Scream (TV series)

Scream
Genre Horror
Mystery
Created by Jill Blotevogel
Starring
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 10
Production
Executive producer(s)
Producer(s)
Production company(s) MTV Production Development
Dimension TV[1]
Broadcast
Original channel MTV
Original airing June 30, 2015

Scream is an upcoming American horror television series that is expected to air on MTV on June 30, 2015. The series is a television adaptation of the slasher film series of the same name.

Premise

The pilot starts with a YouTube video going viral, which soon leads to problems for teenager Audrey and seemingly serves as the “catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the small town of Lakewood's troubled past.”

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Guest Stars

Production

Development

In June 2012, it was reported that MTV was in the early stages of developing a weekly television series based on the Scream film franchise.[2] In April 2013, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that MTV had greenlit the pilot episode, with Wes Craven in talks to direct.[1][3] In July 2013, it was reported that Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin had officially boarded the project to write the pilot script.[1] In April 2014, it was reported by TVLine that the show will be penned by Jill Blotevogel.[4] In August 2014, the series announced its cast as well as director Jamie Travis.[1] The series was originally planned to debut in mid-2014,[5] however, this was changed to Summer 2015.[6] The pilot episode, Red Roses, was written by Jill E. Blotevogel.

On April 12, 2015, the first trailer for the series was aired during the 2015 MTV Movie Awards presented by Bella Thorne, also revealing the final premiere date of the series, which will air on June 30, 2015.[7]

Casting

On August 6, 2014, Both the main cast and recurring cast were announced, however, two cast members Amy Forsyth dropped out being replaced by Bex Taylor-Klaus and on February 22, 2015 it was revealed that Joel Gretsch, who was playing Sheriff Clark Hudson, had left the show as producers thought his character should go down a different path. Jason Wiles ended up replacing him as the sheriff. On December 11, 2014, it was revealed that Bella Thorne will be apart of the cast, the actress confirmed this during an interview saying "Yes it's true. I will re-enact the famous scene of Drew Barrymore in the original series".[8]

On April 22, 2015, former True Blood actress Amelia Rose Blaire was confirmed to be joining the show as Piper Shay, which by the character description is a role similar to Gale Weathers from the Scream movies.


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 Snetiker, Marc. "MTV's 'Scream' gets full series order". Inside TV. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Bernstein, Abbie (June 3, 2012). "Exclusive: MTV Developing Scream TV Series". Assignment X. TVLine. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
  3. ↑ Ng, Philiana (April 25, 2013). "MTV Greenlights 'Scream' Pilot, Renews 'Snooki & JWOWW'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. ↑ http://tvline.com/2014/04/02/scream-mtv-pilot-update-cast/
  5. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Kevin (July 26, 2013). "MTV's 'Scream' TV series hires 'revenge' writers, eyes 2014 premiere". screen crush.com. http://screencrush.com/. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  6. ↑ "MTV’s Scream TV Series Potentially Titled Hush". DC. DC. July 26, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  7. ↑ http://deadline.com/2015/04/mtv-scream-tv-show-first-trailer-mtv-movie-awards-1201408741/
  8. ↑ Highfill, Samantha. "Bella Thorne says she'll play Drew Barrymore's part in MTV's 'Scream'". Inside TV. Retrieved 12 December 2014..

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