Brody, Knudsen, Shelton Join SCREAM 4

THR’s “Heat Vision” has exclusive casting news that Adam Brody, Marley Shelton and Erik Knudsen have joined the cast of SCREAM 4, which reunites Wes Craven with Kevin Williamson, who kicked off a horror movie revival with his SCREAM script in 1996. Shooting began this week in Michigan.

According to the story, SCREAM 4 will bring back original cast members Neve Campbell, David Arquette and Courteney Cox, though the plan is to pass the baton to a new generation of slasher victims, namely Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin and Nico Tortorella. 

Brody will play a cop recently graduated from college who was raised on the “CSI” TV series.

Shelton will play a deputy who knew Campbell’s character in high school. Lake Bell had been in negotiations for the role.

Knudsen will have a role similar to the one played by Jamie Kennedy in the first two installments, a character who is familiar with horror movie conventions and a provider of comic relief.

To preserve the identity of the killer, Craven and Williamson are operating under several layers of secrecy, including not sending the script to agencies. At a table read last week, the actors were told to stop reading at page 75 to prevent even those already cast in the film from knowing the ending.