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Slamdance Screenplay Competition Extended
Slamdance has earned a solid reputation for premiering films by first-time writers and directors working within the creative confines of limited budgets, and ever since the festival showed Cannibal The Musical directed by Trey Parker in 1998, it has consistently celebrated the twisted mutations of the horror genre. From premiering Trailer Park of Terror to Cold Prey, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer and the current smash hit Paranormal Activity – already one of the most successful independently made films of all time – Slamdance filmmakers and audiences alike love their horror. To further showcase the horror genre, Slamdance created a Horror Screenplay Competition in 2007 to encourage and support emerging horror writing talent and give what its growing fan base wants to see. This year’s screenplay prize is bloody beautiful: Competition Sponsor Alternate Reality is providing the winner with $10,000 with an option for the purpose of making it into a feature film. The finished film would, of course, proudly screen at Slamdance. Lastly, it’s not just about the big hit at Slamdance…it’s about helping writers and filmmakers get to the next stage of their career. The Horror Competition offers every entrant fast track and online screenplay coverage…at an affordable price.
The Wayans are out to cancel the Cancel Culture with Scary Movie, and the cast assures it will do just that.
“They sort of have an across-the-board style,” Anna Faris tells EW. “It’s always been a part of the Wayans Brothers, their electricity. ‘Can we offend you? Will you still love us? Come on, you still love us, don’t you?'”
Regina Hall concurs, promising the “boundary-pushing” sixth installment in the horror parody franchise will “offend everyone.”
EW has shared a batch of behind-the-scenes images from Scary Movie, which hits theaters June 5 via Paramount.
Faris and Hall are joined by fellow franchise favorites Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.
The ensemble includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Kenan Thompson, and Felissa Rose.
Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).
The film will slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.
Scary Movie launched in 2000, followed by Scary Movie 2 in 2001. The Wayans’ involvement ended there, but the series continued with 2003’s Scary Movie 3, 2006’s Scary Movie 4, and 2013’s Scary Movie 5.
Regina Hall & Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans & Regina Hall on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Michael Tiddes & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Regina Hall & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
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