'Scream VI' Cast Reveals How New York City Amps Things Up for the Slasher Franchise (Exclusive)
etonline.comis back. And the latest sequel in the meta slasher franchise promises to be the scariest and most brutal yet, especially now that the story is set in New York City and there's a whole new group of people to deal with in addition to the «core four.» Ahead of its increasingly anticipated release in theaters, the cast and crew of are opening up about the move across the country, Hayden Panettiere's return as Kirby Reed and what makes Ghostface more frightening than ever. «They just keep elevating it… They amped it up in every way,» Courteney Cox says of directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who returned to helm their second installment after the success of.
The two filmmakers are joined by writers James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick, who also penned the previous film. «The writers are incredible and it's so scary,» Cox adds.
Cox, meanwhile, is back, marking her sixth turn as reporter and author Gale Weathers, who has always had a knack for solving the murders in the previous films. «Gale has a morning show,» the actress says of her character's newest job, anchoring a successful daytime news program.
But this time around, «she becomes a target,» Cox teases. The city, meanwhile, is the same place the young survivors of -- Sam Carpenter (Melissa Barrera), Tara Carpenter (Jenna Ortega), Mindy Meeks-Martin (Jasmin Savoy Brown) and Chad Meeks-Martin (Mason Gooding) -- have moved to as they attempt to move on from the events of the last film.
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