Ghostface, meet your new tormentees.
MTV has begun the casting process for its one-hour drama pilot based the Scream film franchise, and we’ve got intel on four series-regular characters.
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The pilot, penned by Jill Blotevogel (Ravenswood, Harper’s Island, Eureka), kicks off with a YouTube video going viral, which will have adverse repercussions for teenager Audrey and seemingly serve as the “catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to [her] town’s troubled past.”
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The show’s main characters, whose ethnicities are still to be determined, will include:
* Harper Duval: A 16-year-old beauty “who’s a little too introverted and intellectual to be a social butterfly” but has nevertheless been annointed by the popular crowd to be one of their own. “She feels guilty that she has drifted away from former best friend Audrey,” but at least she’s got a Gilmore Girls-esque relationship with mom Maggie to keep her sane.
* Audrey Jesen: Haper’s former BFF is described as “the bi-curious daughter of a Lutheran pastor” who’s “more arresting-looking than pretty.” This “artsy loner” dreams of being a filmmaker and shares a close bond with tech genius Noah.
* Noah Foster: Audrey’s closest confidante is “creative, brilliant and tech-savvy enough to be the next Steve Jobs.” Lucky for him, he’s got a great sense of humor (“a la John Cusack in his teen prime”) that helps him navigate the halls of his high school. What’s more, Noah possesses “an encyclopedic knowledge of books, films, TV, apps, etc.”
* Margaret “Maggie” Duval: Harper’s mom, in her early to mid-40s, is the town’s medical examiner, “a grown-up science geek who plays down her beauty.” Maggie spends a lot of her time trying to make up for the fact that Harper’s dad abandoned them. Oh, and she’s harboring “a dark secret from her past.”
Thoughts on how Scream is shaping up? Got any casting suggestions? (Maybe The Carrie Diaries‘ AnnaSophia Robb as Audrey?) Hit the comments with your thoughts!
I’ve been looking forward to the Scream show since I first heard about it a couple years ago. But honestly, I don’t know how it’s going to go. It could be a good show and actually last a whole season or, better yet, get picked up for a second (somehow)…or it could flop because Scream to me is a classic that no show could ever do justice. So we’ll see. Hopefully they won’t ruin it.
I don’t know how they’re going to pull this off as a tv series. Maybe they should go the American Horror Story route and have a setting and story each season so they don’t drag out who the killer is, etc. Plus that way you can kill off main characters easier.
I’m predicting Pretty Little Liars style, endless twists and misdirects.
Yeah thats extacly what I was gonna say. Instead of texting it will be murdering.
This would make a great pairing with Teen Wolf. While it seems unlikely to me that Scream would air earlier than 10 PM, or that they’d bump Teen Wolf to a 9 PM slot, it could be a great way for the shows to build on each other’s audiences. Guess we’ll see!
Also, any news on when this is supposed to hit the airwaves, if it’s ordered to series?
I’ve been interested to see how they’re going to do this but the fact this comes from one of the writers of Ravenswood doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence. I’m hoping this show is just as self-aware and witty as the movies but honestly, it sounds like a teen drama with serial killers.
I’m praying that they’ve taken out the “supernatural” element they wanted to add, it takes away from what was great about Scream.
any intel on when Finding Carter will air?
Anyone else notice that all three descriptions of female characters make reference to their looks, while the male character has literally no physical description, only of his personality? -_-
Toni Collette, Laurie Holden, Elizabeth Berkley, Denise Richards (if they cancel Twisted, which I’m sure they will), Christina Applegate, or Christina Taylor for the mom please.
I have also thought about Elizabeth Berkley for the mom part! She’d be perfect.
she wouldn’t touch this with a tent pole.
The phrase is ‘ten foot pole’. ;)
Shhh, her version is my new favorite
Or they can connect movies with show by getting Rebecca Gayheart as her character Lois from “Scream 2″ as mom (or Portia de Rossi as her character Murphy). Afterall if I’m not mistaken they weren’t killed in the movie.
They’re not going to connect with the movies. They may pay homage to previous incarnations a la Smallville guest starring roles, but they’re not going to figure out how to tie the two mythologies together.
Says who??
And how the hell do you know? Are you the one writing it?
I predict Noah is Ghostface :)
Will Poulter, Cameron Bright, or Connor Jessup for Noah.
I am a little perturbed that they aren’t using the movie characters (Sidney, Gale, Dewey, etc.), but now there’s a chance Neve Campbell or Courteney Cox or David Arquette could reprise their roles in an episode down the line.
Can we please cast 17-22 year olds as the teens? Nobody older please.
Good luck with that wish. Look at The 100. I think there might be one “teenager” who’s under 25. Most of the rest are closer to 30.
Why does it matter? It’s not about their age. It’s about how they APPEAR. A lot people look younger than they are these days. Esp. if you take care of your body. Most actors age well.
From reading the summary and the characters description, I do not see the connection to the Scream movies. One commenter above said they hope the supernatural element is not involve but I hope it is, since they are talking about the town having a dark history.
The dark history could simply refer to the previous murder sprees if the town this is taking place in is Woodsboro. The one teen’s mom might tie back to Sidney, Gale, Dewey, etc. somehow.
I hope it’s set in Woodsboro and takes place following Scream 4, David Arquette could recur as Dewey since he’s the town sheriff.
Somehow I doubt it would be taking place in Woodsboro, the murders received international coverage from the media and Sidney ‘ S book. So there is no way it will talk place in Woodsboro because their dark history is known to the world.
Not if the “dark history” refers to events prior to the first film.
No. Keep AnaSophia Robb and her bad acting away from this project!
Really liked Harpers Island. Been waiting for a killer TV horror type show to come on TV again. Hope they don’t ruin this show, this being MTV and all..
I agree. I adored Harper’s Island and am encouraged by the writers being connected to HI.
MTV has a good track record with scripted shows. Teen Wolf is pretty amazing, and so is Awkward.
India Eisley as Harper
Mackenzie Rosman as Audrey
Dylan Everett as Noah
Mia Kirshner as Maggie
or
AnnaSophia Robb as Harper
Annie Clark as Audrey
Adam Hicks as Noah
Megyn Price as Maggie
or
Elizabeth Gillies as Harper
Renee Olstead as Audrey
Matt Bennett as Noah
Constance Zimmer as Maggie
Gage Golightly from Teen Wolf for Harper.
Brendan Dooling from The Carrie Diaries for Noah.
In order to pull this off, they have to have a murder an episode, Harper’s Island-style. At least for the first season.
Saw this, penned by Jill Blotevogel (Ravenswood, Harper’s Island, Eureka), and knew the show is already doomed.
then u obviously havent seen all FIVE SEASONS of Eureka
Eureka is a poorly written show. No matter how man seasons it has.
If this show was an anthology like American Horror Story this project might seem more interesting.
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Any news on the Shannara project?
Big no no Big no no
I agree with commenters on here that say this may work only if its done miniseries format and changes yearly!
Okay hate to play spoiler here, but Ghostface will be Audrey’s father, a Lutheran pastor who is crazy, because Hollywood is full of close-minded Fascists whose blind hatred of Christians and Orthodox Jews boils over.
I too think it’ll be Audrey’s dad. It has to be someone who probably won’t be introduced in the pilot but we know exists.
You’re nuts. This is why normal people hate religious people.
What?! Apparently you have no idea that Hollywood is mostly run by the Jewish. WEINSTEIN anyone?!
are they allowing online auditions because i would be very interested in playing the part of noah
*eyeroll* Get an agent.
Sounds like it could be like Bates Motel in that they live in a town that has a serious dark side. I don’t see how this could last for multiple seasons before people get tired of not knowing who the killer is.
There could be a new killer every season, much like how Sidney was tormented by a new killer(s) in each film.
It’s hard to believe the writer for this was behind Ravenswood and Harper’s Ferry both. I just hope that it follows in the vein of Ravenswood rather than Harper’s Ferry. Harper’s Ferry left me totally wanting to throw up/wanting the hours back I had spent watching it. The problem was that the character development was not consistent. It was as if the killer was arbitrarily chosen out of the blue at the end with no preplanning. We should have been able to look back at their behavior and see the clues that at least *something* was off about them before they were revealed as being totally crazy. It didn’t come off as a plot twist. It was just poor writing.
I would love to audition for this show. My friends and I grew up w/ the Scream movies.
I’m so excited for this! I grew up watching the movies. Hopefully we’ll get more casting call news for the people that want to try out! I would live to audition for Harper or Audrey.
ME! I should be an actor on the show haha. But really I’m 16 and ready!
I think this would be awesome. It is so perfect for Mtv they did great with teen wolf. i can see a pretty little liars vibe. I would love to see Krista Allen as the mom role. She is so funny and also most people love her so we get that gilmore girls thing. she’d be great!! I want her to be my mom!! LOL
This stupid all these same horror tv shows, they just take all the horror out of horror movies and turn then them into crappy soap-opera type shows, I WANTED THEM TO DO SCREAM 5 & SCREAM 6 MOVIES ARE SO MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!