SCRE4M Casting News
Fri, May 21, 2010 
HeatVision reports, Dimension is taking the first steps to casting “Scream 4,” which is heading toward a July start date.
Lake Bell is in negotiations to join the franchise, and offers are out to “Twilight” actress Ashley Greene, “Heroes” star Hayden Panettiere and Rory Culkin (“Twelve”) for key starring roles.
“Scream 4” reunites Wes Craven with Kevin Williamson, who kicked off a horror- movie revival with his “Scream” script in 1996. The story brings back original cast members Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox, though the new flick is seen as a passing of the baton to a new generation of slasher victims, with Williamson already under contract to write a fifth installment.
If deals are concluded, Greene would play Campbell’s cousin Jill, essentially the heroine of the movie, and Panettiere would play her best friend, a nerdy film geek. Culkin would play a potential love interest for Jill.
Bell is negotiating to play a police officer who knew Sidney (Campbell) from high school.
Casting is proceeding slowly because Craven and Dimension are not sending the script to agencies in order to protect its secrecy. With only character descriptions, actors are having a difficult time deciding whether certain roles are for them. Reps for the actors declined comment.
I have to admit when it was first announced we'd be getting a Scream 4, I wasn't blown away. Then came the news that Wes Craven along with the original core cast members would be returning. The excitement started to build. Now we get more casting news, and the fact that the script itself is being held to secrecy, which would lead me to believe it must be a lot better then it's predecessor Scream 3.
Scream 4 is set for release on April 15, 2011.
Reader Comments (3)
I remember being high as a kite at scream 3 and loving it, but when I saw it after it sucked...hopefully they really do have something crazy planned
Scream 3 was alot better then the 2nd one, the first is still the best tho. I actually really wanna see this.
They all look alike except for the blonde lmao