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As the world experienced a global pandemic, Kevin Williamson saw the isolation and uncertainty as a great backdrop for a new slasher film. “We wanted to take everyone back to that time where there was so much fear and uncertainty in our everyday lives,” says Williamson. “What would happen if we took that fear and…

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to a TV adaptation of Ryan Parrott's comic book Dead Day. The series comes from Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson. The pair will serve as co-showrunners and writers on the series, which comes from Universal Television and Aftershock Media. It reunites Plec and Williamson, who…

“When Wes (Craven) passed, I already said goodbye to it,” says original Scream franchise scribe Kevin Williamson today on Deadline’s Hero Nation podcast. However, when the Dimension Films IP was snapped up by Spyglass Media, conversations began to bubble up of a revival. Williamson had a meeting with Spyglass Boss…

EXCLUSIVE: Miramax has greenlit an untitled penned feature thriller from Scream architect Kevin Williamson set during the pandemic which Blockers actress Gideon Adlon will star in. The feature takes place when the country locks down due to the pandemic and college student Parker (Adlon) and her best friend decide to…

Amid the reboots and sequelitis on both the big and small screens, Kevin Williamson was asked during his Tell Me a Story panel at TCA whether a third iteration of his popular late-’90s teen drama Dawson’s Creek was in the cards. “We keep talking about it, but … as of now it's not even in the pipeline," he said. "We…

EXCLUSIVE: Miramax has acquired screen rights to the Erica Ferencik novel The River At Night. The project will be shaped by Kevin Williamson and Eli Roth, teaming for the first time after each had an illustrious genre past with the original Miramax. Williamson and Ben Fast will produce through their Outerbanks banner…

Based on the new trailer for Kevin Williamson’s upcoming CBS All Access series, Tell Me a Story, it seems like the man who wrote Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and co-created TV’s The Vampire Diaries, is back to horror form with a new modern twist. He even said so himself Sunday during the CBS All Access…

Tell Me a Story, CBS All Access’ upcoming psychological thriller series based on classic fairy tales like the Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood, will launch, appropriately enough, on Halloween – Wednesday, Oct. 31. The launch dates was announced today at CBS’ TCA presentation day by Julie McNamara…

EXCLUSIVE: The Vampire Diaries co-creator/executive producer Kevin Williamson has recruited one of the stars of the long-running CW drama, Paul Wesley, for his new series, psychological thriller Tell Me a Story on CBS All Access. Wesley has been tapped for a lead role opposite The Originals alumna Danielle…

EXCLUSIVE: The Originals alumna  Danielle Campbell has been cast as one of the three leads of CBS All Access' straight-to-series psychological thriller Tell Me a Story, from Kevin Williamson and Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment. Written by Williamson, Tell Me a Story, which co-stars Billy Magnussen and Kim…

EXCLUSIVE: Miramax has signed filmmaker Kevin Williamson to a new first-look pact to develop elevated genre film content. He will set up offices at the studio. It is the first overall deal made since Miramax was relaunched as a production concern under Bill Block’s leadership. Another lifetime ago, Williamson had some…

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Williamson, who launched his career by putting his spin on the horror genre with the hit Scream franchise, is now giving classic fairytales a dark treatment with psychological thriller Tell Me a Story. In a very competitive situation, with multiple streaming platforms pursuing, CBS All Access, CBS…