Scream Promo and Featurette Bring Gale Weathers Back to Woodsboro

January 7, 2022

Paramount Pictures has revealed a brand new Scream promo for Spyglass Media Group’s upcoming fifth installment to the iconic slasher franchise. It teases the return of Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers as she revisits the Woodsboro Murders in a teaser-like promo for her character’s show “Tonight with Gale Weathers,” where she recalls Billy Loomis and Stu Macher’s Ghostface legacy.

In addition, another behind-the-scenes featurette has been released, featuring the franchise’s three main survivors, Cox, Neve Campbell, and David Arquette, as they looked back on the 1996 film’s impact. They also tease their roles in the upcoming film and how similar it is to the original.

Gale Weathers continues to inspire an entirely new generation of investigative minds. I wonder why Sarah doesn’t think so…

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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.