Scary Movie
Directed by Michael Tiddes
Written by
Based on
Characters
by
Produced by
  • Marlon Wayans
  • Shawn Wayans
  • Keenen Ivory Wayans
  • Craig Wayans
  • Rick Alvarez
Starring
Production
companies
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • June 5, 2026 (2026-06-05)
Country United States
Language English

Scary Movie is an upcoming American parody film directed by Michael Tiddes and written by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, and Rick Alvarez. It is the sixth installment in the Scary Movie film series, following Scary Movie 5 (2013), and the first to have the involvement of the Wayans family since Scary Movie 2 (2001). It stars Marlon, Shawn, and other returning actors including Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Jon Abrahams, and Anthony Anderson.

Scary Movie is scheduled to be released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on June 5, 2026.

Synopsis

Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer (“Ghostface”), the Core Four are back in the killer’s crosshairs and no horror movie IP is safe. Marlon Wayans (“Shorty”), Shawn Wayans (“Ray”), Anna Faris (“Cindy”), and Regina Hall (“Brenda”) reunite in Scary Movie alongside returning favorites and fresh faces to slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final. Nothing is sacred. No trope survives. ​Every line gets crossed. The Wayans are back to cancel the Cancel Culture.

— Paramount Pictures

Cast

Additionally, Jon Abrahams reprises his role as Bobby Prinze, Cindy's ex-boyfriend, from the first film, while Anthony Anderson—who appeared in Scary Movie 3 (2003) and Scary Movie 4 (2006)—and Felissa Rose have also been cast in the film.

Production

Development

At CinemaCon in April 2024, Miramax announced that a new Scary Movie film was in development, with the studio fully financing the project and Neal H. Moritz of Original Film attached as a producer.[2] In October 2024, it was revealed that the Wayans brothers—Marlon, Shawn and Keenen Ivory—would return as screenwriters and producers, marking their first collaboration in 17 years; they co-wrote Scary Movie (2000) and Scary Movie 2 (2001), both films directed by Keenen Ivory and starring Marlon and Shawn as Shorty Meeks and Ray Wilkins, respectively. Rick Alvarez and Michael Tiddes were hired to co-write and direct, respectively, after collaborating with Marlon in other films.[3][4] It was produced by Marlon Wayans and Alvarez's Ugly Baby Productions label.[5] Marlon described the film as being a "rebooquel" and additionally cited two factors on the brothers' return to the franchise; the downfall of producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein and words of encouragement from their father, Howell Stouten Wayans.[1]

Parodies

In September 2025, Marlon commented that recent horror films such as Get Out (2017), Nope (2022), Longlegs (2024), Heretic (2024), and Sinners (2025) could be parodied, as well as the Scream (1996–present) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997–present) franchises, which were primarily used for the plot of the original film.[6] The film also parodies the slasher Terrifier 3 (2024) and features appearances by Felissa Rose and Michael Leavy. The scene, which depicts Art the Clown blowing up a mall with children, was initially removed but later reinstated in a trimmed-down edit.[7] Get Out, Longlegs, Sinners, Scream (2022), and Scream VI (2023) were confirmed with the release of the film's trailer in March 2026, alongside Halloween (2018), Smile (2022), M3GAN (2022), The Substance (2024), and Weapons (2025), with references to Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th franchise, Sue Ann "Ma" Ellington from Ma (2019), Wednesday Addams from Wednesday (2022–present), and the Heart Eyes Killer from Heart Eyes (2025).[8][9]

Casting

Both Anna Faris and Regina Hall, who starred in the first four installments as Cindy Campbell and Brenda Meeks, expressed interest in reprising their roles.[10][11] In August 2025, Faris and Hall were confirmed to be returning in the film.[4] In September 2025, it was revealed Marlon would reprise his role as Shorty.[12] In November 2025, several cast members were revealed to have joined the film, including Shawn as well as returning actors Jon Abrahams, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Dave Sheridan, and Chris Elliott, with Damon Wayans Jr., Kim Wayans, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Savannah Lee Nassif, Cameron Scott Roberts, Sydney Park, Gregg Wayans, Ruby Snowber, and Benny Zielke as newcomers to the film series.[13] In February 2026, Anthony Anderson, who portrayed Mahalik in Scary Movie 3 (2003) and Scary Movie 4 (2006), confirmed he would be returning for the film.[14] Melissa Barrera expressed an interest to appear in the film in April 2024, following her exit from the pre-production of the then unreleased Scream VII.[15]

Filming

Principal photography began on October 1, 2025, and wrapped on November 24.[16][17] Filming took place at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta.[18]

Release

Scary Movie is scheduled to be released in the United States on June 5, 2026 by Paramount Pictures, under its first-look deal with Miramax.[4][19] The film was originally scheduled to be released on June 12, but was moved up a week in March 2026 due to the positive reception of the teaser trailer following an Instagram post provided by Marlon.[20]

References

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