‘Scream’ on screen

‘ Scream’ Hollywood film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett is now being screened at theatres in and around Colombo.

The fifth installment in the Scream film series, the film is written by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick.

Starring Melissa Barrera, Mason Gooding, Jenna Ortega, and Jack Quaid, alongside Marley Shelton, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Neve Campbell, who reprise their roles from previous installments. In this film, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

Though billed as a relaunch of the film series, the film is a direct sequel to Scream 4 (2011), and the first in the series not to be directed by Wes Craven. The film is dedicated to Craven at the beginning of the closing credits.

Although fifth and sixth Scream installments were discussed after the release of Scream 4 in 2011, Craven, writer Kevin Williamson, and executive producer Harvey Weinstein all cast doubts on their likelihood following the less-than-expected box office performance of the fourth film.

After production was delayed due to the ongoing COVID- 19 pandemic, filming took place from September through November 2020 in North Carolina. To avoid story leaks, numerous versions of the screenplay were produced and several additional scenes were filmed.

Scream was theatrically released in the United States on January 14, 2022, by Paramount Pictures. The film has grossed $51 million and was praised by critics as honoring Craven’s legacy and remaining a meta commentary on horror films, with some calling it the best of the Scream sequels

‘Scream’ is now being screened at Liberty by Scope Cinemas, Colombo City Centerm PVR Colombo 2, Kandy City Center, Milano Kegalle, City Cinema Mt Lavinia, Vista Lite Ja Ela and few other theatres.