Will Kevin Williamson go the Movie-Inside-A-Movie strategy as he returns to the Scream franchise or is it one thing else solely?
The previous couple of weeks have seen many casting bulletins for Scream 7. At first, they appeared pretty regular, with folks like Isabel Could and McKenna Grace fulfilling the teenager roles. Is smart, as they all the time want a brand new solid of younger victims, as Neve Campbell’s Sydney Prescott can solely achieve this a lot. Then a part of the Core 4 was introduced, with Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy-Brown returning because the Meeks’. Very cool contemplating the Barrera/Ortega movies gave the impression to be getting excised. However that’s when issues began to get bizarre. Regardless of rumors of his involvement for months, Patrick Dempsey was not solid as Sydney’s husband, as a substitute Joel McHale ended up taking the position. Surprising however scheduling conflicts occur and so they clearly have a film to make. However that’s once we bought some true head-scratchers. Scott Foley and Matthew Lillard have been each introduced as having roles within the movie. Umm…aren’t they useless? However then it occurred to me: Are they going the Wes Craven’s New Nightmare route?
For the uninitiated, Wes Craven’s New Nightmare flipped the Nightmare on Elm Avenue collection on its head by pulling the curtain again and took a movie inside a movie strategy. We’re not following Nancy Thompson, our heroine from the unique Elm Avenue, we’re following Heather Langenkamp, the actress who performed her. The movie follows the impact that Elm Avenue has had on her life. Then a real-life Dream Demon takes after Krueger and terrorizes Langenkamp, identical to she’s Nancy within the movie. I’m certain you see the place I’m going with this…
Neve Campbell may merely play Neve Campbell in Scream 7. The previous Ghostface killer actors Scott Foley, and Matthew Lillard may simply be enjoying themselves. It will proceed the very meta legacy of Scream, whereas introducing one thing new to the collection. It will permit for different returns (I do know followers have been begging for Jamie Kennedy and Rose McGowan to get a spot) and Williamson actually appears to be in a nostalgic temper. However truthfully, that’s not even how I feel they’d do it in the event that they went the New Nightmare route. As a result of Scream has the very lucky benefit of getting its personal movie inside a movie universe: The Stab Franchise.
Lillard and Foley may simply simply be the actors who performed these characters in Stab. If the rumors of Skeet Ulrich coming again are additionally true then we’d should ignore the Luke Wilson bit from Scream 2 however hell, continuity has by no means stopped this franchise earlier than so why not? All the above concepts nonetheless work, solely they are often utilized to fictional folks AKA permit slightly extra artistic freedom since these folks aren’t enjoying themselves. There are numerous prospects and we haven’t even gotten into the Supernatural prospects!
As a result of perhaps this takes what was arrange in 3 (with Sydney’s mom) and furthered in 5 and 6 (with Billy Loomis), and pairs it with Supernatural visions of somebody lengthy useless? The de-aging on Ulrich was all the time a bit suspect, so I’m certain it’d be equally laughable with Foley and Lillard however hey, I’ll by no means flip down these two being psychos. At this level, we don’t know what the plan is which is why it’s enjoyable to invest. I’m certain there might be a easy Information Headline within the coming weeks that proves this proper or flawed straight away but it surely’s all the time enjoyable to take a seat and wade round within the unknown. Hell, as a large Scream fan, I couldn’t be extra anxious about Scream 7 and totally count on it to be the worst within the collection (sure, even worse than 3).
What do you suppose? Will Scream 7 observe the New Nightmare route? Would you quite it go supernatural? Or (like me) do you would like we simply bought a trilogy nearer with the Carpenter sisters as a substitute? Tell us within the feedback beneath!
