Scary Movie making a comeback was welcome if not entirely surprising news—with Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Final Destination all getting new entries, it only made sense that the series that spoofed them also returned. And now it’s been confirmed that Regina Hall and Anna Faris—who played besties Brenda and Cindy across the series—will be back to star.
Hall and Faris appeared in all the Scary Movie films except for Scary Movie 5, which hit theaters in 2016. Their reunion for Scary Movie 6 also marks a return to the series for Keenan Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans; the brothers created the series but stepped away after 2001’s Scary Movie 2.
Deadline got the scoop, as well as a statement from Hall and Faris: “We can’t wait to bring Brenda and Cindy back to life and be reunited with our great friends Keenen, Shawn and Marlon—three men we’d literally die for (in Brenda’s case, again.)”
The Wayans are co-writing the script with Rick Alvarez; frequent Wayans collaborator Michael Tiddes is aboard as director. Though we can expect Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Final Destination to be in the crosshairs again, so much has happened in horror since the last Scary Movie arrived to poke fun at its tropes. With Scary Movie 6 arriving June 12, 2026, it seems very likely that “elevated horror” and other recent trends in the genre will be skewered relentlessly—watch your back, Jordan Peele, Zach Cregger, and Oz Perkins.
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