The adults have never really fared well in the “Scream” franchise. Either entirely absent, swiftly dispatched (Henry Winkler in the original) or turning out to be the killer (Laurie Metcalf in the second entry), they’ve never been the best roles for actors (although it could be argued that the same holds true for the younger characters as well…). But that hasn’t stopped Lauren Graham, star of long-running TV show “Gilmore Girls,” as well as the likes of “Evan Almighty” and our beloved “Bad Santa,” from signing on to the fourth entry in the series.
First reported earlier in the week by Ghouls on Film (and props to them), Graham confirmed that she was in the new film on Jay Leno’s show, and that she would play the mother of Emma Roberts’ lead character (and presumably, the aunt to Neve Campbell’s character?). Graham joins newcomers to the franchise Roberts, Rory Culkin, Hayden Panettiere, Lake Bell and Nico Tortorella, as well as veterans Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette.
While we enjoyed the original film, the fresh quality that it brought to the genre is long gone, and there’s little hope for this one to be anything other than a cash grab, no matter how many meta jokes they make about rebooting the “Stab” franchise. Scream 4 starts filming any day now, and hits theaters April 15 next year, up against Paul W.S. Anderson’s “The Three Musketeers,” so it at least won’t be the worst movie opening that weekend.
