Scream TV Pilot Ordered By MTV, Wes Craven May Direct

Earlier today, MTV announced that they had ordered a pilot for a TV series based on the popular Scream horror/comedy franchise.The pilot is hoped to be directed by Wes Craven, who is in talks with Dimension. Writer Kevin Williamson, now working on The Vampire Diaries for The CW and Masks & Mobsters for Monkeybrain Comics, isn’t mentioned in the announcement. In fact, there is no writer currently attached or even a synopsis beyond the fact that it’s Scream.According to Deadline, “The network recently met with a number of potential writers but didn’t settle on an idea. Still, MTV has big plans for the project, announcing that the potential series already has been slated for a summer 2014 debut.”