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David Arquette and Courtney Cox Have Signed For Scream 4, Wes Craven Maybe Not

Posted on Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly

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David Arquette has told E! Online that he will definitely be returning for the next Scream installment, as will his wife, Courtney Cox. We’ve known for a good while that they were in talks for the project, but Arquette is now treating it like a done deal. Amusingly, he imparted this news to the E! reporter from his plastic cubicle above Madison Square Garden. Snoot and sneer at him for hanging up there all you want, but at least check out the charity he’s supporting - Feeding America. Kudos, Mr. Arquette.

After the break, some Arquette quotes on what he knows, and doesn’t know, about the next Scream picture, and why he said yes to coming back.

So, what sold the sequel to the Arquettes?

I fell in love with my wife on Scream, so the opportunity to bring [Dewey] back to life and for my wife to play that really bitchy character again, it’s just going to be really fun. It’s just great.

Will Neve Campbell also be coming back for more? Well, no she isn’t. But it didn’t stop E! asking David about her involvement.

I hope Neve does it. I really hope so.

Hope on, David. I think she’s really going to be missed. Kevin Williamson has admitted that he’s finding it hard to write a Scream without Sydney. Hopefully this necessity will be the mother of invention and he’ll turn out something rather more Scream 1 than Scream 3.

What’s the film going to be about? Arquette does have some idea of the film’s premise, though he’s not talking:

Kevin has sort of put out the broad strokes, but I don’t think I’m at liberty to share any of that.

Good to know there’s actually a plot outline coming into focus though. So many films get this far, if not a lot further, without one even being initiated.

I love the series, for what its worth: the first film very much, the second a fair bit… and the third a little. I’m definitely onboard for more, especially with Williamson and Wes Craven reteamed. Of course, Craven isn’t a dead cert yet, not even in the eyes of David Arquette:

Kevin Williamson is writing the script at this moment, and hopefully Wes Craven is going to direct.

I guess the ball is in Williamson’s court. Can he deliver the quality of script we are all waiting for? Yes, I believe he can. The question is Will he?

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  • CooperKai
    I doubt Williamson will deliver. Scream and Dawson's Creek was the only thing he could hit hard with. This new show Vampire Diaries is awful.
  • darrenvandergriff
    the above article kind of makes it seem like Williamson wrote Scream 3, which he did not.
  • spinster
    I hope Sydney does come back for Scream 4, but then the story might not make sense, or how about Billy Loomis has a brother and he turns out to be the killer, that would be a good story
  • fode
    im a big fan of the scream trilogy, and i know the perfect way to get neve campbell to take a couple days out to film for the new scream trilogy.

    williamson can set the tone for this NEW trilogy by finally killing off SIDNEY, opening scene should be the last time we hear HELLO SIDNEYY...and once again the audience wont know what to expect....they can advertise the movie like shell be the main charchter again(like they did with drew barrymore in the first), but instead killing her off right from the start and then establish new charchters, mixed in with dewey and gale weathers build a new story line, just copy cats of stu and billy and go from there!!!
  • I'm with this guy. Can Peter get fode in touch with Williamson?
  • I don't see how anyone would want a new Scream film. Especially with the same cast.
  • Nothing against Craven, but ultimately it was Williamson (along with the genius casting of Jamie Kennedy, Matthew Lillard, and David Arquette) that made the first Scream a classic. You can easily see that was the case in the following films. Kill off Stu and Randy and you loose half the comedic fun. And then there were the screenplays. When the scripts are bad, Craven is bad too.

    Unfortunately, that brings up the problem that Williamson can be so hit or miss. The guy is at his best when he's aping a John Carpernter flick and Carpenter has never done a fourth installment of anything. Personally, I'll give Williamson Scream, The Faculty, and H2O--maybe even the first I Know What You Did--but most people would call that generous. I'm a fan of the first film and a moderate fan or the franchise so, even though the Arquette couple is a good start, I'm not keeping my fingers crossed.
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