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Scary Movie 5 Will Spoof Black Swan, Anna Faris Not Planning to Return
8 May 2012 11:29 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
It's been over five years now since the last installment in the Scary Movie franchise hit theatres, and although Scary Movie 4 was not quite as successful as parts 1 or 3, it made a lot more money that I ever would have expected -- $178 million worldwide, to be exact. Clearly people still find these movies amusing, and with horror continuing to thrive in Hollywood, it only makes sense that another installment would eventually be greenlit. A couple of weeks ago we learned that Dimension Films was in the process of setting up Scary Movie 5, and although veteran spoof master David Zucker will return to produce and co-write, he will not return to direct. Perhaps more distressing, however, is the fact that the franchise's biggest star, Anna Faris, will not be returning either. In a recent interview with Coming Soon, Anna Faris was asked about her potential involvement in Scary Movie 5. »
- Sean
Anna Faris Passes on ‘Scary Movie 5′
7 May 2012 8:41 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
With the announcement of Scary Movie 5 after a six-year hiatus, it’s unclear how much enthusiasm remains for the franchise. The sequel’s prospects now look even dimmer after the announcement that series mainstay Anna Faris will likely not be returning for a fifth outing.
Faris, who had her breakthrough film role playing Cindy Campbell in the original Scary Movie back in 2000, has returned as a variation of this same character for each of the previous sequels. She has served as a constant, of sorts, for the series, even as the Wayans brothers passed the creative torch to David Zucker after Scary Movie 2.
The fame generated by her participation in the once-popular franchise helped propel her into more substantive roles in films such as Brokeback Mountain and Observe ...
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- Andrew Contrada
Anna Faris Skipping Scary Movie 5?
6 May 2012 11:37 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Actress Anna Faris has long been a staple in the Scary Movie franchise. No matter how bad they got she was always there front and center with a big smile on her face. So will she be in the recently announced Scary Movie 5? It sure doesn't sound like it.
Coming Soon caught up with Faris who had this to say on whether or not she would be around for round 5. “No, I don’t think I’m going to do it. I don’t think I’m part of that. I don’t know exactly what’s happening with it, but I hear it’s sort of in the works and stuff.”
Maybe it'll just stay there?
Malcolm Lee (Roll Bounce, Undercover Brother) will direct Scary Movie 5 with production slated to begin this summer. Casting is under way but David Zucker, who wrote and directed both Scary Movie 3 »
- Uncle Creepy
‘Undercover Brother’ Director Malcolm Lee Taking Over ‘Scary Movie’ Franchise
25 April 2012 11:55 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
The comedic artform of spoofs have been taking a drubbing over the past decade and change, thanks mostly to the work of Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, who through their body of work (Disaster Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, etc.) have turned what was once a clever style into one where the punchlines are nothing more than cultural references. But despite their reign of terror, there has been one spoof franchise that has managed to maintain at least a semblance of quality: Scary Movie. Four installments in and they continue to be the best spoofs made in Hollywood, a distinction that is probably not all that great considering what they’re up against but it’s still worth mentioning. But as a spoof addict/masochist like myself, a new Scary Movie is like a sigh of relief.
And now the long-delayed fifth installment is gearing to start production and »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
'Scary Movie 5' Gets a Director, Starts Casting; Robert Rodriguez Readies to Direct 'Fire and Ice' Remake
25 April 2012 11:55 AM, PDT | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
Undercover Brother director Malcolm Lee will be rebooting the Scary Movie franchise — a spoof of Wes Craven's self-aware horror opus series, Scream. Last year we saw Craven and writer Kevin Williamson return to their baby, along with the ensemble cast that many horror fans have grown up with (Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, and friends), so it seems fitting that its parody partner would follow suit. Lee and company will be starting production on the new movie this summer, and casting is already underway according to Entertainment Weekly. Scary Movie 3 and 4 director/writer David Zucker will be co-writing/producing, bringing his lampooning expertise to the table. Is the Scary Movie reboot a way for the studio to market off of Joss Whedon's The Cabin in...
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- Alison Nastasi
Scary Movie 5 Gets a Director
25 April 2012 11:22 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
Apparently they’re not going to reboot the “Scary Movie” franchise as originally thought, and will just end up doing a “Scary Movie 5″. Which is probably the way to go. How in the world were they even going to reboot a franchise built entirely on spoofing other movies? I suppose they could spoof horror movie reboots. That’s one way to go about it. But whatever they end up doing with “Scary Movie 5″, the comedy franchise has now officially hired on a director in Malcolm Lee (“Undercover Brother”), with David Zucker of “Scary Movie 3″ and “4″ returning as writer and producer. Hard to believe, but it’s been over 6 years since “Scary Movie 4″, and 12 years since the first “Scary Movie”. The thing about these spoof films is that you’re never out of material, as long as Hollywood continues making genre movies. Of course, the mining of »
- Nix
Dimension Films Tap Malcolm Lee to Direct David Zuckers Scary Movie 5
25 April 2012 | Horror Asylum | See recent Horror Asylum news »
Director Malcolm Lee ('Undercover Brother') has been tapped to helm the next installment in the spoof horror franchise 'Scary Movie 5' for Dimension Films. According to EW production is slated for this Summer. Casting is underway but there's no word yet as to whether they'll be snagging back returning players Anna Faris (below), Regina Hall, Kevin Hart and/or Anthony Anderson. Spoof expert David Zucker is back on board to help co-write and produce. Zucker previously worked on 'Scary Movie 3' and 'Scary Movie 4' which were passable mostly due to the appearance of the late Leslie Nielson. Let's just hope he can find at least some slight return to form to the good old days of 'Airplane!' and 'The Naked Gun' series »
Scary Movie 5 Gets Director and Start Date
25 April 2012 1:34 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
About a year ago, it was announced that "Scary Movie 5" would hit theaters on April 20th, 2012. Clearly that didn't happen. But Entertainment Weekly has now learned that Malcolm Lee (Undercover Brother, Roll Bounce) has been hired to direct the new installment. Production is set to begin this summer with Anthony Anderson, Regina Hall and Kevin Hart all in talks to return. David Zucker, who wrote and directed both "Scary Movie 3" and "Scary Movie 4," will be back to co-write and produce the fifth film, which will be released on January 11th, 2013. It's not clear whether Anna Faris will return as well, but back in October she revealed that she would be interested in playing Cindy again. "Yeah, I would," said Faris. "I loved playing Cindy. She's so dumb. She couldn't be less intelligent, that girl. It's really fun for me to play that role." Click here to read »
Scary Movie 5 digs up a new director
25 April 2012 1:01 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
It has been six years since the last Scary Movie released, and twelve years since the first. Seems someone has since decided that six years is long enough to not be making money, and so a new installment has found a director and a general start date. Scary Movie 5 will be directed by Malcolm D. Lee (Soul Men, Undercover Brother), co-written by Lee and David Zucker (director of Scary Movie 3 and 4), and begin shooting this summer. I remember finding the original Scary »
- Alejandro Stepenberg
Directors: Taylor, Lee, Fickman, Lin, Quale
24 April 2012 9:30 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Tate Taylor ("The Help") is in talks to write and direct "The Jury", a remake of Peter Morgan and Pete Travis' 2002 British miniseries, for Fox 2000.
The original followed the inner workings of the trial of a young Sikh student charged with murdering a classmate tormenter. Gerard Butler and Mark Strong starred. [Source: Deadline]
Malcolm Lee ("Roll Bounce," "Undercover Brother") is set to direct a fifth "Scary Movie" which is slated to begin filming this summer.
Casting is underway but David Zucker, who wrote and directed both the third and fourth "Scary Movie", will also be returning to co-write and produce the fifth installment alongside Lee. [Source: Bloody Disgusting]
Andy Fickman is set to direct a remake of the hit German comedy "Over My Dead Body" for Oops Doughnuts and Wind Dancer.
The story follows a narcissistic womanizer who dies, goes to Hell and makes a »
- Garth Franklin
Scary Movie 5 Gets Director Malcolm Lee
24 April 2012 5:55 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Malcolm D. Lee (Soul Men, Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins) has signed on to direct Scary Movie 5 for The Weinstein Company.
David Zucker, who wrote and directed Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4, will co-write the script and produce. Casting is currently under way.
Production is scheduled to begin this summer, with a January 11, 2013 release date already set by the studio.
Scary Movie 4, which was released back in 2006, starred Anna Faris. It isn't known if she plans to return to this parody franchise.
Scary Movie 5 comes to theaters January 11th, 2013. The film is directed by Malcolm D. Lee. »
- MovieWeb
'Undercover Brother' Director Malcolm Lee Will Direct 'Scary Movie 5'
24 April 2012 4:30 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
I honestly thought they were done with this franchise, but it appears that the Scary Movie series is still going strong. Entertainment Weekly reports that director Malcolm Lee, Spike Lee's cousin, is going to be behind the camera for the next installment of the long-running spoof franchise. Malcolm has directed a few films before, notably Undercover Brother, Roll Bounce, and his most recent effort, 2008's Soul Men. Lee will write and produce Scary Movie 5 alongside series stalwart David Zucker, and production is slated to being this summer. The sequel already has a January 11th, 2013 release date carved into the calendar. Looks like they're moving quickly on this one, trying to remain in the public consciousness after the most recent Scream film hit theaters last year. I'd like to think that society has moved past considering these movies comedies, though they were always better than the uninspired spin-offs Superhero Movie, »
- Ben Pearson
Scary Movie 5 Gets a Director! Excited? Anyone? Hello?
24 April 2012 4:26 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
According to the Mayans the world is set to end this December despite the best efforts of one John Cusack. In light of this latest bit of news, we're kind of okay with that. At least if the world implodes, we won't have to sit through another Scary Movie sequel.
But of course that will never happen. Know why the Mayans stopped writing their calendars? Because they ran out of room. There's just so much room on a friggin' stone wheelm ya know? Besides that, would you wanna have to carve another of those? Talk about a pain in the ass.
In any event, yes, according to Entertainment Weekly, Malcolm Lee (Roll Bounce, Undercover Brother) will direct Scary Movie 5 with production slated to begin this summer. Casting is under way but David Zucker, who wrote and directed both Scary Movie 3 and 4, will also be returning to co-write and »
- Uncle Creepy
Undercover Brother Director Malcolm Lee to Helm Scary Movie 5; Production Begins This Summer
24 April 2012 3:27 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Dimension Films had the fifth installment in the Scary Movie franchise slated to open this month until someone realized that the film didn’t exist yet, so they pushed it back to January 2013. Now it appears Scary Movie 5 has a director and a production start-date. EW reports that Malcolm Lee (Roll Bounce, Undercover Brother) will handle directing duties on Scary Movie 5. David Zucker, who took over from the Wayans brothers and wrote and directed Scary Movie 3 and 4, will return to co-write and produce the fifth installment alongside Lee. Production is set to begin this summer and casting is already underway. We previously reported that The Comebacks writers John Aboud and Michael Colton as well as Stephen Leff would be penning the screenplay, but it’s possible that Dimension has decided to start over entirely. The studio had been keen on bringing back some of the series’ original cast members, »
- Adam Chitwood
Malcolm Lee to Direct Scary Movie 5
24 April 2012 3:04 PM, PDT | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Malcolm Lee has been named by EW as the director of Scary Movie 5, the next installment in the successfully comedy franchise.
Lee most recently directed 2008's Soul Men and previous credits include The Best Man, Undercover Brother, Roll Bounce and Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins.
Lee will also serve as a writer and producer for the film, alongside David Zucker, who wrote and directed the last two Scary Movies.
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'Scary Movie 5' scoop: 'Roll Bounce' director Malcolm Lee on board for sequel -- Exclusive
24 April 2012 2:03 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Dimension Films rebooted its Scream franchise last year and now its sister spoof series, Scary Movie, is getting another installment: EW can exclusively confirm that Malcolm Lee (Roll Bounce, Undercover Brother) will direct Scary Movie 5, with production slated to begin this summer. Casting is underway but David Zucker, who wrote and directed both Scary Movie 3 and 4, will also be returning to co-write and produce the fifth installment alongside Lee.
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Malcolm Lee to Direct Scary Movie 5
24 April 2012 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Malcolm Lee has been named by EW as the director of Scary Movie 5 , the next installment in the successfully comedy franchise. Lee most recently directed 2008's Soul Men and previous credits include The Best Man , Undercover Brother , Roll Bounce and Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins . Lee will also serve as a writer and producer for the film, alongside David Zucker, who wrote and directed the last two Scary Movie s. Scary Movie 5 will shoot this summer with a targeted release of January 11, 2013. (Photo Credit: Nikki Nelson / WENN) »
The Three Stooges – The Review
12 April 2012 9:35 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Every decade or so, one or two film makers become a major force in cinema comedies. The 1980′s saw the influence of Zaz (Aka Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker) starting with Airplane! and Ruthless People . For the last ten years or so Judd Apatow (40-year Old Virgin) and Todd Phillips (Old School) have ruled the comedy roost. In between there’s the Farrelly brothers (Peter and Bobby), former sitcom writers who invaded the multiplexes with the big box office laugh fests Dumb And Dumber and There’S Something About Mary (which opened the gates for the return of the R-rated movie comedy). When interviewed during their salad days, the guys related their affection for a decades old comedy team and vowed to bring them back to the big screen (they even appeared on a tribute NBC-tv special hosted by their Kingpin star Woody Harrelson). After some recent under »
- Jim Batts
105 movie sequels currently in the works: page 2
16 March 2012 | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
The concluding part of our mammoth look at the sequels currently in the works...
Here's the rest of the list, from L through to Z. It's all continued from page one, here.
Eli Roth oversaw the original The Last Exorcism, and he's producing the follow-up as well, which should be in cinemas by the end of the year. Ashley Bell returns to headline the film, which is being directed by Ed Glass-Donnelly.
Danny Trejo is returning to play Machete, with Machete Kills heading into production by April. It’s unclear at the moment whether Robert Rodriguez will be directing this one himself, but at the very least, he’s producing and shepherding the project. Exepct a 2013 release.
Mad Max 4 and 5
This one’s had a troubled path. Mad Max: Fury Road was originally set to go before the cameras last year, and indeed, »
[Now Streaming] Your ‘Wanderlust,’ ‘Gone’ and ‘The Forgiveness of Blood’ Alternatives
23 February 2012 5:00 AM, PST | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to worthwhile titles currently streaming on Netflix Instant Watch. This week we offer alternatives to Wanderlust, Gone and The Forgiveness of Blood.
Coming to theaters tomorrow, a big-eyed blonde will face down the man who once tried to kill her, while a pack of hippies welcome two uptight New Yorkers and a teen boy is forced to face the claustrophobic consequences of a old-school blood feud. But if these features won’t satisfy your cravings for havoc, slapstick and drama, we’ve got you covered with the best of titles Now Streaming.
A Manhattan couple leaves the rat race begin when they embrace the life of a commune in this wacky comedy from The State’s David Wain and Ken Marino.
Looking for more from Marino and Wain?
Wet Hot American Summer (2001) This cult classic not »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
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