Here’s your new Ghostface from MTV’s forthcoming “Scream” series, premiering June 30th.
Instead of looking like the iconic Ghostface from Wes Craven’s Scream films, it’s a bit Hannibal Lecter-y, although the eyes look quite similar to the classic look.
But why change it?
“The [original] mask is so iconic. If you were to have that mask in a television series, but you weren’t following any of the characters [from the original], I believe that would be misleading the audience,” exec producer Jaime Paglia told EW.
Craven, creator of the Scream franchise, elaborates on this, while also sharing his thoughts on the new Ghostface mask.
“The new mask is cool and scary and takes the series into a new direction,” said Craven “It also ties into the story, which I won’t give away.”
Exec producer Jill Blotevogel thinks the mask gives image to other classic horror masks: “It evokes some of the Jason hockey mask and the white Michael Myers mask, but it’s still first and foremost evocative of the Scream mask.
“It’s sort of a reinvention while also paying homage,” Blotevogel adds.
What I’m now curious about is the report that the new Ghostface mask would be more fleshy. This is clearly not a fleshy look. But, those leather straps make me wonder what’s going on under the mask. I feel like there’s a second reveal coming, and that Craven is teasing this in his statement above.
THOUGHTS? Do you like the new mask?
In “Scream”, “What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town’s troubled past.”
Willa Fitzgerald, Taylor-Klaus, Bobby Campo, Connor Weil and Joel Gretsch star in the new “Scream,” inspired by Wes Craven’s film series.
