David Arquette is returning to Woodsboro in a special Scream video, showing the first glimpse at the return of Deputy Dewey Riley. The next film in the long-running franchise, also titled Scream, will be arriving in theaters soon on January 14, 2022. The film will star series newcomers Melissa Barrera (In the Heights), Jack Quaid (The Boys), Mason Gooding (Booksmart), Dylan Minnette (13 Reasons Why), Jenna Ortega (You), Kyle Gallner (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Jasmin Savoy Brown (The Leftovers), and Mikey Madison (Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood). Returning to the franchise are mainstay actors Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and Marley Shelton.
David Arquette has appeared in every Scream film, beginning with the first in 1996. He plays Dewey Riley, who was more of a secondary character in the original film. The brother of Rose McGowan's Tatum and a deputy in the police force, Dewey ineffectually stammered through his duties and was easily manipulated by Courteney Cox's hard-nosed reporter Gale Weathers, with whom he's had an on-again, off-again relationship throughout the series. When he was last seen in Scream 4, he had become the sheriff and was married to Gale, though their relationship was under strain with her feeling hampered by small-town life.
On his Twitter, David Arquette shared a video of Dewey returning to Woodsboro in the original house from the film. Unfortunately, the clip is not official footage from the new Scream, but rather a video promoting that the Woodsboro house from the original film is now available to rent on Airbnb. It includes Dewey sitting down with some Scream VHS tapes and being unknowingly menaced by Ghostface, both via a stained glass window and in the flesh. However, this is the first glimpse of Dewey in a decade, showing what the character looks like all these years later. Check out the video below:
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Scream 2022 was directed by Ready or Not's Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. They are re-teaming with screenwriter Guy Busick, who is joined by James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man). Original Scream scribe Kevin Williamson, who is also producing, helped them shape the story, though plot details for the upcoming film remain unknown.
Two generations have grown up with the Scream franchise now, and a third is about to be introduced to the films. It's reassuring that all of these viewers will have the constant thread of being guided through the world of the slasher film by David Arquette's inimitable charm in this iconic role. Dewey has always had a rough time in the Scream films, so there's no guarantee he'll survive the upcoming installment. Whatever way his story shakes out in the new Scream, though, it's exciting to be able to see just a glimpse of what the actor will look like back in his shoes.
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