Wes Craven To Direct Scream 4

It’s weird to imagine that the kids going gaga over the Twilight series were most likely shitting their pants back when Scream was released in Christmas 1996. Christ, I’m old. It was the horror film-turned-pop culture phenomenon-turned franchise that stood all of the old “slasher movie” conventions on its head while pointing out how silly they were to begin with (i.e. “Never say, ‘I’ll be right back’ because you won’t be back,” etc.)

We’ve known for awhile now that creator (and screenwriter of the first two installments) Kevin Williamson had been developing Scream 4 that could potentially start up a second trilogy. The surviving trio of Neve Campbell and on-screen (and off-screen) couple Courtney Cox and David Arquette are scheduled to return (I guess Patrick Dempsey is too busy having a legitimate career for his Detective Kincaid to return).

Now Cinema Blend reports (via their sources) Wes Craven is officially on-board to sit in the director’s chair for a fourth time. Apparently we shouldn’t get used to enjoying Sydney Prescott, Gail or Dewey too much as their contact informs us that there is a new cast of characters taking the lead roles with Campbell’s role being described as “small.” So does that mean that good old Sydney meets a fate similar to Cotton Weary in the opening of Scream 3?

If Craven and Williamson really want to send shockwaves, they’d go ahead and off the loveable doofus/hero Dewey Riley. There's also the issue of modern audiences actually caring about a fourth Scream go-around. I mean they did swear up and down back in 2000 that it was done after the third film.