'Scary Movie 5'...Because the Fourth One Sold Tickets

The Weinstein Company wants one for the thumb. According to Cinema Blend, we're in the early stages of development on Scary Movie 5, which will be a reboot rather than a continuation of...well...what's the difference, really? For the cash-strapped Weinstein Company, it's like selling Girl Scout cookies: You know people will buy, no matter how bad it is for you. The only movie in the Weinstein stable to make more money than Scary 4 is Inglourious Basterds, and it's a steep drop off the cliff before you find another film (Hoodwinked, with $51 million). It's pretty much the same reason old hair metal bands play the casino circuit now: It's the closest thing to real money they're likely to see for a while. Speaking of money, Anna Faris probably could command a fair amount for the cinquel, so because this would be treated as a reboot, she's done. No more Cindy Campbell in this series. The first Scary Movie was a deserved jab at horror movies, and it was easily the best of the bunch. The second one, as I recall, was barely an hour long, and not much fun. After that, the movies didn't screen for the press, so I can't comment on their merits or if they even have any. But again, look at it from the perspective of the studio: It's not like people ever paid to see these movies for great cinema, so doing a fifth one for the money is not much worse than doing the first one.

Comments

[Asana]

I hear its official title is: Scary Movie 5: Just Bend Over And Take It!

[mdamien13]

Asana's comment made me think of Jim Rome's saying, which applies well to this - BOHICA! (Bend Over, Here It Comes Again!)

[Martha Johnson]

Wise men learn by others' harm, fools by their own.
stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. and yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sign.
o troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my words.
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