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‘Scream 3’ Writer Working on Fourth Film, Actors Pissed?
This should be taken strictly as rumor at this time. While the casting for Scream IV continues to grow, a few stars flew back to Hollywood (Lake Bell, Lauren Graham) declaring script changes and timing as the reasons for their departure. Zap2It is confirming the reports adding that The Ring and Scream 3 writer Ehren Kruger has been doing on set rewrites for Wes Craven and Dimension Films. Even more shocking is that they report that Kevin Williamson’s involvement with the project has come to an end entirely — meaning Scream 5 is a no-go at this time. The plan was to kick-start an entire new trilogy. Here’s the kicker: “Hayden Panettiere’s role, which one source says ‘used to be really sharp’ has now been ‘dumbed down significantly.’ The actress is ‘beyond frustrated with the changes.’ Another source says that Lake Bell, who had to drop out of “Scream 4” due to scheduling changes, ‘dodged a bullet.’ ” D-yikes!
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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