David Arquette is Entirely Down for a Return in ‘Scream 5’

Ever since the news was revealed that Spyglass Entertainment would be working on the next Scream entry, there have been many a rumor circling its early stages of production. The only thing we now know for sure is that David Arquette is seemingly very interested in returning to his role as Dewey Riley.

In a recent interview from our friends at MovieWeb, while chatting with Arquette about his film Mob Town, he opened up about some of his hopeful Scream tidbits.

My phone has not rang and I know nothing. I honestly don’t. And I’m not just saying that. So I know just like you that they’re working on a script, apparently. I don’t know if our characters are going to be involved. It’d be nice. It would be exciting to be a part of it. It’ll be sad that Wes [Craven] isn’t there but I would love to see his legacy continue and the great projects and films that he was a part of an afterlife, and continue what he started. I would love to see more Nightmare on Elm Streets. I’d love to see more Screams. I just think he’s such an incredibly talented and amazing person. I’m so honored that I had gotten to work with him, just in general. So, whatever they decide to do, it’s what they’ll decide. You can’t bet on stuff like that. You just have to keep doing what you’re doing.

Arquette went on to chat about what he thinks Dewey would be up to in Scream 5.

I don’t know. I guess maybe he’d be almost ready for retirement. I don’t know if he would still be together with Gale. There was a lot of interesting stuff that we were pitching to Wes [Craven] for Scream 4 that didn’t really happen. Even, in one of the earlier drafts, [Dewey and Gale] had a kid, which was interesting. Because, obviously me and my ex Courtney [Cox] actually had a kid and we met on the Scream films. So it was kind of a fun parallel. I don’t know if they would still be together, or if they wouldn’t. I always liked the dynamic of them, sort of the cat and mouse, Sam and Diane aspect of their relationship was always fun for me. Whatever it is, I’d love to see it have some stakes to it, where it’s palpable. Just play with the love element. I think that was fun about the first one especially. You could see the spark in their eyes and a budding relationship. To go back to that would be fun.

Sounds interesting. It has been a longtime fan’s secret wish that one day Dewey would be the man behind the mask. I mean, dude has been through enough to certainly drive someone crazy. Add in the possibilities of retirement and Gale leaving to push poor ole Dewey over the edge. But, we will have to wait and see, Scream fans.

At this point we don’t know what direction the next entry will take, but I’m fairly certain that if they don’t go the entire reboot route, that we have a good chance at seeing a few returning characters.

If Arquette does reprise the role of Dewey, what direction would you like to see him go in? Killer? Good guy? Guy who gets killed brutally? Let us know in the comments section.

Source: (MovieWeb)