboot of the saga, reinventing the iconic Ghostface character for the small screens in 2015. This year, the show earned a third and final season.
