One of the most successful horror movie franchises in recent years is headed to television, TVLine.com reports, with MTV working on an adaptation of the “Scream” movies as a weekly series.

Former MTV executives Tony DiSanto and Liz Gateley are overseeing the project under their DiGa banner and are searching for a writer to work on a pilot, the story reports. It’s not clear whether the films’ driving forces Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven will be involved the TV series.

The four "Scream" movies have tallied $500 million in sales globally, although the most recent film grossed a disappointing $40 million domestically.

http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/

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MTV OKs Scream Pilot
by Michael Ausiello
4/25/13


It’s a green light for Ghostface!

MTV has placed a pilot order for a one-hour drama based the Scream film franchise, the cabler announced Thursday at its annual upfront presentation in New York.



Former MTV execs Tony DiSanto and Liz Gateley, who are shepherding the potential series, remain on the prowl for a writer to pen the pilot. Wes Craven has been rumored to be involved.

The project has been in development at MTV for more than a year.

http://tvline.com/2013/04/25/scream-tv-series-mtv-pilot/

MTV OKs Scream Pilot
by Michael Ausiello
4/25/13


It’s a green light for Ghostface!

MTV has placed a pilot order for a one-hour drama based the Scream film franchise, the cabler announced Thursday at its annual upfront presentation in New York.



Former MTV execs Tony DiSanto and Liz Gateley, who are shepherding the potential series, remain on the prowl for a writer to pen the pilot. Wes Craven has been rumored to be involved.

The project has been in development at MTV for more than a year.

http://tvline.com/2013/04/25/scream-tv-series-mtv-pilot/
I loved the Scream movies. I didn't see the latest one but I'll rent someday. It'll be cool to see this as a series. I might watch it.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/7-ways-to-make-sure-the-scream-tv-series-doesnt-suck

Wes Craven’s slasher films are making the jump to the small screen. Here’s some advice (http://www.411mania.com/movies/columns/285006) for turning the modern horror classic into must-see-TV.

http://whatculture.com/tv/6-famous-movies-that-would-make-awesome-tv-shows.php

Movies based on comic books, books based on movies, albums based on TV shows, TV shows based on movies based on TV shows… the possibilities only get more confusing from there. The world thrives on media that takes them out of their head for a few hours or a couple seasons, but with TV quickly overtaking film as the core entertainment market, a symbiosis between the two is increasingly necessary.

Trying to transfer a two-hour film into a multi-season moneymaking machine definitely has its list of perks, most importantly, an already fully-realized brand. The key to success here is to choose a film with a very strong story or character that can be taken in almost any direction.

We’ve seen a lot of great examples of this over the years: Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Friday Night Lights, Teen Wolf, Nikita, and Clueless. But we’ve also come across some duds: 10 Things I Hate About You, Ferris Bueller, My Big Fat Greek Life, Amazon’s recent Zombieland screw-up, and every Disney movie that was ever reformatted for TV.

Networks have started basing their TV shows off of any sort of previous media they can get their hands on, as seen with Once Upon A Time (and the upcoming, Wonderland spinoff), Pretty Little Liars, Dexter, True Blood, The Walking Dead – hey, remember that sitcom based on the Caveman Geico commercials? Most of them are moderate successes just because of general buzz among the fanbase that the previous source material already has in place.

So, let’s try and think of some potentially awesome ones to put the major networks on the right track and avoid messes like the Jumanji cartoon. Why will Scream (coming soon) work so well as a TV series? Well, horror series are all the rage right now, as seen with American Horror Story, Bates Motel, Hannibal, and The Following. The main issue at the moment, though is that these are all just creepy dramas – there’s not a true slasher horror series out right now.

Scream, one of the most popular series of the 90s, started a real trend of self-awareness in horror movies. Using a combination of comedy, whodunit mystery, and slasher violence, it all came together creating a caricature of the entire horror genre. With a different cast of characters in every film, they each filled the spot of a typical horror movie archetype Of course, “horror movie rules” may have to be adjusted for the small screen, but as long as there’s a strong heroine and surprise killer (or two) revealed at the end of the season, this could be a huge success….

Let’s take a look at 6 other movies that would make awesome TV shows…


Read more at http://whatculture.com/tv/6-famous-movies-that-would-make-awesome-tv-shows.php#OKktEV1s6u4Etwi9.99

TCA: MTV Announces "Scream" Writers
by LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist
Friday July 26, 2013


Susanne Daniels, President of MTV Programming, announced that writers Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin (Criminal Minds) have been tapped to write the horror drama pilot "Scream", which is based on the successful film franchise with Dimension Films.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/07/tca-mtv-announces-miley-cyrus-docu-new-scream-writers-premiere-dates/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/television/2015/06/29/scream/pEuRUm3OeToZ8lBEoBMLQO/story.html#

The TV remake of the Scream movie franchise "isn't completely awful (http://morningafter.gawker.com/mtvs-scream-show-is-horrible-1715132152?)," says Matthew Gilbert. "It's just thoroughly mediocre, with a cast of actors who are generically pretty playing characters who are generic types...Plus, the attempts to frighten us are consistently wooden, lacking in the kinds of edgy camerawork and sharp timing that can build fear in the viewer." PLUS: It has a cinematic look (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-mtv-scream-review-20150630-column.html) what a perfect cast, Scream is a surprisingly strong addition to the franchise (http://flavorwire.com/525339/mtvs-scream-adaptation-is-a-surprisingly-strong-addition-to-the-franchise), it's a sheepish teen soap in wolf's clothing, and the acting is bland, robotic and uninteresting (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/scream-tv-review-805698).

I watched it. Basically it's going to be a teen soap with kills here and there. Not really a fan of the new mask either.

Thanks for the warning. I'll stick with the original movies.

Yeah, I guess that's how they're going to stretch it out to a series is by having all of the teen drama stuff.

This show is awful. Terrible acting, the mask looks like crap, bland characters, and the show is just dull.