It was a choice made by the actors themselves, and “we loved it” as it helps get across the group’s closeness and friendships.ġ6. Ethan and Anika ( Devyn Nekoda) show up in the park with parts of their costumes swapped with each other. The closest the film gets is in early drafts that saw him reappear later in the film only to get kicked in the balls.ġ5. Some viewers are upset that Frankie (Andre Anthony) - the skeezy guy who tries to get Tara Carpenter ( Jenna Ortega) up to his room at the party before being tazed in the nuts by Sam - doesn’t get killed by Ghostface. They credit Macon Blair as the film’s writer, but he only starred in it… unless they know something IMDB doesn’t.ġ4. Ethan’s ( Jack Champion) costume is a nod to Jeremy Saulnier’s Murder Party (2007). It just becomes a story about these people in college.” They were nervous at first going so long without a kill, but they realized the talent and charisma of their cast made the scenes endlessly watchable.ġ3. “It sort of stops being a Scream movie for about fifteen minutes, which I love. It was an early idea to have a house party at the top of the film rather than at the end as seen in most of the other Scream films. They acknowledge the abundance of needle-drops in the film but point out that they’re almost all located in the first thirty-five minutes… after which we pretty much only get Nick Cave’s “Red Right Hand.”ġ2. The head in the fridge belongs to the filmmakers’ friend, Thom Newell, who they met while working on 2015’s Southbound.ġ1. There was originally an MCU joke during Jason’s phone call with the real Ghostface - Revolori, of course, is in the MCU’s Spider-Man films - but they cut it because “there’s meta, and then there’s too meta.”ġ0. Yes, Jason is watching Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989).ĩ. Blackmoor University is named after John Blackmoor - the name they substituted on audition scripts/sides to help protect the reveal of Sam Carpenter’s ( Melissa Barrera) connection to Billy Loomis ( Skeet Ulrich). Revolori claims to have never seen a Scream film.ħ. Co-star Mason Gooding gets the credit for convincing him to take the role. Tony Revolori plays the “fake” Ghostface, Jason, and he was pretty much the last person cast for the film. The name of the restaurant in the opening is Hasta El Fuego which is the name of Radio Silence’s shared text chain during the pandemic and a reference to Bad Boys for Life (2020).Ħ. Vanderbilt was already in sync with the idea and revealed a notepad where he had written “Ghostface takes off mask in first fifteen-minutes.”ĥ. Busick pitched the opening with a Ghostface kill that ends with the usual screen slash only to hold on Ghostface as he removes the mask. The guy in the picture on Laura’s (Weaving) phone is Weaving’s real-life husband, Jimmy Warden, who’s also the writer of Cocaine Bear (2023).Ĥ. They all ultimately decided to let her be herself resulting in this being her first American film with her own accent.ģ. They debated whether or not to have her do an American accent and actually had her do readings both with one and with her normal Australian accent. Samara Weaving was their only choice for the soon to be victim in the opening sequence, and happily, she said yes. All they knew from the initial pitch was that it was set in New York City.Ģ. The Radio Silence guys (Bettinelli-Olpin, Gillett, and Villela) were onboard with directing Scream VI immediately after finishing Scream (2022). Scream VI (2023)Ĭommentators: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (co-director), Tyler Gillett (co-director), Chad Villela (producer), Guy Busick (co-writer), James Vanderbilt (co-writer)ġ. Keep reading to see what I heard on the commentary for Scream 6. Radio Silence has taken the reins from the late Wes Craven starting with last year’s Scream (we did a commentary feature on that one too), and now they’re back with the even better Scream 6. More than that, it’s become a textbook example on how to use sequels that essentially reboot the franchise - a requel! - and find new life with new characters. The Scream franchise kicked off in 1996 and has gone on to become one of the longest running slasher series. In this edition, Rob Hunter revisits this year’s Scream 6. Welcome to Commentary Commentary, where we sit and listen to filmmakers talk about their work, then share the most interesting parts.
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