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Scream: The TV Series Coming to MTV in June

MTV Scream

Last week during the MTV Movie Awards, the network premiered the first trailer to the upcoming television show based on the Scream film series which is set to air on June 30. My first reaction, it's pretty disappointing. I mean, I wasn't expecting much from MTV to begin with but they really gave me nothing to look forward to in this trailer. Take a look for yourself.

Annoyed you didn't see the Ghostface mask anywhere in the trailer? You're not the only one. You won't be seeing it anywhere on this show. MTV stepped in and made a "creative decision" to customize their own mask for the show, much to the dismay of fans and Wes Craven, the director of the film series. (I'm just now realizing the graphic I used for this post is very mis-leading, but it looks too nice to pass up on)

Oh and get this, none of this takes place in Woodsboro, the town from the original 1996 Scream. Nor does it have any connection to the film's heroine Sidney Prescott. It doesn't have the mask, the location is different, and there's no ties to Sidney, Gale, or Dewey. So how is this even Scream? Short answer, it's essentially not. It only shares the same name for branding purposes. Otherwise this is a completely different story from the one we're used to. So why are we supposed to care? If the trailer was made of the best scenes they've got, than this shows absolutely no promise. I say cut this buffoonery and just give us Scream 5 with the original returning cast. Scream just isn't Scream without Ghostface or Sidney Prescott.

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