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Scream

American horror slasher franchise

Also known as Scream franchise

Instance of: film franchise

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Scream is an American slasher franchise that includes seven films, a television series, merchandise, and games. The first four films were directed by Wes Craven. The series was created by Kevin Williamson, who wrote the first two films and the fourth, and returned to direct and co-write the seventh film. Ehren Kruger wrote the third. The fifth and sixth installments were directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, with Guy Busick and James Vanderbilt serving as writers and Williamson returning as executive producer. Busick and Vanderbilt also co-wrote the seventh entry. Dimension Films produced the first four films, while Dimension Television produced the television series. Spyglass Media Group took over the rights from the fifth film onwards, with Paramount Pictures distributing. The film series has grossed over US$1.1 billion at the global box office.

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Director: Wes Craven
Cast: David Arquette character role: Dewey Riley
Neve Campbell character role: Sidney Prescott
Courteney Cox character role: Gale Weathers
Roger L. Jackson character role: Ghostface
Jamie Kennedy character role: Randy Meeks
Liev Schreiber
María Paz character role: Ghostface
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1.Stated in Spanish
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Jenna Ortega
Mason Gooding
Jasmin Savoy Brown
Matthew Lillard
Skeet Ulrich
Rose McGowan
Drew Barrymore
Parker Posey
Samara Weaving
Jack Champion
Liana Liberato
Producer: Cathy Konrad
Cary Woods
Marianne Maddalena
Kevin Williamson
Original language: English
Country of origin: United States
Released: 1996
1997
2011
2000
2022
2023
2026
Composer: Marco Beltrami
Screenwriter: Kevin Williamson
Distributor: Dimension Films
Paramount Pictures
Production company: Dimension Films
Paramount Pictures
Derivative work: Scream
Genre: horror film
Social media followers: 116,727(August 23, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1285744351658663936
Members / parts: Scream
Scream 2
Scream 3
Scream 4
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Scream 7
Scream 8
Title: Scream
Has characteristic: opening scenes of the Scream franchise
Founded by: Kevin Williamson

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