'
Scream 4' stars
Courtney Cox and
Neve Campbell have given the new issue of Entertainment Weekly (via
Beyond Hollywood) a few scraps of plot details, or character details more specifically, as attention begins to turn with some force upon the fourth installment in
Wes Craven's stab-fest franchise. Campbell didn't exactly spill many beans when she offered this about lead Sidney Prescott, who is now a newly-published author:
She ends the book tour with going to Woodsboro and there she finds her cousin and her aunt and some friends and trouble ensues.
So far, so typical. But then Cox pricked my interest a little more with her quote:
Weve been married for 10 years. I kinda gave up my job as the entertainment journalist. Ive written six books, but now I have major writers block. Im bored with my life and bored with my marriage and bored with the silly small town of Woodsboro. Its actually the anniversary of the first killing in Woodsboro. When she arrives to promote her book, things start happening, and I couldnt be more thrilled.
Now, you could read this a few ways. Firstly, this could be Cox trying the old misdirection ploy of getting fans thinking she is the fourth film's killer: she is certainly establishing motive there, right? But then, Cox has probably signed on for all three of the new trilogy of films, so having her exit spectacularly in the first would seem like a terribly managed piece of business.
Then again, EW have stated that Cox was interviewed before her split with husband and co-star
David Arquette was announced, and this quote could merely be the accidentally prophetic confirmation of that relationship's end. Reading it back in that context she certainly could seem to be venting her personal situation a little too closely (maybe this is why Arquette felt the need to tell Howard Stern about their lack of sex life when he was interviewed by the shock jock?).
Either way, it all gets logged in the preview bank for 'Scream 4', which can never be a bad thing.
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