![]() They came up as part of a family that Wes and Kevin built. And then also just the reality to the emotional weight of what these movies are for the legacy cast. We knew that it had to be and would ultimately, I think, resonate with anybody who read it that understood the “Scream” movies, but there’s also just a reality to schedules and all of that. And what the blueprint was and how much it was resonating with us. I think we simultaneously had all the confidence in the world in this script. ![]() I think we felt confident ultimately that they were going to sign on because what was on the page to us was just such a tribute to those characters while also being like the kind of perfect way to drop us back in the story of their lives 10 years later. Tyler Gillett: It was pretty touch and go. How touch-and-go was it, in terms of securing the returning cast members? There was an interview with Neve from 2020 where she talks about you guys writing her a letter. ![]() It’s just a very collaborative process the whole time. They’ll send us something great right away. So whenever we have something that’s not quite working, we can bounce it off of them. And the other great thing about Guy and Jamie is that we are such good friends with them that throughout the process of making the movie we’re in constant communication. But the story they wrote, that we read in February 2020 is what you’re seeing. And during the process of making it, as on every movie, just in production, you end up moving things around, figuring things out to make it work on the schedule, etc. There were some scenes that got cut in post just for flow. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin: The initial screenplay was very close… How much of the central idea was there and how much did you guys work on developing it? What was that initial screenplay like versus the final movie? It was like, holy shit another “Scream” movie is coming out. And honestly, it started with hearing that that Jamie and Guy, who are two close friends, were writing it. ![]() I think, it’s been an out body experience since we read the script for the first time in the top of 2020, it was just. Tyler Gillett: Yes, it was equal parts, terrifying and exciting. What was it like embarking on this journey? We’ll have more from our chat with the Radio Silence team, including digging into all those juicy spoiler details, very soon! Oh, and we get their thoughts on “The Last Jedi” too! The team, who last worked on the wonderful locked-door horror thriller “Ready or Not,” talked with TheWrap about what it was like working on their dream project, attempting to sway the legacy cast members to come on board the new film, and reproducing the special formula that made the initial films so special, only without director Wes Craven (who passed away in 2015) and screenwriter Kevin Williamson (who was an executive producer the new script was handled by James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick). Talking to them, even for a few moments, it is very clear that there simply isn’t anyone else who could have brought this new “Scream” to life. When it comes to “Scream” fandom, it doesn’t get much bigger than directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and producer Chad Villella, who are collectively known as Radio Silence.
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