News Summary

• Paramount+ has announced that Scary Movie will arrive on the platform on September 3rd.
• An extended cut of the film will also debut on the streamer.
• As of the time of this writing, there has been no official announcement of a Scary movie 7.
• Marlon Wayans has previously teased ideas for future films that would give more recent horror hits like Backrooms and Obsession the ScaryMovie parody treatment.
• It’s possible that the ending of the latest film feels satisfying enough for the powers that be to retire the franchise again.
• It is also possible that they’re waiting to see if the film has streaming legs before making any decisions as streaming success is becoming more and more an important metric for films as part of their overall picture of whether or not they did well enough for a sequel.