Williamson 'confirms new Scream trilogy'

Kevin Williamson has announced that upcoming movie Scream 4 will be the first instalment of a new trilogy for the franchise.

Series director Wes Craven had previously told DS that the screenwriter had informed him that the sequel could lead to subsequent parts.

"It's a new trilogy, it's ten years later," he told iF magazine. "[But then I thought] a trilogy – now I'd be interested! Could we do that and develop a trilogy? And then I started thinking about the story. I created three different chapters, broke it up and I got really excited."

David Arquette recently revealed that he and wife Courteney Cox would be on board the project to reprise their original roles.

However, Neve Campbell is reportedly not partaking in the new films, with the Dawson's Creek scribe hinting that he may kill off her Sidney Prescott character.

He explained: "[It's] Sheriff Dewey, I mean Deputy Dewey, oops. It's Dewey and Gale and that's it."

Williamson also said that he expects to finish the script in a few months' time and hopes to bring Craven back to helm the series, adding: "Wes wants to read the script before we sign on, which makes sense. We've sort of chatted about it. We're a Scream family, so not having dad sitting at the head of the table wouldn't make sense."