Scream 5 will be released in 2021 thanks to Paramount Pictures, which has obtained the rights to distribute the project. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the directors of Ready or Not, Scream 5 is written by James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) and Guy Busick (Till Death Do Us Part, Castle Rock).
Filming of the film is expected to begin by the end of 2020 in the city of Wilmington, North Carolina.
David Arquette recently announced that he will reprise the role of Dewey Riley, the Woodsboro sheriff's deputy (a character featured in the four chapters directed by Wes Craven) while Neve Campbell is in talks to play Sidney again.
In the crew of Scream 5 Kevin Williamson, the franchise's longtime screenwriter, appears here as executive producer. William Sherak, James Vanderbilt and Paul Neinstein, on the other hand, are the film's producers along with Radio Silence, a trio consisting of Matthew Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett and Chad Villela.
Directed by Wes Craven, Scream (1996) is the first film in the horror/slasher saga consisting of four chapters. It stars Sidney Prescott, a girl haunted by a psychopathic serial killer who wears a Halloween costume (Ghostface).
