Ghostface will return! Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group today announced that Scream 6 is officially in development following the success of Scream (2022). Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett will again direct.
Screenwriters James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick are also returning. Production on Scream 6 is scheduled to start this summer.
The recently released Scream has grossed $107.4 million worldwide, with $63.3 million coming from North American theaters and $44.1 million from international markets.
“We are tremendously grateful to the fans around the world who enthusiastically received our film. We can’t wait for audiences to see what Radio Silence, writers Jamie & Guy, and Project X have in store for our Woodsboro family,” Paramount and Spyglass said.
Vanderbilt and Busick added, “Is this real life? Getting to collaborate once again with our friends on the next installment of the Scream story is more than we could have hoped for.
“We are overwhelmed that we get to continue to play in the sandbox that Kevin and Wes created. It is, as Ghostface would say, an honor.”
“We have become a big family and are eager to continue telling stories in the wonderful Scream universe,” added Project X Entertainment partners.
In the January 14 release, 25 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.
Neve Campbell (Sidney Prescott), Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers), and David Arquette (Dewey Riley) return to their iconic roles in Scream alongside Melissa Barrera, Kyle Gallner, Mason Gooding, Mikey Madison, Dylan Minnette, Jenna Ortega, Jack Quaid, Marley Shelton, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Sonia Ammar.
Scream is executive produced by Kevin Williamson, Chad Villella, Gary Barber, Peter Oillataguerre, Ron Lynch, Cathy Konrad, and Marianne Maddalena.
The film’s producers are William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, and James Vanderbilt. Scream is presented by Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group.
The film is a Project X Entertainment Production and a Radio Silence film.
The Scream movies have grossed over $608 million worldwide. The first film was released in December 1996 and was followed by Scream 2 in December 1997.
The third movie came to theaters in February of 2000 and was expected to be the last installment. Eleven years later, Scream 4 was released to theaters in April of 2011.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.