Scream Trilogy Is No More; Scream 4 On the Way

The Scream Trilogy came to life in 1996 and it is official that it will now be reincarnated. Scream IV is slated to film in early to mid 2010 and be released in theaters later that year.

I’m not the hugest horror fan, but I must admit I love the Scream movies. It all started with great plot, timely humor and a great cast. It is known that three main characters will all return for this film, but not to what extent their characters will partake. Neve Campbell will return as the innocent target that we came to know as Sydney Prescott and will be joined by David Arquette and Courtney Cox, who play Dewey and Gale respectively.

I’m guessing anybody that is reading this watched the first three Scream movies, if not be warned now that there are spoilers for those movies in the rest of this article.

The Trilogy started in 1996 with Scream one, where a killer known as “Ghostface” chases around Sydney Prescott. We then find out that “Ghostface” is actually two killers, her boyfriend Billy and his best friend Stu.

In the sequel that hit the screens at the end of 1997, Billy’s mother teams up with a psycho she found named Mickey. They attempt to kill Sydney Prescott but of course fail in the end, after all this was supposed to be a trilogy. Which means your main character can’t die in Scream 2.

Scream 3 supposedly finished off the trilogy with Sydney finding out she had a long lost half brother. Isn’t that cute? Not so much when he tries to kill you.

What will happen in Scream 4? Will Sydney Prescott, Dewey and Gale be the main characters again?

The scribe from the original Scream Trilogy and the upcoming fourth scream, Kevin Williamson had this to say, “The fourth one is an ensemble. It’ll take place right now, ten years later, and it’s going to take place in Sydney’s hometown of Woodsboro. We’ll have our three main characters, and we’ll be introducing several more.” The director of Scream IV is still unknown. There is still a chance that Wes Craven, who directed the first three Scream movies, will come aboard for this one also, but it is not confirmed whether he will.