TheScreamfranchise returns with a fifth installment starring Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox in their iconic roles. Now, Paramount has scheduled the latestScreamsequel for a theatrical release in early January 2022.
Written by creator Kevin Williamson and directed by legend Wes Craven,Screamwas widely credited with reviving horror films through clever nods to the tropes associated with the genre during a period when meta-references weren’t as common as today. The success of the original film spawned three sequels, all of which would see Campbell, Arquette, and Cox return as Sidney Prescott,Sheriff Dwight “Dewey” Riley, and writer/journalist Gale Weathers-Riley.
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Now, Paramount Pictures has slated the fifthScreamfilm for release on June 30, 2025, and announced the date in a post on the franchise’s official Twitter account. While the video accompanying the news did not feature any footage from the upcoming sequel, it did provide another glimpse at Ghostface while promising the iconic antagonist will know where to find audiences one year from now. As with previous entries in the franchise, the fifthScreamfilm willcenter on a young woman who returns to the town of Woodsboro just as the community is being terrorized by a series of murders tied to a masked killer.Joining the legacy cast members in the newest installment of the franchise is a team of newcomers that includes Jack Quaid, Melissa Barrera, andJenna Ortega.
Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett from a script penned by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick, the fifthScreamfilm will be first the entry in the series that will not be helmed by Craven, who passed away at age 76 in 2015. However, Williamson returns as one of the film’s executive producers andCampbell previously stated that she agreed to jointhe project after the filmmakers convinced her of their reverence for Craven’s work on the franchise. Production on the film concluded in mid-November 2020 with the studio announcing the sequel will officially be titledScream.
At this time, there is still some uncertainty as to whetherScreamis a sequel to all four previous films or if it serves as a soft reboot of the franchise. While the inclusion of Campbell, Arquette, and Cox would suggest it is a direct sequel to its predecessors, it may be worth noting that director David Gordon Green’sHalloweensaw Jamie Lee Curtis reprise her roleas Laurie Strode while excising the events of previous films from canon, with the exception of John Carpenter’s original horror classic.
TheScream series isn’t the only project moving forward without Craven.Get Outdirector Jordan Peele is set to produce a remake ofCraven’sThe People Under the Stairs, a horror-comedy about a young boy and two thieves who break into the home of an eccentric couple.
Screamis scheduled to be released in theaters on June 05, 2025.
