Hence the level of intrigue when Universal Pictures announced that the pair’s next film will be a reboot of an unnamed Universal Monsters property-and that Barrera will star in the picture after leading the last two Scream movies. It also proved to be the biggest hit in the franchise’s history, with the pic setting a series-best opening when it debuted to $44.5 million in the U.S. Yet this turned out to be just the opening act ahead of last March’s Scream VI, the scariest Ghostface movie in decades where the chatty, movie-savvy killer followed Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega to the Big Apple. Fresh off the success of the gruesome and hilarious Ready or Not (2019), the duo homaged Craven’s legacy while making Ghostface their own in the 2022 legacy sequel (or “requel” as they call it within that film). They already did it once to bloody good results when the pair-who along with producer Chad Villella form the horror collective Radio Silence-became the first directors to take the reins of the Scream franchise from the late, great Wes Craven. Directors Matt Betinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are unafraid to step into the shadow of legends.
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