SCREAM 6 Actress Melissa Barrera Talks About the Advantage Ghostface Will Have in the Upcoming Film
Scream 6 is headed our way next year, and it will be a whole new turn of events for Ghostface and fans of the franchise. In the new film, the Carpenter sisters, played by Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega, have left the town of Woodsboro and are headed to New York City to try and start their lives over after the events in the last flick. But unfortunately, they aren’t going alone.
Ghostface is headed their way and is about to unleash on New York City, and Melissa Barrera sat down with Collider to talk about why this move is actually a leg up for the show’s killer, despite the idea it may be harder to find what you’re looking for in a huge, crowded city, saying:
"It's, like 20 times more mortifying. It's awful. Because you also see how, in a city like New York City, everyone is kind of doing their own thing and someone is screaming for help, and no one will come to their help. No one comes to help them, you know, like, everyone's kind of like, ‘I'm not getting into that.’ So it's mortifying, because you're chased by Ghostface, but you also see humanity and how that reacts in a situation like that. Anyway, I think I've already probably said too much."
That does make sense. In a small town, he would stand out in a crowd. In NYC, he could just fade into the abyss of people and no one would even notice. This isn't the first time that a Scream film has changed locations. Scream 2 was set on a college campus, while Scream 3 was set in Hollywood.
Filming for Scream 6 wrapped early this month, and while the plot is under wraps, we know that the cast will include fan-favorite character Kirby Reed (Hayden Panettiere), and possibly Skeet Ulrich's Billy Loomis. Returning cast members also include Courtney Cox as Gale Weathers, Jasmin Savoy Brown and Mason Gooding. A few of the newcomers to the franchise include Dermot Mulroney, Samara Weaving, and Liana Liberato.
Both Matt Bettinelli-Opin and Tyler Gillett return to direct the sixth film, along with the writers of Scream 5, James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick. Kevin Williamson, writer of the original first three Scream films, serves as executive producer.
Scream 6 is eyeing a theatrical release on March 31, 2023.