Everything we know about the new Scream movie so far – Looper

So far, all we have is a whole lot of speculation about how a fifth installment of theScreamfranchise might play out. It could easily be a direct sequel toScream 4. Sidney Prescott's deranged cousin Jill failed inScream 4, promptingColliderto wonder if a fifth film might be a "'legacyquel' where they bring back Neve Campbell as Sidney and then find a way to hand the series off to a new group of characters."

This speculation makes a lot of sense. Unlike the new sequels toHalloweenthat go right back to the beginning and pretend as if other sequels didn't happen,Scream'sstructure can't so easily ret-con past events, since each film feeds into the next in specific ways.Then again, a fifthScreamcould end up being lots of things a direct sequel toScream 4featuring Sidney, Gale, and Dewey in main roles as previously; a reboot that entirely resets the franchise to a new beginning; a prequel that explores characters long dead. A fifthScreammovie might even tie in the events of the two seasons of theScreamtelevision show. Let's hope that whatever they do, it honors not justScream'slegacy in the horror canon, but also its creator Wes Craven's.

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