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It brings back another thing that Bettinelli-Olpin adores about the original Scream. To fall in love with the characters, to really fill them out.” “Allow yourself, the movie, and the audience time to meet the characters. “I think one of the things we learned in that process that helped us a lot when we were stepping in to make the new Scream was to really just trust and focus on the characters,” Bettinelli-Olpin said. And the experience of making Ready or Not was invaluable when it came to making Scream (2022). The original Scream played a large part in helping the team to make Ready or Not. There’s something inherently cyclical to the journey too.

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“So now to be in the position to make a movie in the specific lineage of that franchise, using the tools that we feel were honed as fans watching Wes’ work and studying his process, it’s been one of the most amazing meta moments any of us could ever imagine in our lives.”

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Scream was one we referenced all the time when we were getting Ready or Not made.”įor Gillett, taking on Scream represents an unexpectedly appropriate full circle moment. We’ve always referenced Wes’ movies when trying to sell ours. “He’s been a huge part of us finding our own voice. “I think we certainly vocalized it in the past, that Wes has always been a huge influence on us,” the co-director said. As Gillett explained, Craven has been shaping their career and tastes long before they ever became a part of the Scream universe.

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While the film continues the story of the first four films, it’s the first entry into the series without original director and horror icon Wes Craven, who passed away in 2015. I love everything Wes Craven did and what Kevin Williamson created in terms of character and story.” That comes slashing through in Scream (2022), the fifth entry in the massive horror franchise. “To be honest was pretty much everything,” Villella told Nerdist during our Scream interview. But for Radio Silence- Scream (2022) co-directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett and producer Chad Villella-it was a chance to become a part of the series that shaped them as horror fans. When speaking with Collider on whether they would like to continue the franchise or working on something else, Gillett states that the team would look forward to being able to pursue both projects, they’ve had multiple conversations about new films, but aren’t ready to give up Scream just yet.Taking on a franchise like Scream is no easy feat. The team hit it big when they turned the game of hide-and-seek into a wildly entertaining horror comedy, Ready or Not.ĭespite the success of the newest installment of Scream, there is the expense of them not being able to go on and produce other stories. Proving this back in their YouTube days, doing it again on the standout segments for horror anthology films V/H/S and Southbound. Since the release of the last film, the buzz around Scream remains sky-high at the moment, leaving it easy to forget that producer Chad Villella and directors Matt Nettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have a knack for delivering stellar content. This would easily mean a sequel, right? Even beyond those numbers adding up to justify another Scream, fans are left wondering if the Radio Silence team will continue the franchise.

The film has also made nearly $85 million worldwide at the box office, a hefty increase from the reported $24 million production budget.

As of right now, Scream 2022, has a 77 % on the Tomatometer and rocks an audience score of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes.