Paramount Pictures and Miramax are reviving theScary Moviefranchise with a reboot. Horror films continue to be all the rage at the box office, so it should come as no surprise that the franchise that became known for spoofing the best of them is making a comeback. Having taken aim at classics likeThe Exorcist, The Shining, andScream, the franchise will have a whole new playground of horrors likeTerrifierandWinnie the Pooh: Blood and Honeyto lampoon very soon.
PerThe Hollywood Reporter, a newScary Movieentry is set to begin filming later this year, reportedly as early as the fall. The news was unveiled during Paramount’s presentation atCinemaConin Las Vegas as a joint venture with Miramax that will seeFast & Furiousproducer Neil H. Mortiz producing the project.
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No word on whether original cast members such as Anna Faris orRegina Hallwill be returning or if it will feature a brand-new cast, but the film is eyeing a release sometime in 2025. It’s also unclear whether this will be a reboot or sequel but, either way, the new movie will likely make fun of itself in that regard.
The Scary Movie Franchise Parodied the Best of the Best in Horror
TheScary Moviefranchise began in 2000 in the wake of the success of 1996’sScreamand 1997’sI Know What You Did Last Summer. Directed by Keenan Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans, the film serves as a slasher parody that follows a group of teenagers who accidentally hit a man with their car, dump his body in a lake, and swear to secrecy. A year later, someone donning a Ghostface mask and robe begins stalking and hunting them down one by one.
Scary Movie 2: Every Horror Movie Parodied in the Film
Scary Movie 2 predominantly parodied supernatural horror films of the ’70s and ’80s. Here’s the list of each one.
The movie was a massive hit upon release, grossing $278 million globally on a slim $19 million budget. Despite mixed reviews and some of its most crude jokes dividing some critics, the movie spawned a franchise of four sequels, beginning withScary Movie 2in 2001. The Wayans returned for that installment and, even though the film was technically successful with a gross of $141.2 million worldwide on a $45 million budget, it fell short of its predecessor by some ways.
WhenScary Movie 3was released in 2003, the Wayans were pushed out of the franchise andDavid Zucker, the man behind parody staples such asAirplane!and theNaked Gunfranchise, was brought in to direct. The result was a film that dropped the R-rated sensibilities of the first two films, but it was a return to box office supremacy, with the third installment grossing $220.7 million globally on a $48 million budget.
Why Scary Movie 4 Is the Funniest Entry in the Franchise
Perhaps it isn’t that Scary Movie 4 is “the funniest” but rather just the least bad of the lot.
Zucker returned to direct Scary Movie 4in 2006 and although grosses were down to $178 million, it was still on the high end for the franchise at that point. The final film of the series to date,Scary Movie 5, was directed by Malcolm D. Lee and was released in 2013. To date, it’s the lowest-grossing film of the franchise, making just $78.4 million.
The Scary Movie franchise, across all of its films, has spoofed some of the biggest entries in the horror genre, includingHalloween,The Shining,The Blair Witch Project,The Exorcist,The Haunting,Signs,The Ring, andWhat Lies Beneath, among others.
Scary Movie 1-3can currently be streamed on Max.Scary Movie 4and 5 are available on The Roku Channel and Fubo respectively.
