First rumoured back in April 2013, it seems that the television spin-off to horror franchise SCREAM will happen. The show which will air on MTV has begun the initial round of casting ahead of filming of a pilot.
SCREAM was a film seen by many as the film which rejuvenated the horror genre which at the tail end of the nineties had found itself stagnating in straight-to-video hell. Filled with references to the classics that had come before, the film which was written by Kevin Williamson and directed by horror legend Wes Craven was exactly the fresh air that everyone was in need of. The three sequels that followed didn’t live up tp the spark created by the first but maybe the small screen can succeed where the big screen failed.
The plot of the series will kick off with a viral You Tube video, which results in a string of murders in a small town with a troubled past. The script has been written by Jill Blotevogel, the lady behind the fantastic and underrated Harper’s Island, a show set during a wedding wherein one guest was systematically bumping off the rest. Craven is also looking likely to inhabit the director’s chair for the pilot at least.
Ahead of casting MTV have released some snippets of information about the four series regulars:
Harper Duval: A 16-year-old beauty “who’s a little too introverted and intellectual to be a social butterfly” but has nevertheless been anointed by the popular crowd to be one of their own. “She feels guilty that she has drifted away from former best friend Audrey.” She also has a very close relationship with her mother, Maggie who is the town medical examiner.
Audrey Jesen: “The bi-curious daughter of a Lutheran pastor” who’s “more arresting-looking than pretty.” This “artsy loner” dreams of being a filmmaker and shares a close bond with tech genius Noah. She is also the former best friend of Harper.
Noah Foster: Audrey’s closest confidante is “creative, brilliant and tech-savvy enough to be the next Steve Jobs.” Setting up to be the potential Randy of the show Noah has a great sense of humor (“a la John Cusack in his teen prime”) that helps him navigate the halls of his high school. What’s more, Noah possesses “an encyclopedic knowledge of books, films, TV, apps, etc.”
Margaret “Maggie” Duval: Harper’s mom, in her early to mid-40s, is the town’s medical examiner, “a grown-up science geek who plays down her beauty.” Maggie spends a lot of her time trying to make up for the fact that Harper’s dad abandoned them. Spoiler alert – she is also hiding “a dark secret from her past.”
Depending on the length of production it is likely that series will be on American screens at least around October.
Source: TVLine
