I have a cute story about Emma Roberts. I babysat her a few times when I had a 13-year-old stepdaughter a few years back (long story). Anyway, one day 13-year-old Emma Roberts wanted to watch a horror movie...
So I took Emma and her 13-year-old friend to Blockbuster and suggested they rent Scream. I figured they'd get a kick out of it. Well, both girls got the shit scared out of them. I'm pretty sure Emma did not enjoy the movie.
Now, 7 years later, Emma is probably saying shit in interviews like, "I have always loved the Scream franchise and am very excited to be blah blah blah...". If you haven't figured it out yet, Emma Roberts is famous because she is Julie Roberts's niece. End of story. She grew up in a huge house that Auntie Julia paid for and her mom didn't work because she was getting child support payments from Eric Roberts, Emma's father. Auntie Julia always had a special interest in her niece and, like the other recent 'famous' children of already famous people, little Emma is now going to pretend she had to audition for stuff just like anyone else.
Classic. I'll bet Jason Reitman, Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gwenyth Paltrow, Drew Barrymore, and that Mankiewicz fellow on AMC didn't inherit their careers either.
Enjoy Emma Roberts, all grownded up, in the following brand new trailer for Scream 4! Which, by the way, is hopefully good since it was written by Scream's original and innovative writer Kevin Williamson. Keep in mind how shitty Craven's last several films have been and pray that he had a lot of 'help' on set and a strong-willed producer who put his/her foot down often when Wes wanted to do something stupid in the movie. The film also stars Scream staples Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette and newcomers Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin (He's dating Emma Stone. How gross is she for doing that?), and the awesome Mary McDonnell. By the way, Arquette and Cox are totally divorcing. And it is Arquette's fault; not because he did anything in particular, but despite being great in the Scream series, fucker hasn't really worked a day since he hooked up with Cox. Note to selves: if your wife marries you and you work, keep working, otherwise you're just an incoherent, stoned mess like Arquette, smoking pot all day with Thomas Jane.
Unfortunately, two things terrify me about this trailer, and not in a good way: 1) I swear to god I caught a glimpse of those awful Avellan sisters from Planet Terror. Pray that I'm wrong. I must be. But it was so unsettling. 2) The killer is described as '2.0' by two geek/slasher experts in the film, and the killer is now filming his murders on video as it is the 'natural evolution'. Sadly, ten years ago using video and video footage in a horror film was considered innovative. Now it is just stupid.
"The unexpected is the new cliche'" seems to be the line the movie uses to forgive itself for being boring, predictable, and not unexpected at all. I am stoked to see the characters (who doesn't miss Neve?) but I'm not looking forward to the expected unexpectedness and shaky, lame, 1999-ish handy cam murders.
Wes Craven said he wanted to create a new Scream trilogy for this generation and I don't know how he is going to do that since now his major two stars split up so I guess kill them off? I still love Thomas Jane though haha. I bet this stupid Scream movie, let me guess since we have youtube the killer is going to put it on there and torture poor Sidney to watch it along with 1,23883473 people oh the terror!
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"I hurt" - Karen Cooper "Night Of The Living Dead"
What do you taste like, Geek? lol. Sorry, corny joke. I'm drinking.
I'm so not looking forward to this movie. No, no, no. The first Scream was entertaining, but the sequels were craptastic. Emma is a cute girl, but not that great an actress.
I'm excited to see Sydney kick ass. For some reason, I remember her always carrying a gun in every scene in the third film because she wasn't playing around. That part was awesome! I have an agonizing feeling they might kill her off. I really, really don't want to pay money to see her get killed.
I did get a little happy to see all the old characters from the first films in the trailer. Nostalgia is really pulling me to see this one.
Wes Craven said he wanted to create a new Scream trilogy for this generation and I don't know how he is going to do that since now his major two stars split up so I guess kill them off? I still love Thomas Jane though haha. I bet this stupid Scream movie, let me guess since we have youtube the killer is going to put it on there and torture poor Sidney to watch it along with 1,23883473 people oh the terror!
"I hurt" - Karen Cooper "Night Of The Living Dead"