New 'Scream 4' Trailer

If you're not yet excited for "Scream 4," you should probably started getting pumped right about now. Dimension Films has released a new trailer for the upcoming horror satire, and it definitely gives a better feel for what we can expect than the previous teaser did. The best parts of the trailer come when it pokes fun at all the horror tropes of the past 10 years. For instance, when Sheriff Dewey (David Arquette) won't tell his wife, hard-nosed reporter Gale Weathers-Riley (Courtney Cox), what's going on, she responds that his "classified information" is already all over the Internet. Ghostface challenges newcomer Kirby Reed (Hayden Panettiere) to name a remake of a classic horror film, and before he can finish his question she starts spouting out a dozen films. Oh, and apparently virgins can die now. Hit the jump to watch the trailer! 

The "Scream" franchise has always been about more than just ridiculous kills (though it does have those); it's been about poking fun at the clichéd genre and making a great movie at the same time. I can now understand and why Wes Craven felt the need to return to the series and reboot it 10 years later... because a lot has happened to horror in the past decade. The rules have changed; not just in the context of the film, but in the context of the genre.

The trailer still has yet to show how the newer generation -- Panettiere, Emma Roberts, Rory Culkin -- will exactly fit in with the old hats -- Neve Campbell, Cox, Arquette -- but we've gotten some clues. Roberts plays Sidney Prescott's cousin Jill Roberts, which we can assume makes her a target by association. And it looks like Adam Brody and Anthony Anderson are the new up-and-coming police officers under the now-Sheriff Dewey.

However the pieces fit, it will be exciting -- and a hell of a lot of fun -- to see these two generations working together to stop the new Ghostface killer. "Scream 4" slices its way into theaters April 15.

On a budget of $40 million, principal photography began on June 28, 2010.Filming was scheduled to end on September 6, after a 42-day shoot, but instead concluded on September 24.Filming took place in and around Ann Arbor, Michigan.Some scenes for a flashback sequence portraying a school featured in a previous Scream film was shot at Woodworth Middle School in Dearborn, Michigan.The former 16th District Court in Livonia, Michigan was used as a police station. In April 2010, while scouting for a bookstore to use in the film, Craven spotted a new bookstore that had not yet opened in downtown Northville, Michigan named Next Chapter Bookstore & Bistro. Craven instantly loved the building as well as the name and decided to use both in the film. He also hired the owner's chef to prepare the food and pastry for a scene in the film. The scenes were shot the first week of July .The film is scheduled to be released April 15, 2011.

Did you like the way the "Scream 4" trailer pokes fun at the horror genre? Are you psyched to see the movie?

The Final Destination

LOS ANGELES, Aug 30 (Reuters) - In the battle of horror franchises, “The Final Destination” scared off a challenge from “Halloween II” to claim top honors at the weekend box office in North America, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

“The Final Destination” sold $28.3 million worth of tickets during its first three days, while the latest “Halloween” outing of masked serial killer Michael Myers opened at No. 3 with $17.4 million.
In between was last weekend’s champion, Quentin Tarantino’s violent World War Two movie “Inglourious Basterds,” with $20 million in it second round. With yet another horror film, “District 9,” claiming the No. 4 spot with $10.7 million in its third weekend, movie theaters were no place for the squeamish or intellectually curious.

“The Final Destination” revolves around a youngster quickly running out of friends since he can accurately foretell their brutal deaths. It’s the fourth installment in a franchise that was launched in 2000, and marks the best opening in the series. In 2003, “Final Destination 3″ opened to $19 million.
“Halloween II” is the sequel to a successful 2007 reboot of a venerable series dating to 1978. Both the previous one, which opened to $26 million, and the new one were directed by rocker Rob Zombie.
Because they target roughly the same audience, industry observers had expected the “The Final Destination” and “Halloween II” to cannibalize each other and each end up in the teens of millions. But “Final Destination” enjoyed a boost from higher ticket prices for its 3D runs in just over half of its 3,121 theaters.
“The Final Destination” was released by Warner Bros Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc (TWX.N). “Halloween II” and “Inglourious Basterds” were released by the closely held Weinstein Co. “District 9″ was released by TriStar Pictures, a unit of Sony Corp (6758.T) (SNE.N).

‘Inglourious Basterds’ Rules The Weekend Box Office

Score best actor at the box office this weekend to Quentin Tarantino. In the film Inglourious Basterds, his revisionist take WWIIstarring Brad Pitt, earned about $ 37,600,000 "WOW", in government offices champDistrict box 9, and gave beleaguered studio The Weinstein Co. relieved with the financial situation dancsedikit thinning. opening far exceeded the opening Basterds' previous best Tarantino, Kill Bill Vol. 2, which brought U.S. $ 25 million in April 2004. 

What who repent now is how Basterds will be valid for the next few weeks. Since Weinstein only has domestic rights to the film-Universal Pictures International in the United States holds large-dirty is mandatory for the company as a whole. Warner Bros. has a more difficult time with the release Shorts auteur Robert Rodriguez. Opening movie for children is only $ 6.6 million or PG-rated land on a weak finish 6 for its opening frame Only new release to reach the top ten are post-college film Fox Searchlight's Post Grad starring Alexis Bledel, Although in 1959 the opening of the classic film that is only about $ 2,800,000 during the three days. Among holdovers. District 9 is very good considering the arrest Basterds wages directly to the male audience. $ 30,000,000 sci-fi film from newcomer Neil Blomkamp dropping% 49 slightly to $ 18,900,000 gross total of ten days at an impressive $ 73 million.

GI Joe is also dependent on the third week in theaters. The high-octane actioner is only down 44% to $ 12.5 million. Now the three-week cume is $ 120 million. Female moviegoers helped push The Time Traveler's Wife and Julie & Julia in the top five. Time Traveler is only down 46% to $ 10 million in the second week of placing the ten-day gross $ 37,400,000 while Julie & Julia is only down 25% this is a very tight competition, and extraordinary refractive considering the film in the third week of release. Grossing $ 9,000,000 for three days, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, two-hander now obtained a total of $ 59,000,000. turned out to god to give thanks to the opening of a movie Basterds incumbent is a strong and solid hold, box office increased by 26% over the same period last year. This is the third week in a row the box office go up after four weeks of the results are not impressive. Next weekend's horror mash-up Halloween II and The Final Destination 3-D, and a big horror movie.