A new featurette for Paramount Pictures' Scream welcomes back the enigmatic Ghostface.
The featurette includes footage from the film interspersed with commentary from the filmmakers and stars. One of those stars is Melissa Barrera, who says her character Samantha Carpenter becomes Ghostface's newest target. This results in her seeking the help of Dewey Riley, who evaded the past incarnations of Ghostface in the franchise's previous entries. Dewey, in turn, reaches out to Sidney Prescott, the main protagonist of the four prior Scream films, and Sidney recruits Sam and her friends to kill Ghostface once more.
The upcoming Scream is the fifth installment theatrical installment in the franchise. However, the film is going back to its roots for its naming convention, which writer Kevin Williamson said helped bring new life to the property. "Well, it was always Scream 5 because it's the fifth one," he explained. "So I think we just threw that name out, but I don't think they ever seriously were going to call it a Scream 5. I don't think anybody wanted to see the number five after something. You'd have to ask them—Paramount or whoever, but I think taking the 5 off and calling it Scream [works] because it’s brand new."
Another important element fans should be aware of is that Scream's recent trailer -- as well as the film itself -- is riddled with misdirection to throw viewers off. "This was a hard trailer for [marketing] to put together, and I think one of the things we’re happy with is that anything that you might think is a spoiler in this, there’s a good chance you’re wrong," co-director Matt Bettinelli-Olpin said. "There are misdirects within the movie. There are misdirects within the trailer. For us, that’s just the fun of the whole thing to make this a big whodunnit. Spoilers suck, but the fun as fans is to talk about who might be the killer. Then to go through it forensically to try and find out and see if you can win the game, basically."
"I can say that every corner of this movie, during the making of it, we have been very aware how to service fans, where the misdirects are happening, and the path that we want to lead people down," co-director Tyler Gillett added. "Obviously, without spoiling the movie, we can certainly say that the trailer is definitely doing that dance. Part of what we love about the Scream movies, and what we love about the Scream fandom is just how deep people watch these movies. We think some of the fun of this experience is this forensic watching of things and trying to figure out who the killer is. It’s all a part of what’s so unique and so special about this franchise to us. As deep, deep fans of the original four [films], we took pains to populate the world of this movie, and certainly the materials with as many fun nods and Easter eggs and misdirects as possible."
Scream arrives in theaters Jan. 14, 2022.
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