With the success of American Idol, I knew it would be only a matter of time before Hollywood would auction off film roles in reality television shows. VH1 has greenlighted a new reality series called Scream Queens which will involve 10 unknown actresses competing for a “Major Role” in a upcoming horror film from Lionsgate Films. The series will consist of eight hour-long episodes, and is set to premiere in the fall.
The horror genre isn’t taken seriously in the first place, but this is a new low. Giving a starring role to a reality show contestant? Am I wrong? I guess you could argue that it isn’t that much different that Project Greenlight. But for some reason the idea of giving a writer/director the funding to make his movie seems a lot less tacky than this. Maybe because the logic of rewarding a contest winner with a starring role instead of finding the best actress for said role, goes beyond all logic. But I guess that happens all the time in Hollywood…
Source: THR
June 9th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Didn’t Shia LaBeouf get his break from The Battle of Shaker Heights, the wining entry for Project Greenlight - a reality show.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:14 am
Shia LaBeouf got a lot of attention from The Battle of Shaker Heights , but he was already an established actor at the time, having starred in the popular Disney Channel tv series Even Stevens and starring in the big screen adaptation of Holes.
And it should be noted that I LOVED Project Greenlight, but for some reason the idea of giving a starring role to a reality show winner seems different than giving a writer/director the chance to bring his idea to the screen.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:22 am
Yuo have to admit, it does sound like a much longer process than the “best blowjob in my office” competition.
Truly, I think that there could be a lot of value in a show like this. It takes special talent to run through the freezing woods in a wet t-shirt.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:50 am
This show could be good if they don’t have people who are desperate to be on TV and/or a film.
But this film is not going to be the best film idea there is going to be.
the roles are going to be people who die in the beginning.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:51 am
one of the requirements for so you think you dance is the ability to dance. maybe this could be entertaining if one of their requirements was the ability to act.
one can hope.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:36 am
Lame, lame, lame. It’s just like an “acting”" version of America’s Next Top Model.
We should call it Screaming Whores. who can give the best BJs and look good in a tight bikini and look good in girl-girl scenes!!!! Sluts.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:31 am
This is lame and I agree it is the acting version of America’s
Top Model. Be prepared to watch a group of catty women fight
and scheme against each other. I hate reality TV.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:31 am
“Major Role” is a vague term. It could mean the “actress” gets to play the role of the first victim of the slasher thus setting the story in motion. See how it never says LEAD ACTRESS.
I don’t see how different this is from having auditions/screentests other than the fact it gives the studio/movie a lot more publicity then it normally would.
It all depends on the format of the show. If it doesn’t resort to some silly weekly elimination challenge then perhaps it stands a chance.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:59 am
@alcaTsar:
I still say that they’re all sluts.
SLUTS!!!!!!!!!!
June 9th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Wow. This post really brought out the feminists in you guys.
I’m in for this show, but only if the contestants start mysteriously disappearing one by one, culminating in a final confrontation/season finale.
June 10th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
not surprised. the acting in most horror movies nowadays is shit anyways. and to be honest, i’d watch a show about some nobody trying to get a starring role in a shit movie, as opposed to herpes-ridden street trash trying to win the dick of some crusty old rockstar any day.