Horror fans have been eating well lately and one of the major contributors to that has beenScream. The series fifth installment released this past January and was beloved by both avid fans of the franchise and critics alike. The Paramount Pictures and Spyglass production also massacred the box office making over $140 million worldwide on a roughly $24 million budget. Because of this, a sixth film was quickly greenlit. The cast for the highly anticipated slasher sequel has been slowly rolling out with a ton offan favorite faces returning. However,Scream 6has found its first new face. As reported exclusively byThe Hollywood Reporter,Dermot Mulroneyhas been cast in the sequel.
While we don’t know much about his character, Mulroney will be playing a cop in the film. When it comes to the overall plot of the sequel, it’s as secretive as Ghostface’s identity. All we know is that the story “continues with the four survivors of the Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.” Those four survivors beingMelissa Barrera’s Sam,Jenna Ortega’s Tara,Mason Gooding’s Chad, andJasmin Savoy Brown’s Mindy. Mulroney is also joiningHayden PanettiereandCourteney Coxwho are returning as fan favorite characters Kirby and Gale Weathers respectively.
In addition, the film is seeing the return ofMatt Bettinelli-OlpinandTyler Gillettin the director chairs as well asJames VanderbiltandGuy Busickas the writers. Vanderbilt,Paul Neinstein, andWilliam Sherakare serving as producers while OriginalScreamscreenwriterKevin Williamsonis serving as an executive producer withChad Villella. Spyglass’Gary BarberandPeter Oillataguerre,Ron Lynch,Cathy Konrad, andMarianne Maddalenaare serving as executive producers as well.
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Mulroney has been acting for over three decades in popular films likeMy Best Friend’s Wedding,Career Opportunities,The Wedding Date,Zodiac, andJobs. However, Mulroney is no stranger to the horror genre as he starred in the criminally underratedInsidious: Chapter 3and the recently releasedUmmaoppositeSandra Oh. Since most of the series’ famous cops likeDavid Arquette’s Dewy Riley andMarley Shelton’s Judy Hicks both bit the dust in the last film, Ghostface is going to need more cops to play with in their next killing spree. Cops don’t have the best track record in these films, so it will be interesting to see if Mulroney will make it out ofScream 6alive.
Scream 6is set to release on August 05, 2025, and the film is on track to start its production this summer. Mulroney is the first fresh face to be cast in the film up to this point. Since filming is starting very soon, we’re sure to learn about more new potential Ghostface suspects in the near future. Until then, it’s never a bad weekend to have aScreammarathon with the latest film in the franchise now streaming on Paramount+.
