Following the release of then series finale Scream 3, the three films were collected in "The Ultimate Scream Collection" by Dimension Films on September 26, 2000, in a boxset containing "Behind the Scream", a short documentary about the production of the three films and additional material including screentests of actors involved in the films, outtakes and deleted scenes. Joshua Jackson and Rebecca Gayheart would, only one year later, collaborate in another teen slasher Urban Legend (1998), highly influenced by the success of these films (even facing accusations of being a rip-off). The original script had Hallie and Derek as the killers with Mrs. Loomis guiding them as the third killer; more specifically, they were a Bonnie and Clyde type couple. She rushes sets the house alarm, while listening to Ghostface's taunts. When, Cici (Sarah Michelle Geller) is talking on the phone, just before the killer calls, the voice on the other end is Selma Blair. Principal photography took place over seven weeks. In Scream 2, he did the scene where he chased Cici (Sarah Michelle Gellar) around the house and killed her. Shriek! Co-producer Julie Plec revealed on Twitter that the original song that played over the last few minutes of the film was to be Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve. Photo: Scream 2 / Dimension Films. [13] Once production of a sequel was seen as inevitable, following the success of Scream, Dimension Films added sequel options for the actors whose character had survived the previous film; Courteney Cox as ambitious news reporter Gale Weathers, David Arquette as retired deputy sheriff Dewey Riley, Jamie Kennedy as film-geek Randy Meeks and Liev Schreiber as Cotton Weary, the man exonerated for the murder of Sidney's mother. The film's soundtrack achieved moderate sales success, reaching number 50 on the Billboard 200. Also, the cast did not receive the last ten pages of the shooting . The opening scene featuring the premiere of the fictional "Stab" film was filmed over three days in the Vista theater on Sunset Drive, Hollywood, the exterior represented by the Rialto theater in South Pasadena, California. David Warner (Gus) was personally chosen by Wes Craven for a cameo, because Craven had been impressed with Warner's acting ever since he saw him in The Omen (1976). don't know if this was intentional but lighting department F'd uppp . One version of Scream 2 could have featured a credibility-straining 4 killers. Sure enough, in the movie-within-the-movie "Stab", Spelling does indeed play Sidney. [19] Due to the large number of extras present in the scene, full details of what occurred were leaked onto the Internet shortly after filming completed which Craven cited as the production's first experience of a major plot leak. [19] Agnes Scott College, just outside Atlanta,[20] and UCLA in Los Angeles were used to represent the fictional Windsor College which appears in the film. Robert Rodriguez directed scenes of "Stab", the movie-within-a-movie. She has been seen in many movies and shows. When Randy speaks with the new Ghostface on the phone, he angrily asks if the copycat killer is trying to become an infamous murderer like Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and O. J. Simpson. and our [13] Roger L. Jackson also returned to voice the character of Ghostface. Following the release of Scream, Williamson would confirm that he had considered a sequel concept where the character of Sidney Prescott would now be attending college and a copycat Ghostface killer would start a new series of murders. However, because the song sampled certain arrangements from a song by The Rolling Stones, it was too expensive for the movie's budget. TBH Scream 2 Is a Great Sequel. Randy, unfortunately, isn't as lucky in Scream 2. Maureen was killed to set up the 'copycat' theme. 1 Casey Becker: Stabbed To Death By Ghostface (Scream) This is one of the most iconic scenes in horror, for many reasons. Beltrami would explain in an interview that the Zimmer piece was used as a placeholder for Beltrami's incomplete score during a test screening. Extreme measures, but we really wanted to keep the killer's identity a secret! Cici Cooper - Both Debbie and Mickey were unaccounted for when she was killed, so there's no way to know for sure which of the two killed her. Which means Mrs Loomis is the one who murdered Cici, but how did she have the strength to pick Cici up and throw her off the porch? While alone in her house, Cici is attacked by Ghostface. (At around thirty-six minutes) Cotton's dog (terrier) is led by a co-ed in front of the crowd that goes to investigate, after news of Cici's murder. Randy's extensive film knowledge is used to help predict the murders, but he's killed for good in "Scream 2." Kennedy has had small parts in other TV shows and films since appearing in the "Scream" movies. When Ghostface stabs Cici in the back, there is no blood on the knife, marking yet another mistake in that scene. He shared a name with Steven Orth. [citation needed] Each film contained the additional content found in the Collector's Edition version of the U.S. release, including deleted scenes, outtakes, theatrical trailers, music videos and commentary from each respective film's crew. That being said, a woman's voice is heard on the other stall, so it's possible that, to save time, Debbie killed Phil and hid the body while Mickey put on his clothes. The film was released on December 12, 1997, less than a year after the first, by Dimension Films, as the . Dimension Films agreed to pursue the sequel in March 1997, by which point Williamson already had forty-two pages of the plot developed[4] which involved four different killers, Derek, Hallie, Cotton Weary, and Mrs. Loomis, who is the mother of one of the previous film's killers. From Scream 2 and in LEGO. [12] In contrast, Muir criticized all of the new characters in Scream 2, believing they never attained the same depth of the Scream cast because of Scream 2's focus on increasing the body count and violence over the original, saying that the film's killer could literally be anyone as the audience is never provided with enough information about the new characters to form an opinion about them. [44], There was however criticism over the death of the character Randy Meeks played by Kennedy. The film originally ended with a shot of another Ghostface watching over from the campus' bell tower. Wasn't a crew member was on the background during that balcony scene with Cici? When Mickey unmasks himself, he has a large cut on his forehead, which he got from crashing the police cruiser. The cast of Scream 2 is littered with Williamson veterans, who broke onto the . While waiting for Sidney, Derek and Hallie sit next to each other in the cafeteria, which hints at their closeness, especially since Derek is supposedly Sidney's boyfriend. The classmate (Joshua Jackson) says Ripley's (Sigourney Weaver's) line correctly, "Get away from her, you bitch!" (At around thirteen minutes) Like in the first film, you can find a reference to Freddy Krueger's (played by Robert Englund in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise) iconic sweater in Hallie's (Elise Neal's) and Sidney's (Neve Campbell's) dorm room in the beginning of the film hanging on their closet door. He and Sidney both attend Windsor College, where he takes a film class. Early in development, Alicia Silverstone and Liv Tyler were approached to appear in the film's opening sequence,[14] while Eric Mabius, Natasha Gregson Wagner and Paula Marshall all auditioned for unspecified roles. [50][51][52] Additionally, the three films were collected together in a single pack as the "Scream Trilogy". "I remember saying to the director at the time, 'I want to die the most horrific death that has ever happened in a horror film,'" recalled Jada on an episode of PeopleTV's Couch Surfing. He's Back! Debbie Salt is an alias but even after she unmasks herself, Mickey still calls her Debbie, implying that's her real name and that only her last name is fake. Furthermore, the last ten pages of the shooting script were printed on gray paper in order to deter illicit duplication of them. Set in Spring 1998, she was a freshmen film student at Windsor College, approximately nineteen years old. [17], Following a script leak early into filming, security around the production was significantly increased, with a focus on closed filmsets and strict restrictions on what personnel could be present during filming and have access to the script, with all present required to sign non-disclosure agreements. She is Billy's mother, but it's explained in the first film that she divorced Hank Loomis after the affair and left Woodsboro, so she likely stopped using her married name (Loomis) and went back to her maiden name (which is unknown). Support Most iptv box. At that point, Williamson probably intended to end the franchise with this movie. As a result, the script was almost entirely re-written, with pages often being completed the day they were to be filmed. She sided with Randy Meeks, one of the survivors of Woodsboro on the discussion of movies not being responsible for our actions, and her dislike for sequels. Throughout the film Mrs. Loomis, under her alias Debbie Salt, uses her right hand. Actors who auditioned for the part of Derek were asked to perform the scene in the cafeteria in which Derek sings "I Think I Love You" a cappella. It stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O'Connell, Elise Neal, Timothy Olyphant, Jada Pinkett, and Liev Schreiber. Greenlit while Scream (1996) was still playing in theaters. Jerry O'Connell's (Derek Feldman) brother Charlie also appears in Cruel Intentions as Court Reynolds. It's worth mentioning though that the caller did also know a bit too many details about Cici for it to be Debbie, which would mean that it was Mickey since he shared a class with her. Cici Cooper Stabbed 2 times in the back and then thrown over a balcony Ghostface (Mrs. Loomis) . (At around one hour and one minute) Randy's (Jamie Kennedy's) reference to fake nude pictures of Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) on the Internet was inspired by fake images of Courteney Cox that appeared on the worldwide web prior to production of this movie. Melissa Joan Hart, Candace Cameron Bure and Ellen Pompeo were all considered for the role of Cici Cooper before Sarah Michelle Gellar was cast. During the scene where Gale is defending Dewey to Debbie and the other reporters, she states "Dewey is one of the good guys, unlike some of us." [10], Craven had difficulties passing Scream through the film-rating body MPAA to receive an R-rating to help the film remain commercially viable,[21] sending eight different cuts and requiring the direct intervention of Dimension Films founder Bob Weinstein to eventually get the necessary rating to release the film without significant cuts. The first shock of the scene comes when Ghostface appears outside the car and kills Richards . It's more psychologically ruthless than it is violent, but that's got to count for something. It went on to gross $101.4million in the U.S. and $71million in other territories with a worldwide lifetime gross of $172.4million. Richie, one of the new film's baddies, is stabbed a few more times and a bit more . [10/14/22 - 09:20 AM] More the Merrier! Source: Scream 2: Special Edition Blu-Ray . The cast were not informed of the identity of the killer until the last day of principal photography. After the unexpected success of Scream, by late 1997, Scream 2 was considered such a potential box office success that the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies and James Cameron's future hit Titanic were moved from their release date of December 12 to 19 so as to not face the film as competition. There's a scene earlier on in the movie when Sidney confronts Randy, as they're walking to class, about the killings on campus, and insists it's another killing spree, all over again. All cast members were required to sign confidentiality clauses as parts of their respective contracts that precluded them from discussing the outcome of the story and the killer's identity. Randy mentioned his fellow film classmate and one of Sid's friends, Mickey, could be the killer because he was way too obsessed with scary movies -- and also, the idea of getting them right by honoring the prequels. She shared a first name with Maureen Prescott, Sidney's mother. Cici was a film student at Windsor College and she had film theory with Randy Meeks and Mickey Altieri. Privacy Policy. Two other Woodsboro survivors arrive: police officer Dewey Riley to offer Sidney protection, and reporter Gale Weathers to cover the case. When Cici is on the phone with the killer she tells him that the other girls are at the Acid Rain mixer. Scream 2 remained unreleased in foreign territories including Europe and Japan until February 26, 2001, when it was released simultaneously with Scream and Scream 3 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. (Casey dumped him for Steve.) The idea was that if such well-known actors could die so early on, then anybody could die. Hallie was supposed to be the killer before the script leaks forced rewrites. Also, the cast did not receive the last ten pages of the shooting script until it was time to film the scenes contained therein. Casey 'Cici' Cooper is a minor character in Scream 2. Officer Andrews - Mickey killed him, as Debbie was off attacking Gale and Dewey when he attacked the police cruiser. Which of the two killers was active each scene and/or committed which murders can be figured out if paying close attention and keeping track of where Debbie and Mickey were at the time: Phil Stevens - This one is open to interpretation, as it could have been either of them. Posing as a local reporter, Debbie gets close to Courteney Cox 's Gale Weathers . In the original ending, before the script was re-written, Gale (Courteney Cox) got killed by Cotton (Liev Schreiber), and Sidney (Neve Campbell) and Cotton fight to the death, and it's possible Dewey (David Arquette) died from his injuries in the projection room. To his surprise, the MPAA passed the film with an R rating as they understood the nuances of what the film was saying about movie violence. Dewey (David Arquette) had originally transferred himself from Woodsboro Police to the security staff on campus, so he could be close to Sidney (Neve Campbell) and keep her safe. Marco Beltrami returned to helm the score for Scream 2, though there would be a late inclusion by Danny Elfman in the form of the choral track "Cassandra Aria" which plays during a scene where Campbell's character performs in a play and again in the film's finale as "Cassandra Aria Reprise". Mickey called, Mrs. Loomis attacked. Here is a list of the missing scenes. Scream 2 (United States, 1997) A movie review by James Berardinelli. Spelling was cast based on a sarcastic remark by Campbell's character in Scream that she would be played by Spelling in a movie based on her life. Scream 2 (1997) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Debbie only wanted to kill Gale, and attacked Dewey just for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Derek Feldman - Mickey kills him onscreen by shooting him. ", "An Evening with Marco Beltrami on the Phone", "PMC 13: Matthew Lillard (Relevant information - 26 minutes in)", "WorldwideBoxoffice (in millions of U.S. dollars)", "FILM REVIEW; Help! Certainly none of the cast knew how the film ended, as the last ten pages were withheld from them. In Scream 4, we once again have two killers, staging their own 'remake' of the original events. I always thought the one who murdered Cici was Mickey, but in the scene afterwards he is seen at a party, so that is not possible. Cici was portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar. Cookie Notice Woods Entertainment. Despite this, the two don't share any screen time together in this movie. Sidney's Theatre Scare - This would be Mickey, as he actually knows his way around the theatre, being a student at the college. [a] Briefly exiting the theater to use the bathroom, Phil is killed by the masked killer now known as Ghostface. While most of the scenes foreshadowing Hallie and Derek as the killers--such as Hallie letting slip that she is left-handed just like the Ghostface in the opening murders--were deleted, a few other scenes that indicated their initial roles remained. On Sundays, she would work all night until 6 a.m., go home for fifteen minutes to shower off all the fake blood and immediately go to the Party of Five (1994) set to shoot all day, all without sleeping. added by PrueFever. 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