The Wayans brothers are again within the driver’s seat for a brand new Scary Movie, with Sinners, Scream, Get Out, Weapons and Longlegs all getting mocked within the newest iteration of the horror parody franchise.
Marlon and Shawn Wayans created and starred within the 2000 and its 2001 sequel, earlier than, based on the brothers, they have been basically pushed out by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, who continued the franchise with out them. Now for this sixth Scary Movie, the pair are again as writers, producers and stars, alongside different unique solid members Anna Faris and Regina Corridor.
“Marlon known as me in February of 2025 and he stated, ‘We got our franchise back, would you be a part of it?’” Faris — who along with Hall appeared in the third and fourth movies without the Wayans — recalled while on the carpet at Wednesday’s Los Angeles premiere. “I couldn’t believe it because I wasn’t asked to do Scary Movie 5. I was in Scary Movie 3 and 4; they got their franchise taken away in Scary Movie 2 and so I’d always had this feeling of complicated confusion” of constant on with out the brothers.
Faris additionally admitted that she’s all the time needed to grapple with “the gift” of being a part of the franchise, saying, “It has been like an odd struggle for me and defining, frustrating, gratifying. I’ve spent 25 years feeling the love from people [but] I didn’t win any awards, I couldn’t even get an audition for like dramatic stuff. My peers felt like they had a leg up, I didn’t know why. I was like subjugated to what, R-rated comedies? What the fuck is my future?” And minimize to right now, “it just feels incredible to be like holding my own” as she added being a part of “the OGs, like I’m a pillar now. And look at me, try to knock me over — I’m stable now.”
Jon Abrahams, Cheri Oteri, Lochlyn Munro, Carmen Electra, Chris Elliott, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, Kim Wayans and Anthony Anderson on the L.A. premiere.
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Regardless of 25 years of content material to tug from, the group opted to spoof as latest motion pictures as they may — even doing further shoots in April and together with a nod to Michael Jackson biopic Michael, with director Michael Tiddes noting, “I believe that we’re the first movie to parody films while the films were coming out, like we were doing it live.”
Marlon Wayans additionally acknowledged that he doesn’t seek the advice of with filmmakers like Ryan Coogler and Jordan Peele in mocking their work, telling THR, “You don’t ask for permission, you just kind of do it and hope they enjoy it — and if not they’ll never cast you in one of their movies, and that’s OK.”
He joked that that didn’t apply to Peele, after Wayans starred within the Peele-produced horror film Him final yr. When he advised Peele they might be spoofing Get Out within the film, “he was like ‘Oh, cool.’ I was like, ‘You want to be in it?’ He said, ‘Nah.’ I was like, ‘Alright, not that cool,’” Wayans laughed. He was additionally noticed assembly Scream 7 director Kevin Williamson on the afterparty, with Ghostface being a significant character within the movie.
“They know that for us, mockery is the greatest form of flattery,” Wayans added of his interactions with administrators. “The fact that we can do that and make the world smile with the stuff that they did, I’m grateful that they keep making great art.”
And in a second when the most important movies in theaters are breakout horror sensations Obsession and Backrooms, Tiddes admitted he’s “a little sad” that they didn’t make the minimize to be included within the film. He continued, “I’m so happy for those guys [directors Curry Barker and Kane Parsons] and they’re just very visually dynamic films that have iconic moments that make it kind of perfect for something like a Scary Movie parody.”
Scary Film hits theaters on Friday.
