While it didn’t break box office records or anything during its 2019 release, “Ready or Not” did serve as the breakout film for both lead actress Samara Weaving and filmmakers Radio Silence. It was a Searchlight film that definitely turned a tidy profit, and it was generally loved by critics and audience members alike. All that to say, it’s no surprise that a sequel is on its way. 

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With solid reviews from their “Scream” films, as well as their most recent horror, “Abigail,” you would imagine Radio Silence would stick with horror for their next feature. Well, you’d be wrong. It appears the filmmakers are ready to try their hand at comedy. According to Deadline, Andy Samberg is set to star in a film titled “The Robots Go Crazy,” which will be produced and directed by Radio Silence.

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Major controversy hit the “Scream” franchise last year when lead actress Melissa Barrera was fired from the franchise following Pro-Palestinian/anti-genocide remarks that the actress made on social media, comments that Spyglass Entertainment viewed as antisemitic. Fans were confused, upset, and backlashed against the move, many angered by the way the series dumped her and then went back to re-casting original franchise stars Neve Campbell and Courtney Cox instead.

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After delivering audiences thrilling horror pics like “Ready or Not” and the previous two “Scream” installments, filmmakers Radio Silence—the moniker behind directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, with their producer partner Chad Villella— is back this week with the release of their new vampire flick “Abigail” (April 19). And the filmmaking collective has confirmed recent rumors to Entertainment Weekly that they are indeed working on “Ready or Not 2” for Searchlight Pictures, revealing that they have a gangbusters script for the sequel.

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Thanks to “Ready Or Not,” their two recent “Scream” movies, and entries in the “V/H/S” series, the Radio Silence team are the new “it” guys of horror. So what do Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett & co. have in store for audiences next? How about a creature feature that’s a twisted take on the classic “Cat And The Canary” premise?

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We might not be getting a new “Scream 7” starring Melissa Barrera, but given the way Spyglass messed up that whole situation and alienated all its fans, probably killing the franchise in the process, we got the next best thing that’s arguably even better. Cue the veil of mystery coming off Radio Silence’s new previously untitled monster movie, now revealed to be titled “Abigail.”

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Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, aka the duo known as Radio Silence, known for “Ready Or Not,” and revitalizing the “Scream” franchise with 2022’s “Scream” and its follow-up “Scream VI,” their latest features an ensemble cast of Melissa Barrera, Alisha Weir, Dan Stevens, Kevin Durand, Kathryn Newton, Will Catlett, Giancarlo Esposito and Angus Cloud (in a posthumous film appearance).

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Another “Scream” movie became inevitable after “Scream VI” had the horror franchise’s best opening weekend earlier this year, eventually becoming its highest-grossing film. Not bad for a series that horror fans considered as good as dead before its “reimagining” in 2022. But THR reports that Spyglass has someone else in mind to direct other than the Radio Silence team, who helmed the past two films.

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Radio Silence is the directing team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and they first landed on everyone’s radar with their Samara Weaving-led horror-comedy “Ready or Not. That also caught the attention of Spy Glass Media, who tasked them to direct the last two “Scream” installments—a seventh film now getting ready to go in front of cameras in the near future. However, Radio Silence is putting together a mystery monster thriller at Universal Pictures that is currently without a title.

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The Radio Silence filmmaking team had another big horror hit this year with “Scream VI,” their follow-up to last year’s franchise “re-quel” “Scream.” Now Deadline reports its members will team up with Project X Entertainment as they did on those films for a new untitled Monster movie at Universal.  

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Radio Silence had this project lined up after “Scream” last year but had to postpone it after Paramount greenlit “Scream 6” quickly after the 2022 film’s box office success.

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For over a decade, there’s been an exhausting attempt to remake John Carpenter‘s 1981 dystopian flick “Escape From New York,” which had Kurt Russell flexing his action chops for the first time. However, the project has seen its fair share of developmental hiccups over the years, with it now attached to 20th Century Studios instead of New Line Cinema. But a decent update last month indicates signs of life on a potential return to Carpenter’s dystopian future America.

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Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, aka Radio Silence, made a name for themselves with the excellent 2019 original horror hit, “Ready or Not.” From there, as they say, the horror world was their gory little oyster. So, what did the up-and-coming team decide to take on next? A “Ready or Not” sequel? Hogwash! It turns out that the duo was basically gifted a much more enticing prospect in the form of a “Scream” sequel — the first that wouldn’t involve the late Wes Craven.

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Legacy sequels seem to be a dime a dozen nowadays, especially in the realm of horror. We’re about to see the release of “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” on Netflix, which is hoping to do what “Halloween” (2018) did several years ago. And earlier this year, we saw “Scream” become a bit of a sleeper hit at the box office and with fans, reinvigorating yet another horror franchise with the help of a new generation of actors combining forces with old favorites.

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“You’re the most derivative yet,” Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) says as she faces down yet another Ghostface killer. It serves as both a dressing down of the most recent iteration of the iconic villain and also a meta assessment of the fifth film in the “Scream” franchise. Set twenty-five years after the events of the first film, not only do the two films share a name, many beats are repeated like echoes in a canyon.

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Earlier this year it was announced that the “Scream” franchise would get the “legacyquel” treatment, with “Ready or Not” filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett of the filmmaking group Radio Silence resurrecting the franchise with a new film. We’d already heard that David Arquette was returning to reprise the role of Dewey Riley. And now the news arrives that Courteney Cox will also be back as news reporter Gale Weathers.

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Sheriff Dewey Riley is coming back to battle Ghostface in the upcoming revival of the “Scream” film franchise.

According to Deadline, David Arquette, who played the somewhat dimwitted, but loyal, Dewey in Wes Craven’s horror franchise has signed on to appear in the upcoming “Scream” reboot-quel from Radio Silence and Spyglass Media Group.

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Arquette said, “I am thrilled to be playing Dewey again and to reunite with my ‘Scream’ family, old and new.

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Like it or not, “Scream” is being revived. And right now, we don’t know what that means. Is the new film a reboot? A sequel? A complete remake? It’s unclear. However, according to the star of the original “Scream” film series, Neve Campbell, the new filmmakers are interested in seeing if she is willing to return to the slasher franchise. So, it looks like we might be in for a “Halloween”-style rebootquel, maybe?

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After their success with “Ready or Not,” the filmmaking trio of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, and Chad Villella, better known as Radio Silence, have been landing projects left and right. They’ve signed on to work with Phil Lord and Chris Miller, as well as the reboot of the “Scream” franchise. And now, the trio has signed on to make a film based on the novel, “The Ice Beneath Her,” with a huge star leading the way.

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As was rumored last fall, “Scream” is the latest horror franchise to get revived for a new audience. But as much as that might make genre fans roll their eyes a bit, it appears that Spyglass Media has found some pretty great filmmakers to bring the new “Scream” to the big screen.

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According to THR, co-directors Matthew Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, along with producer Chad Villela, who make up the filmmaking group known as Radio Silence, have been signed on by Spyglass Media to bring “Scream” back to life.

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Without a doubt, Phil Lord and Chris Miller have earned the attention of film fans all around the world. These are the guys that not only proved that you could remake “21 Jump Street” into one of the best comedies of recent years, but also that a film, “The LEGO Movie,” about LEGO blocks could be sweet, emotional, and hilarious. Oh yeah, and they just won an Oscar for the incredible “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” Needless to say, any project with their names attached warrants a closer look.

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Somewhere between “The Most Dangerous Game” and all those artfully designed board games littering Kickstarter lies “Ready or Not.” It’s hard to believe that this is the inaugural Fantasia Film Festival for directorial team Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, collectively credited as Radio Silence. The filmmaking duo previously cut their teeth with segments in “V/H/S” and “Southbound,” as well as making their feature-length debut with “The Devil’s Due.” Making its World Premiere at the Montreal genre festival, “Ready or Not”—with its acidic humor and copious gore—is a tailor-made fit for Fantasia’s famously rowdy audience.

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