Casting Under Way on Scream TV Series; Three Possible Stars Revealed
Steve Barton
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While the Scream movie franchise has reached a standstill, the spin-off TV series is coming along smoothly with casting currently under way. On tap for you today are the first details so read on!
Per Up and Comers, John Karna, Carlson Young (“True Blood”), and Amadeus Sarafini are among the top choices to lead MTV’s one-hour series pilot based on the film franchise.
Young is said to be the top pick to play Brooke Maddox, a 16-year-old who is described as the high gloss queen bee who thinks she’s nice and the world’s just reading her wrong, capable of being bubbly and seemingly genuine and also capable of being ferociously sexy.
No word yet on what roles the other young actors are up for.
A source also told the site that some of the casting has already been completed and that at least one of the main characters will not survive to see the end of the first season.
The pilot episode, set to be directed by Wes Craven, will center on a viral YouTube video that captures protagonist Audrey in the middle of murder and the town’s troubled past.
Below you’ll find the casting breakdown for the series, which gives you an idea of the characters you can expect to see on the show!
Harper Duval: A 16-year-old beauty “who’s a little too introverted and intellectual to be a social butterfly” but has nevertheless been anointed by the popular crowd to be one of their own. “She feels guilty that she has drifted away from former best friend Audrey,” but at least she’s got a “Gilmore Girls”-esque relationship with mom Maggie to keep her sane.
Audrey Jesen: Harper’s former BFF is described as “the bi-curious daughter of a Lutheran pastor” who’s “more arresting-looking than pretty.” This “artsy loner” dreams of being a filmmaker and shares a close bond with tech genius Noah.
Noah Foster: Audrey’s closest confidante is “creative, brilliant, and tech-savvy enough to be the next Steve Jobs.” Lucky for him, he’s got a great sense of humor (“a la John Cusack in his teen prime”) that helps him navigate the halls of his high school. What’s more, Noah possesses “an encyclopedic knowledge of books, films, TV, apps, etc.”
Margaret “Maggie” Duval: Harper’s mom, in her early to mid-40s, is the town’s medical examiner, “a grown-up science geek who plays down her beauty.” Maggie spends a lot of her time trying to make up for the fact that Harper’s dad abandoned them. Oh, and she’s harboring “a dark secret from her past.”
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