A killer idea. Following the success of the Scream franchise, MTV launched a extra long-term slasher idea within the type of a TV collection.
In 2015, Scream premiered as a separate entity based mostly on murders that happen within the fictional city of Lakewood. Emma Duval (Willa Fitzgerald) finds herself taunted by the killer on account of her connection to the city’s darkish historical past.
Ahead of the horror present’s debut, season 1 showrunner Jill Blotevogel defined how the writers room approached making a slasher for the small display screen.
“It really came down, to make it feel like Scream, that Scream is about a real physical killer and the mask that he wears,” she instructed Collider in 2015. “It was about getting that meta tone down, the humor and really tapping into the idea of technology and how kids today make themselves incredibly vulnerable with what they expose about themselves on the internet. … And how we all wear masks by what we put out on social media, with the photos we put out there and the information that we release.”
The producer famous that the TV collection was targeted on getting the viewers invested within the core story. “With this show, we really wanted to start with the characters and this amazing cast and get you to care for them and fall in love with them, so you’re rooting for them to survive,” Blotevogel continued. “A lot of times, in a horror movie, you don’t have enough time to get to know them well enough to care that much. We want to keep that uncertainty. We want to keep people off-balance, so that they don’t know necessarily when, if or how someone might die.”
For the Harper’s Island alum, the “trickiest aspects” of Scream got here with the murders. “As soon as you create characters and you start working with them, you fall in love with them, as a writer and producer, as well. It’s been really hard doing that,” she added on the time.
In October 2016, the collection was picked up for a 3rd season which was later changed into a reboot. The short-lived collection, titled Scream: Resurrection, launched a brand new setting and new solid members.
Original star Carlson Young later mirrored on the “shocking” flip of occasions. “It was like, ‘You got renewed for a third season!’ Then it was quiet. And we’re like, ‘What does that mean?’ And especially just the way the show ended. There’s these cliffhangers and, I don’t know, it didn’t feel wrapped up,” Young, who performed Brooke Maddox on the primary two seasons, instructed Collider in January 2021. “But when they decided to do the reboot, it was just sort of moving right along and kind of taking the entire experience with gratitude, and I even have a fraction to do with the Scream fanbase, which is the best and just the franchise in general.”
The True Blood alum additionally opened up about what kind of ending she would have favored for her character. “I’m just speaking for myself, but I feel like the other actors would say the same thing, we were just trying to do the best we could within this framework and to make this TV version something different and interesting,” Young defined. “I do feel like there could have been a really great episode where we all die. Like, why don’t you just kill everybody? It’s Scream! But, you know, just my thoughts!”
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