New Scream 5 Image Shows Ghostface In Action | Screen Rant
A freshly dropped image from Scream 5 shows the film's new iteration of Ghostface chasing down a new victim. The new film will be the latest entry in the Scream franchise, which began with the original Wes Craven slasher classic in 1996. Although Craven helmed the rest of the films in the series, all the way through Scream 4 in 2011, he passed away in 2015. This new Scream will be helmed by Ready or Not directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet.
Scream will feature an updated Ghostface killer who is hunting down people related to the killers from the original franchise. The film will star Melissa Barrera, Jack Quaid, Mason Gooding, Dylan Minnette, Kyle Gallner, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Mikey Madison. Scream also features the return of several franchise stalwarts: Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott, Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers, David Arquette as Dewey Riley, and Marley Shelton as Deputy - now Sheriff - Judy Hicks.
Empire has debuted a brand new exclusive image showing a knife-wielding Ghostface attempting to break through his victim's front door. The victim in question is played by Jenna Ortega, an actress who is no stranger to horror sequels. She previously appeared in Netflix's The Babysitter: Killer Queen and Blumhouse's Insidious: Chapter Two as well as season 2 of the Penn Badgley stalker series You. Check out the full image below:
Jenna Ortega's character is named Tara Carpenter in a clear homage to horror maven John Carpenter, who directed Halloween, the 1978 slasher classic that heavily inspired the Scream franchise. Given the fact that Melissa Barrera's character is named Sam Carpenter, it's likely that the two are playing sisters. The Scream 2022 trailer is clearly positioning Sam as the final girl, which might spell doom for poor Tara unless Sam can intervene before Ghostface gets through that door.
Although this is the first Scream film made without the involvement of Wes Craven, they certainly look to have assembled a cast that ties in well with the rest of the series. The franchise is known for pulling the hottest teen actors from popular shows and films, and the team assembled here is a diverse and exciting bunch of young actors. Although fans will have to wait until the film's release in January to find out whether Jenna Ortega's character and her friends live to see another day, as well as which ones end up being the killer(s), for now this dynamic new image is chilling enough to whet the appetite.
Source: Empire