Filming just kicked off this week in Wilmington, North Carolina on the Radio Silence-directed Scream for Paramount and Spyglass Media Group, and unfortunately three members of the crew have already tested positive for COVID-19. But as Deadline notes, the production isn’t being shut down. Rather, after a weekend break, filming will resume this coming Monday.
The site explains that different departments have been broken up into group “pods” that have little to no interaction with other groups, and that production on Scream – unlike The Batman – does not have to be halted due to the fact that the crew members who tested positive “weren’t in the primary pod which includes the actors, the director, assistant directors and DP.”
Obviously, what’s important here is that everyone’s health is being protected. Deadline notes, “The three Scream crew members who tested positive for COVID-19 will immediately be quarantined and undergo more testing, I understand. Contact tracing is also being practiced.”
Here’s hoping the three members of the Scream crew who tested positive for COVID-19 make a speedy recovery, and that filming can safely resume as planned next week.
Scream is being directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett of the filmmaking group Radio Silence (Ready or Not, V/H/S) from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt (Murder Mystery, Zodiac, The Amazing Spider-Man) and Guy Busick (Ready or Not, Castle Rock).
Dylan Minnette (Goosebumps), Mason Gooding (Let It Snow), Kyle Gallner (Ghosts of War), Jasmin Savoy Brown (“Love”), Mikey Madison (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Sonia Ammar star alongside Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott, David Arquette and Courteney Cox who will return as Dewey Riley and Gale Weathers, as well as new cast members Jack Quaid (“The Boys”), Melissa Barrera (“In The Heights”) and Jenna Ortega (“You”). Marley Shelton is also returning as Scream 4 character Deputy Judy Hicks
Spyglass and Paramount Pictures will release the film worldwide on January 14, 2022.