Courteney Cox will be returning to the Scream franchise, reprising her role as reporter Gale Weathers in the upcoming Scream 5. Cox’s Scream costar, and ex-husband, David Arquette, will be returning as well to play Sheriff Dewey Riley. Scream 5 will be directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett from the filmmaking group Radio Silence (Ready or Not, V/H/S) from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt (Murder Mystery, Amazing Spider-Man) and Guy Busick (Ready or Not, Castle Rock), with Scream creator Kevin Williamson producing.
Scream 4, released in 2011, was received with mixed reviews, and grossed $97 million worldwide on a budget of $40 million, making it the lowest-grossing film in the Scream franchise.