Scream 5 Trying for 2021 Release Date
By George Robbins
There has been a lot of news lately in regards to movies that haven’t really started their production process yet moving forward anyway. This is in regards to getting scripts for films ready and getting casts set up to start production as soon as possible. Not much else was able to be done because of the pandemic which led to a lot more pre-production work being done in the mean time to get things ready to move forward when the time comes. Some productions are now able to start moving forward because there are rules in place which allow production crews to start working on their projects again. These new guidelines are a bit difficult to maneuver around given the fact most of it has to do with distancing, but they do allow movies to be worked on again.
Many new films were announced that they were going to be starting production sooner rather than later recently such as the ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ movie or the ‘Mallrats’ sequel. Another film that people were not sure was really happening or not was another film for the ‘Scream’ franchise of movies. After the death of Wes Craven, no one knew whether another film for the series would be worked on or not and it even became slightly controversial. Many, including the cast, felt like it just wouldn’t be the same type of movie without Wes Craven working on the film. No one was really ready to sign on to the new sequel being done by filmmakers Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin who took on the directorial duties. That was, until they said that the piece of media they had in mind would honor the original work done by Wes Craven for the franchise.
Not too long after they made this bold claim, an announcement was made that David Arquette would be returning to reprise his role as Dewey Riley. Not much else is currently known about the casting as Neve Campbell hasn’t really confirmed whether or not she wants to reprise her role as Sidney Prescott in the upcoming film. It is a tough decision for a lot of the cast because Wes Carven really did have his own style when it came to the creation of these films. There is no guarantee that the film will end up like the other films he worked on, but there is hope that it will be something worthy of the franchise. This puts a lot of pressure on the shoulders of the new directors in the coming few months as they prepare to start production.
‘Scream 5’ is set to start production by late summer in North Carolina with casting to be revealed over the course of the next few weeks. This will give us an idea as to who we will be seeing perform in the movie and how similar it will really be to the other films. The hope is that by starting production late this summer, that they will be able to have a 2021 release date set for the movie. With the number of delays that are currently happening due to a spike in virus cases, there is no guarantee that this will come to fruition. If they do manage to release the film when they want to, then it will release 10 years after the last film which was the last one directed by the late Wes Craven. Fans of the franchise have a lot to hope for moving forward and we will soon know if it is worth the wait.