
Sidney Prescott returns to Woodsboro the following day to promote her self-help book with her publicist, Rebecca Walters. On the 15th anniversary week of the original Woodsboro murders, high school students Jenny Randall and Marnie Cooper are murdered by Ghostface. A fifth film that is a direct sequel, simply titled Scream, was released on January 14, 2022, by Paramount Pictures.
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It was followed by the anthology television series Scream (2015–2019), which was developed for MTV without the involvement of the main cast or crew of the films, although Jackson returned to voice Ghostface in the third season. Scream 4 was the final film to be directed by Craven before his death in 2015. It grossed $97 million worldwide on a budget of $40 million, becoming the lowest-grossing film in the Scream franchise.

However, many considered it to be an improvement over its predecessor, and it has enjoyed several positive reappraisals since, particularly for its prescient examination of the impact of social media. The film received mixed reviews from critics at the time of its release, receiving praise for its performances, direction, and humor but criticism for the film's lack of scares and reliance on clichéd formulas. Scream 4 premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on April 11, 2011, and was released in the United States on April 15, 2011, by Dimension Films. Reshoots were filmed in early 2011, following test screenings. During production, Ehren Kruger, who previously wrote the screenplay for Scream 3, was hired for script rewrites. Scenes set in and around Woodsboro High School were actually filmed at Woodworth Middle School in Dearborn, Michigan.

Principal photography began in June 2010 and ended in September that same year, taking place in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan. In September 2009, Arquette, Campbell, and Cox were announced to be returning, after which the casting process lasted between April and September 2010. However, in June 2008, The Weinstein Company announced a fourth film was in development, with Craven confirmed to direct in March 2010. The series was originally intended to be a trilogy, concluding with Scream 3. The film also provides commentary on the extensive usage of social media and the obsession with internet fame. Like its predecessors, Scream 4 combines the violence of the slasher genre with elements of black comedy and " whodunit" mystery to satirize the clichés of film remakes.

The film takes place on the fifteenth anniversary of the original Woodsboro murders from Scream (1996) and involves Sidney Prescott (Campbell) returning to the town after ten years, where Ghostface once again begins killing students from Woodsboro High. The film stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Anthony Anderson, Alison Brie, Adam Brody, Rory Culkin, Marielle Jaffe, Erik Knudsen, Mary McDonnell, Marley Shelton, Nico Tortorella, and Roger L. Produced by Outerbanks Entertainment and distributed by Dimension Films, it is a sequel to Scream 3 (2000) and the fourth installment in the Scream film series. Scream 4 (stylized as SCRE4M) is a 2011 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson.
