‘Scary Movie’ Revives Its Most Iconic “Wassup!” Joke in New Image!
Scary Movie is gearing up for its long-awaited return this summer, and Empire Magazine has shared a brand-new image from the sixth installment in the parody franchise. While previous photos have highlighted returning characters and callbacks to the original films, this latest image is especially notable for longtime fans of the series.
Anyone who saw the original Scary Movie back in 2000 likely remembers one of the film’s most iconic jokes: the parody version of Ghostface smoking weed and repeatedly shouting “Wassup!” back and forth over the phone with his friends – a spoof of the hugely popular Budweiser commercials at the time. The absurd sequence became one of the movie’s biggest crowd-pleasing moments and remains one of the franchise’s most recognizable gags.
Now, the new film appears ready to revive that joke for a modern audience. The latest image teases an updated version of the “Wassup” face, with the character seemingly gaming, livestreaming, and trash-talking kids online in what looks poised to become another standout comedy sequence.
Marlon Wayans (Shorty), Shawn Wayans (Ray), Anna Faris (Cindy), and Regina Hall (Brenda) reunite in Scary Movie alongside returning favorites and fresh faces to slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final. Nothing is sacred. No trope survives. Every line gets crossed. The Wayans are back to cancel the Cancel Culture.
“People want to feel good again,” Marlon Wayans tells Empire. “It’s been a long time since we felt good, and laughter is bonding, and when was the last time we all came together as a country, as a world, to just sit down and laugh at each other and with each other?”
For those keeping count, here are some of the movies lampooned in Scary Movie: Terrifier 3, Weapons, Sinners, A Quiet Place, Halloween, Annabelle, MA, Get Out, The Substance, and M3GAN – it even takes multiple jabs (or stabs, if you will) at the new Scream films, which is the main reason the 2000 Scary Movie is so damn good.
Paramount Pictures will release Scary Movie in theaters everywhere on June 5, 2026.