Scream Featurette Teases a Scarier Ghostface For Fifth Installment

November 4, 2021

Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group have released a new Scream featurette for the long-awaited fifth installment in the iconic slasher franchise. The film is slated to hit theaters on January 14, 2022.

The video features commentaries from the main cast as they talk about what brings the legacy characters and the new cast together. They also hype up the twists and turns that fans should expect to see in the new installment.

“Ghostface is back and it’s scary as ever.” Discover what brings the legacy and new cast together in the all-new #ScreamMovie coming to theatres January 14, 2022. pic.twitter.com/DFMSXQaFrl

— Scream (@ScreamMovies) November 4, 2021

The fifth installment of Scream is co-directed by Ready or Not filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett from a screenplay co-written by James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) and Guy Busick (Ready or Not). The film stars returning vets Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Marley Shelton.

“Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past,” reads the synopsis.

Joining them are franchise newcomers Jack Quaid (The Boys), Melissa Barrera (Vida), Jenna Ortega (The Babysitter: Killer Queen), Mason Gooding (Booksmart), Dylan Minnette (13 Reasons Why), Kyle Gallner (Ghosts of War), Jasmin Savoy Brown (The Leftovers) and Mikey Madison (Better Things).

Scream is being produced by Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt as well as Paul Neinstein and William Sherak for Spyglass. Original screenwriter Kevin Williamson is also executive producing with Radio Silence’s third member Chad Villella.

The first film, released in 1996, was a surprise smash upon its debut, helping to revive the horror genre for the decade and becoming the highest-grossing slasher movie of all-time until it was dethroned by last year’s Halloween reboot. The first’s success spawned a franchise that includes three sequels, the first of which remained equally as successful as the first while the previous two saw middling box office returns and mixed reviews.