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‘Ready or Not’ Directors Wanted Samara Weaving in ‘Scream 5’ But Scheduling Won’t Work Out
Ready or Not and V/H/S filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are resurrecting the Scream franchise with a brand new movie for Spyglass Media Group and Paramount Pictures next year, and the Radio Silence duo’s involvement immediately led many fans to wonder if Ready or Not star Samara Weaving would be coming on board to battle Ghostface.
Alas, while that was the hope, it looks like it’s just not going to work out.
“We were talking about it, but our schedules aren’t gonna work, which is a bummer,” Weaving just told Collider this week. “We talked about it a lot, but unfortunately, because of scheduling, I couldn’t do it. I”ll still be [in Australia], working on Nine Perfect Strangers, so we couldn’t make it work. Traveling is very difficult, these days.”
Needless to say, Weaving would’ve been a perfect addition to the Scream universe, and it’s not hard to imagine her becoming a new fan-favorite franchise character. Sigh.
The confirmed cast so far includes Jenna Ortega (“You”) and Melissa Barrera (“Vida,” In the Heights) alongside Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers and David Arquette as Dewey Riley.
The plan is for Paramount to release the untitled sequel in 2021.
Ryan Gosling (Project Hail Mary) has made no secret of the fact that he’d love to play Ghost Rider in a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and it’s now officially happening.
Announced by Marvel out of San Diego Comic-Con tonight, Ryan Gosling will play the iconic Marvel character in a Ghost Rider movie being directed by Shawn Levy!
Expect Ryan Gosling to play Ghost Rider on the big screen in 2028.
Johnny Blaze is of course the most iconic and well-known Ghost Rider, selling his soul to Satan and becoming a supernatural badass. Nicolas Cage brought Blaze to life on screen in both 2007’s Ghost Rider and 2011’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, while Gabriel Luna more recently played the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider in the series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”
Luna was set to star in his own Ghost Rider spinoff series in the wake of that small screen appearance, but that Hulu project ended up being squashed before it ever had a chance.
Fans have been waiting for Ghost Rider to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe for many years now, with Ryan Gosling making it clear that he’d love to bring the character back to life.
That Hollywood dream is coming true. Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
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