In today’s best news: the girls are back — and by the girls, I mean Anna Faris and Regina Hall, who are officially returning for Scary Movie 6.
Marlon Wayans, one of the franchise’s original stars and one of the reboot’s writers, shared an image of both women from the first film to his Instagram on August 15, with the eyes emoji and simply the acronym “SM6.”
After an 18 year hiatus, the Wayans Brothers — the aforementioned Marlon and Damon — are reuniting to pen the script for the sixth installment in the beloved slapstick horror franchise, which they also previously starred in. Their script is being written alongside Ricky Alvarez.
Marlon originally developed the franchise with brothers Shawn and Keenen Ivory Wayans, who directed the original 2000 film and its 2001 sequel, Scary Movie 2. The third and fourth installments were then directed by David Zucker and written by Pat Proft, Jim Abrahams, and Chernobyl showrunner Craig Mazin. The fifth film in the series was directed by Malcom D. Lee and written by Proft and David Zucker.
One can only hope that if Hall and Faris — whose comedic timing was absolutely integral to the success of the franchise in the early aughts — are returning, some other key players will also show up in the new film, like Simon Rex, Chris Elliott, and Anthony Anderson.
Scary Movie 6 will be directed by Michael Tiddes, a collaborator of the Wayans Brothers who directed them in his horror spoof film A Haunted House and A Haunted House 2. The movie is set to arrive in theaters on June 12, 2026.
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Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
