Scream 5 Trivia | 50 facts about the horror movie

Scream is an upcoming American film set to premiere in January 2022. It serves as the fifth installment of the Scream film series.

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1. Scream is an upcoming American slasher film.
2. It serves as the fifth installment of the Scream film series.
3. It is directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.
4. It written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick.
5. The film is produced by Vanderbilt, Paul Neinstein, and William Sherak.
6. The original screenwriter Kevin Williamson serves as an executive producer.
7. Scream was produced by Spyglass Media Group, Radio Silence Productions, Project X Entertainment, Outerbanks Entertainment.
8. It is distributed by Paramount Pictures.
9. Though billed as a relaunch of the franchise, the film is a direct sequel to 2011’s Scream 4, and the first in the series not to be directed by Wes Craven, who died in 2015.
10. David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and Roger L. Jackson return to reprise their original roles, while Marley Shelton also reprises her role from the previous film.
11. They are joined by franchise newcomers Melissa Barrera, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, and Jack Quaid.
12. Filming took place in Wilmington, North Carolina.
13. It lasted September to November 2020.
14. The film is scheduled to be released on January 14, 2022.
15. Mason Gooding has been cast as Chad and he shared with Boys By Girls that he wrote an essay back when he was in college about how much he loved the first movie. Gooding told the publication, “When I met the directors, I mentioned that I had written an essay on Scream and they asked if they could read it. I sent it along – and now, I’m in the movie.”
16. The new Scream movie filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, and Kevin Williamson told Us Weekly that many crew members worked on Dawson’s Creek so it was an emotional reunion.
17. In an interview with Collider.com, David Arquette shared that he’s a Bob Ross instructor and he taught the cast how to paint. He explained, “I wanted to do something special, so I got them all Bob Ross paint kits and then we all did an art class.”
18. Part of the fun of the first Scream movie is figuring out who the killer is, and it turns out that there are two: Sidney’s boyfriend Billy and his goofy friend Stu. This is where the campy and funny tone of the film really plays out as Stu becomes stressed out about how things are going.
19. When the new Scream movie was first announced, it seemed like it would naturally be called Scream 5, but as time went on, the filmmakers shared that it would be called Scream with no number attached.
20. While the trailer for the 2022 Scream movie doesn’t give away much, it does show Sidney walking and talking on the phone, saying, “I’m Sidney Prescott, of course I have a gun.”
21. In an interview with Empire, Tyler Gillett explained that Neve Campbell gave feedback, especially on this memorable line. Gillett said, “That’s a line that Neve had a suggestion on and we love how it plays in that moment of the story.”
22. David Arquette, who is a certified Bob Ross painting instructor, taught several of the cast members how to paint like the legendary artist during filming breaks.
23. On May 6, 2020, Neve Campbell said in a interview that the new directors approached her and that she is currently in talks to return as Sidney in Scream 5. It was confirmed on September 10, 2020 that she would indeed reprise her role, which Campbell herself announced in a social media post.
24. When Scream 5 is released on January 14th, 2022, it will have been 25 years and 25 days since the original film, which came out on December 20th, 1996.
25. Ιn a Hollywood Life interview, David Arquette says that he would love for Hayden Panetierre’s character Kirby to return for Scream 5.
26. Μason Gooding wrote an essay about the first Scream (1996) while a student at NYU. He told the directors of the new Scream (2022) about his essay during his audition and they asked if they could read it.
27. Mason was later cast in the new Scream movie.
28. David Arquette said he was excited to regrow his now-famous mustache for his role as Dewey Riley.
29. Tentatively scheduled to start filming in Wilmington and Southport, North Carolina in March 2020.
30. Paramount studio revealed on August 28, 2020 that Scream 5 premier has been scheduled for January 14, 2022
31. In an interview on The Drew Barrymore Show, Jenna Ortega said the cast watched the first Scream movie on a projector as they ate popcorn on Halloween Night in 2020.
32. Dimension Films lost the rights to the Scream franchise that they had since the first movie in 1996. Lantern Entertainment and Spyglass Media Group bought the rights to some Dimension franchises, including Κραυγή αγωνίας (1996), Scary Movie (2000), and Children of the Corn: Runaway (2018).
33. On May 13, 2020, Neve Campbell stated in an interview with Extra that a script written for the film had been written, but she did not confirm who the writer(s) were yet.
34. Samara Weaving was approached to be in the film, but she was unavailable due to scheduling conflicts with Nine Perfect Strangers
35. When asked in an August 26, 2020 Too Fab interview who he would like to see killed in the opening scene for the film, David Arquette jokingly suggested Logan Paul or his brother Jake Paul. He said that he didn’t feel comfortable recommending someone to be a character killed in the opening sequence
36. As of May 18, 2020, the first draft of the script was confirmed to have been written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick.
37. The film’s distributor, Paramount, had gained the distribution rights to the first three Scream films when it purchased a minority stake in Miramax in April 2020. Paramount is also a sister company to MTV, which aired the Scream TV series.
38. Courtney Cox aka Gale Weathers is seen on set wearing a red power-suit emblematic of the brightly colored outfits she has worn in past Scream movies.
39. The working title for Scream 5 is Parkside Alpha.
40. Tyler Gillett announced June 14, 2021 via Instagram that the final edit for Scream (2022) had been completed. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin also stated that the film’s music score had also been completed.
41. On September 1, 2020, it was announced that Jack Quaid from the Amazon Tv series ‘The Boys’ has been added to the cast of Scream 5. Coincidentally, his mother, Meg Ryan, was referenced in the original Scream when Dewey tells Sidney that he sees her as a “young Meg Ryan”.
42. The plot of the new movie involves a young woman who returns to her hometown to investigate a series of hidden murders.
43. Jenna Ortega, Jane the Virgin and animated series Elena of Avalor, joined the cast of Scream 5 on August 19, 2020.
44. Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox & David Arquette have played the same characters over 4 separate decades 1996 & 1997, 2000, 2011 & 2022
45. Melissa Barrera, previously seen on the Starz channel show Vida, was cast in a new role in Scream 5 on Monday August 17, 2020.
46. Interior scenes for Scream 5 are set to begin filming at a home on Country Club Road in Wilmington, North Carolina between September 22-25, 2020.
47. Kyle Gallner and Jack Quaid previously appeared alongside David Arquette in his ex-wife, Courteney Cox’s film, Just Before I Go.
48. David Arquette and Jenna Ortega worked together in the film ‘Saving Flora’ prior to filming the movie Scream.
49. Dylan Minnette’s character is likely named ‘Wes’ in homage of the late director of the original Scream films, Wes Craven
50. French-Tunisian actress Sonia Ammar joined the cast of Scream 5 on September 17, 2020.