Malcolm Lee to direct Scary Movie 5Posted by Wilson Morales
April 24, 2012
Source: EW
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Malcolm D. Lee will direct Scary Movie 5, with production slated to begin this summer.
Casting is underway but David Zucker, who wrote and directed both Scary Movie 3 and 4, will also be returning to co-write and produce the fifth installment alongside Lee.
Back in 2009, The Weinstein Company had announced that a fifth installment would be made, setting for January 11, 2013 release. ‘Scary Movie 4’ came out in 2006 and grossed $90M domestically, with a total sum of $178M worldwide.
Lee is known for directing urban films such as ‘The Best Man,’ ‘Undercover Brother,’ ‘Roll Bounce,’ ‘Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins’, and 2008’s ‘Soul Men,’ which starred Samuel L. Jackson and featured the last on-screen performances of Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes.
In late 2011, Lee was in talks with Universal Pictures to helm a sequel to his debut film, ‘The Best Man,’ but there hasn’t been any official updates to that film since.
The Wayans Brothers started the franchise for Dimension Films until David Zucker came over and wrote and directed Scary Movie 3 and 4.
Scary Movie 5 is still slated to open on January 11th, 2013.
