EXCLUSIVE: David Arquette (Scream) is becoming a member of Scott Foley and Matthew Lillard getting back from the useless (in some way?) in Scream 7 from Spyglass and Paramount Footage, sources inform Deadline.
The trio performed characters who died within the franchise and are returning in a shock means. Particulars concerning how his character comes again and the movie’s plot are at the moment underneath wraps.
Arquette starred as Deputy Dewey Riley, who was offed within the fifth movie by Amber Freeman, performed by newly minted Oscar winner Mikey Madison. The character first seems within the franchise’s unique movie Scream (1996) because the older brother of Tatum Riley (Rose McGowan) and the clumsy police deputy making an attempt to assist clear up the murders of their city of Woodsboro. Tatum was the fifth sufferer of the Woodsboro Murders serial killers (performed by Skeet Ulrich and Lillard), which affected Dewey immensely.
The deputy was married to Gale Weathers, performed by Courteney Cox, who will reprise the function in Scream 7. Dewey killed Foley’s character Roman Bridger, secret brother of Sydney Prescott (Neve Campbell), in Scream 3 (2000).
Arquette may even be part of the beforehand introduced legacy solid members Campbell, Mason Gooding and Jasmin Savoy Brown, alongside newcomers Isabel Might, Celeste O’Connor, Asa Germann, Mckenna Grace, Sam Rechner, Anna Camp, Joel McHale, Mark Consuelos and Ethan Embry.
The long-running horror franchise has 4 movies, together with Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000) and Scream 4 (2011) directed by the late Wes Craven. It relaunched with the fifth installment, Scream, in 2022.
The most recent outing, Scream VI, was launched theatrically worldwide in March 2023 and holds the franchise document for highest home field workplace gross with greater than $108 million and has taken in additional than $169 million worldwide. Collectively, the Scream franchise has earned greater than $900 million in worldwide field workplace receipts.