[Movies] Wes Craven Talks About the Future of the Scream Franchise
Posted by Jeffrey Harris on 03.13.2013
Nothing is moving forward right now...
JoBlo.com spoke with director Wes Craven during SXSW in Austin, TX about Scream 5 and the future of the series:
"So far I have not heard anything about SCREAM 5 from Bob Weinstein. There is some talk about a television series, but I don't think anything has moved forward on that yet. That's what I'm hearing more than anything else from the guys at Dimension. It would be them picking up the phone and asking me if I wanted to play with them, so..."
Scream 4 was released in 2011 and reportedly cost $40 million. The movie made only $38 million domestically and $97 million worldwide making it the worst box office performer in the series.
Craven is currently developing Coming of Rage, a comic collaboration with Steve Niles. The story is a road trip tale about a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie.