We’re now just about one month away from the return of the Scream franchise, with next year’s franchise relaunch/legacy sequel coming exclusively to theaters on January 14, 2022.
Various TV spots and YouTube ads are floating around out there on the internet, and our friend Cris Parker (3C Films) brings a particularly interesting one to our attention today.
The footage on display in this spot that apparently made its way onto YouTube appears to show someone wielding a flamethrower and wearing a metallic silver Ghostface mask, a new spin on the classic white mask. There’s no real context here so it’s impossible to speculate, but it’s an interesting thing to point out nonetheless. Hell, for all we know this could be a shot from another faux Stab movie that plays within Scream, so we wouldn’t read too far into it!
But you can check out Cris’s video below, which features the new YouTube ad along with some insights and speculation from Cris himself. What do you make of this strange footage?!
The filmmaking team this time around includes directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, as well as executive producer Chad Villella, the three members of the filmmaking group Radio Silence (Ready or Not, V/H/S, Southbound). In the new movie…
“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.”
Dylan Minnette (Goosebumps), Mason Gooding (Let It Snow), Kyle Gallner (Ghosts of War), Jasmin Savoy Brown (“Love”) and Mikey Madison (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) join an ensemble that also includes Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott, David Arquette and Courteney Cox who will return as Dewey Riley and Gale Weathers, as well as new cast members Jack Quaid (“The Boys”), Melissa Barrera (“In The Heights”) and Jenna Ortega (“You”). Marley Shelton is also returning as Scream 4 character Deputy Judy Hicks.
James Vanderbilt (Murder Mystery, Zodiac, The Amazing Spider-Man) and Guy Busick (Ready or Not, Castle Rock) wrote the script. Michel Aller edited the film, which is now complete.