Released just before Christmas 1996, the Wes Craven slasher Scream was a surprisingly big hit, and Dimension Films wanted to cash in on it right away. They rushed a sequel into production for a December 1997 release, with Craven back to direct and Scream writer Kevin Williamson working on the screenplay. But the Scream 2 (watch it HERE) that reached the screen at the end of ’97 wasn’t the story Williamson had originally envisioned. When the initial script leaked online, Williamson had to do some extensive rewrites… and the Scream 2 we would have gotten from Williamson’s first script is the focus of the new episode of our WTF Happened to This Unmade Horror Movie? video series. Check it out in the embed above!
The Scream 2 that was made has the following synopsis:
Sydney and tabloid reporter Gale Weathers survived the events of the first Scream, but their nightmare isn’t over. When two college students are murdered at a sneak preview of Stab, a movie based on the events from the first film, it’s clear a copycat killer is on the loose. Sydney and Gail, as well as fellow survivors Deputy Dewey and Randy have to find out who is behind this new murder spree, before they all end up dead.
The film stars Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Jamie Kennedy, Jerry O’Connell, Jada Pinkett, Omar Epps, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Liev Schreiber, Laurie Metcalf, Elise Neal, Timothy Olyphant, Lewis Arquette, David Warner, Duane Martin, Rebecca Gayheart, Portia de Rossi, Marisol Nichols, Joshua Jackson, Tori Spelling, Luke Wilson, and Heather Graham.
The WTF Happened to This Unmade Horror Movie series focuses on
the various horror projects that could never seem to get things off the ground, be it for budgetary concerns, creative differences, or just an ever evolving Hollywood landscape. We dive into every aspect and see just how close these films had come to cameras rolling.
This episode was Written, Narrated, and Edited by Tyler Nichols, Produced by John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
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