![]() Once we brought in the cast, we were able to add in all these little elements and little flares that are Radio Silence, too. There was just a lot of collaboration and discussion and knowing each other's sensibilities in terms of, on the writing side, on the directing side, on the producing side that has all really come together here. When we did get to set, though, there were little things that we could add to it that were a little bit us. We obviously love Guy's work from Ready Or Not, and we also worked with Jamie on the producer side for Ready or Not. Honestly, we can't say enough about Guy and Jamie. We all sat down in the conference room and we read paper copies of the script and it took us about three hours to read it. Right.Ĭhad Villella: And then Jamie called us about a week later with William Sherik and they brought us into their offices at Project Dex. Tyler Gillett: We were essentially auditioning. And we didn't know we were involved or were going to be involved at all at that point. When James and Guy did the screenplay, were you guys there working with them, or did you give them the freedom to go and find those beats? There's so many things that I really love that it felt essential to what we expect out of a Scream story, but also what I really appreciated about it is there are certain touches where I knew immediately that this was something coming from your team as well.Ĭhad Villella: So basically, we went in to meet Gary Barber to have a general meeting and he told us that Jamie was actually writing the new Scream with Guy, and we were all just insanely excited that somebody we know and love and respect was writing a Scream movie. So it wasn't necessarily hard, but it was something that we were conscious of at every single step of the process and in every single detail along the way. And so from the jump, we set out to do that. Right? A Scream movie would continue to push the boundaries, to set expectations and then subvert them and to keep you guessing. If we feel like we're just doing this for nostalgia's sake, we've failed, because, in our minds, that's not what a Scream movie would do. This needs to have all of the things we love, but it can't just feel like nostalgia. This needs to feel like Woodsboro, this needs to have that warmth that the Scream movies had. But we found that at every step of the process, that was the conversation we were having is that this needs to live in that world. And the big conversation was, we want it to look like the Scream movie, but we also want it to be fresh and new.Īnd those two things are, that's a hard balance to find. And we were just saying, "Hey, hopefully we're going to do Scream ," just very preliminary. I still remember the first time we met with Brett Jutkiewicz, our DP on this. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin: I mean, it was one of the absolute first things we started talking about when we knew we were going to make the movie is how do we make this feel like it is a part of Scream and also make it feel like it's something new and something fresh? And it was one of the main assignments we gave ourselves throughout the entire process. Tyler Gillett: If somebody came to us right now and they were like, "Hey, do you guys want to direct something in the lineage of Wes?" I still would be like, "No, that's fucking crazy" (laughs). How on earth did you wrap your head around that? Because to me, it seems impossible but here, you guys make it look easy. You're coming into a franchise that has been largely successful, stepping into the shoes of somebody like Wes Craven and trying to find a way that balances nostalgia and but also gives fans something new. Scream (2022) is currently playing theaters everywhere, courtesy of Paramount Pictures. During a recent press day for Scream (2022), Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with the directing duo of Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin as well as producer Chad Villella about the pressures of taking on a new Scream film and celebrating the legacy of this franchise as well as Craven’s contributions to the genre as well.ĭuring the interview, the trio also discussed their approach to Scream (2022) ’s opening scene and how it had to live up to the fans’ expectations of what has become such a crucial scene in this series, the challenges of creating a film that honors the past but also looks toward the future, and more. This past weekend, horror fans all over were introduced to a new era of Scream movies, with the filmmaking collective known as Radio Silence taking over the directorial (and producing) reins for this fifth installment of the popular horror franchise that had been kicked off a little more than 25 years ago now by Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson.
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