Dimension Films had the fifth installment in the Scary Movie franchise slated to open this month until someone realized that the film didnât exist yet, so they pushed it back to January 2013. Now it appears Scary Movie 5 has a director and a production start-date. EW reports that Malcolm Lee (Roll Bounce, Undercover Brother) will handle directing duties on Scary Movie 5. David Zucker, who took over from the Wayans brothers and wrote and directed Scary Movie 3 and 4, will return to co-write and produce the fifth installment alongside Lee. Production is set to begin this summer and casting is already underway.We previously reported that The Comebacks writers John Aboud and Michael Colton as well as Stephen Leff would be penning the screenplay, but itâs possible that Dimension has decided to start over entirely. The studio had been keen on bringing back some of the seriesâ original cast members, but thereâs no word on where that plan stands now. The entire franchise has really been rendered moot by the brilliant The Cabin in the Woods, so itâll be interesting to see if they stick with their exhausted regular formula or if they shake things up (they won't). Scary Movie 5 is now slated to open on January 11th, 2013.
UNDERCOVER BROTHER Director Malcolm Lee to Helm SCARY MOVIE 5; Production Begins This Summer
Malcolm Lee to Direct SCARY MOVIE 5. Undercover Brother director Malcolm Lee will helm Scary Movie 5. Production begins this summer.