Entertainment Weekly scored a scoop that in an attempt to create a whole new Scream experience, the series has come up with a mask of its own to redefine the mythos of the series. According to MTVs senior vice president and head of scripted development Mina Lefevre, regarding the mask:
There were rumors that the new series did not have the rights to the iconic mask but Lefevre puts those concerns to rest. She assures fans that the spirit of director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamsons original vision will remain intact. She goes on that in order to reinvent the series for TV and keeping the main elements that made it such a hit franchise, they needed to keep a lot of what originally made Scream such a hit to begin with. Unfortunately in order to redefine the new SCREAM, that means getting rid of the original mask and trying to deliver the chills and thrills via a whole new look more tonally in touch with what modern horror has evolved into.
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