The Wayans Brothers are back at the helm for Scary Movie 6, but will Anna Faris and Regina Hall return for the new sequel?

Eleven years have passed since the release of a new entry in the Scary movie horror parody series – but the franchise won’t remain dormant for much longer. In April it was announced that the Miramax label at Paramount, now operating under new boss Jonathan Glickman, had greenlit a new Scary movie sequel (which would be Scary movie 6if they keep putting numbers in the titles), with the plan to get the film into theaters one day 2025. We recently learned that the series is being revived with the help of the people who started it in the first place: the Wayans Brothers – and now Regina Hall, who played the character Brenda Meeks in the first four films, has said that she thinks that it is so. it would be fun to come back and work on the new sequel with the Wayans.

Directed by In living color creator Keenen Ivory Wayans from a screenplay written by a number of people (Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer), the first Scary movie was released in 2000 by Dimension Films. Scary movie 2 was released in 2001, and the Wayans remained at the helm of the creative team before that. Keenen Ivory Wayans directed the film from a screenplay credited to Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Alyson Fouse, Greg Grabianski, Dave Polsky, Michael Anthony Snowden and Craig Wayans. There was a shake-up behind the scenes of 2003 Scary movie 3as Dimension hired Aeroplane And The naked gun director David Zucker to take the helm. Zucker directed that film from a screenplay by Craig Mazin and Pat Proft. That trio returned for Scary movie 4 in 2006, with Jim Abrahams also receiving a writing credit. Seven years later, Pat Proft and David Zucker returned to write Scary movie 5which was directed by Undercover brotherby Malcolm D. Lee.

The first Scary movie was made on a budget of $19 million and made $278 million at the box office, so budgets increased for most sequels. Scary movie 2 cost $45 million and earned $141 million, Scary movie 3 cost $48 million and made almost $221 million, and Scary movie 4 was made for $40 million and earned $178 million at the box office. After the long break between films, Scary movie 5 was given a lower budget and dropped to $20 million. That was a good decision, because the film only made $78 million at the box office.

Scary movie 5 was the only film in the franchise not to star Anna Faris and Regina Hall as Cindy Campbell and Brenda Meeks. In a 2022 interview, Faris said she would be willing to return for another sequel if the price was right (and she thought Hall would too). Earlier this year, Faris said she would return for money and the chance to work with Hall again. When TV Insider asked Hall about Faris’ comments, she responded: “Anna is great. I’m just really excited to know that the Wayans, who actually started the project from their idea, are back on board and at the helm again. I’m excited for them. We’ll see if Brenda is in this new world. I’m really excited about the possibility of the band getting back together. That would be nice.“

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