News about Wes Craven

Scream 7's director Christopher Landon has been sacked. On Saturday, the horror specialist who created Happy Death Day and Freaky would take to X, formerly Twitter, to announce that he will no longer be directing the upcoming sequel in the famous franchise started by Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson. 'I guess now is as good a time as any to announce that I officially left Scream 7 weeks ago,' Landon said. 'This will offend some people and delight others.' It was a dream job that turned into a nightmare. And my heart did break for those involved. All are welcome. However, it's time to move forward.'

Remakes and reboots are almost as old as Hollywood, and some of the best films of all time are redos of earlier attempts. However, the film industry's increasing reliance on established intellectual property (IP) and concerns about financing original stories has resulted in a shift toward increased attention on franchises, which require regular reboots to keep them running. The critically reviled Fantastic Four revival from 2015, which generated less than half of what was expected and ended up being a disaster when factoring in the large advertising and promotion budget.

For a strange commercial, sprinting icon Usain Bolt has come dressed up as film and TV villain Freddy Krueger. Krueger was created by American film producer Wes Craven and first appeared in the 1984 film A Nightmare on Elm Street. Krueger, a killer who murders his victims in their dreams and in the real world, has appeared in sequels to the film and television shows, including Freddy's Nightmares. Bolt has now sporting Krueger's most coveted Fedora hat and re-created his famous bladed glove for an advertisement.

According to studio estimates, Scream VI made a franchise-best of a whopping $44.5 million in domestic ticket sales. Scream 2's latest slasher film starring Courteney Cox and Jenna Ortega disappointed as it surpassed the previous series's record of $32 million that Scream 2 opened with in 1997. The film's strong debut, which was set to premiere at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, was yet another reminder of how horror has risen to be one of the few sure things at the box office. The Scream franchise, which Wes Craven and later distributed by Dimension Films, has seen a revival with a young cast led by Ortega, 20, and Melissa Barrera, 32, after lying dormant for more than a decade. The 27-year-old series' meta slasher talelines and serial killer Ghostface have been revived by producers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and it's paying off.

Five hit films have been produced, including a sixth that was announced on March 10, a Netflix series, and many sleepless nights. Residents in Woodsboro's tiny town are terrified by a eerie ghostface who terrorizes his victims on the phone before picking them out one by one. The original, which mocked the horror genre, became a hindrance upon its debut in 1996, grossing over £700 million globally.

On Monday, the masked figure was discovered looming at the edge of a crosswalk in Sonoma, Italy. They then walked across the street before mugging for the camera wearing the ghoul mask, which was first seen in 1996, when the original Scream film premiered in 1996. This one was not wielding a sword, and it didn't chop anyone to death like the movie's fictional Ghostface. Locals in the area were also worried about potential copycat attacks, with some calling the police. They found the truth only after; the actress was part of a stunt designed to raise money for Scream 6, which is in theaters on March 10.

By Aedan Juvet Scream, the quintessential horror film, is back after 11 years of silence and 25 years since the creation of director Wes Craven and writer Kevin Williamson's terrifying terrors. The fifth installment of the film series, which was released on January 14, features an extraordinary trio of legacy characters that fans have come to adore: Neve Campbell's Sidney, Courteney Cox's Gale, and David Arquette's Dewey. However, this re-imagined Scream opens the door to a whole new crop of Woodsboro's criminals. Scream, a film about a recent transition in a genre that has undergone major change, has achieved a synchronization of several generations of cinematic aspirations, while still keeping the blood pumping.