What would happen in a potential season 3?
Warning: This story contains major spoilers from the season finale ofScream.
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Screamfinally unveiled the season 2 killer in the finaleand it wasn’t who we were expecting.
Well, basically, Piper and Kieran used to date, and both had serious parental issues.
That’s why Kieran tormented Audrey in season 2.
For those who will yell, “But they did that inScream 4!”
Sidney is always the heroine, no matter what, sono they didn’t.
Was it actually Brandon James?
Or was it his brother Troy?
MICHAEL GANS:Yes, Kieran was.
It was always there.
There was one moment in the middle where there was discussion of changing the motivation.
But it was always Kieran.
That was always the reason.
It seems very similar to the originalScream.
GANS:No, I think that permutation is a constant possibility.
It was not intentional.
In general, there is a sense of homage in every moment in this to the first film.
There’s always a little wink.
It wasn’t meant to be that.
I think he was the best possible version of the murderer in our opinion.
Did you ever consider having Emma be the killer?
But to make that such a viable possibility was the most amazing thing.
You have to be very careful about that.
For Emma, we wanted exactlywhat you feltto happen.
You would have this main character who was questioning whether or not it was possible.
We love that you thought it was her.
That’s exactly what we wanted.
We knew that it couldn’t be her at the end of the dayin this season.
GANS:That was retribution.
REGISTER:That’s all about Emma and Audrey.
GANS:Those people were pawns in the game, but they were negligible.
He had no concern for any of their lives.
His big mistake, the one thing he couldn’t count on was Eli showing up, his cousin.
That he didn’t count on, and that was a problem from the get-go.
That was the red herring.
It was going to be a perfect way to frame them up.
REGISTER:Oh, yes.
GANS:That syndrome, that heavenly creatures syndrome, is real.
They could well be that.
In fact, they could suffer from that [after] the situation very easily.
REGISTER:That also is an inspiration from theScreamfranchise, that idea of dual killers.
If the show is renewed for a third season, where would it pick up?
To us, it’s not impossible for them to move out of this town.
People will know about them.
They’re no longer a normal girl in a normal town, neither of them.
It’s no longer a regular life.
It becomes very much more psychological.
That’s not to say that is what happens.
REGISTER:That will be, going forward, the game plan.
GANS:We continue to plan on what drove the story to begin with: What scares you?
How strong are you in facing that scare?
Was that really Brandon James on the phone?
Could it be Troy James?
That’s the truth.
Troy was mentioned once, but we’ll say this: Troy is alive.
REGISTER:Yes, Troy is alive.
REGISTER:We can’t say.
GANS:Not going to tell you that.
Did Piper and Kieran know the fate of Brandon James?
GANS:They thought they knew the answer to that.
They believed that he was alive somewhere.
Are you considering a time jump for next season?
REGISTER:That is a consideration.
GANS:It was a consideration this year.
It’s a consideration now.
We actually considered a time jump initially when we were trying to put together the pitch.
We have definitely talked about a time jump.
There’s more story than anyone can imagine.
How are Emma and Audrey dealing after this?
GANS:It’s tough for them, because there is so much they didn’t say.
It’s not going to be easy.
In other words, Audrey had a crush on her, and she chose to ignore it.
Is Eli definitely dead?
We don’t have the diagnosis on whether he lived or not.
But at this stage of the game, the way we’re playing it is he’s dead.
In our minds, he’s dead.
But there’s a possibility.
We did love him.
REGISTER:Yes, we really thought he was fantastic.
He was a red herring.
Eli was, but it was within the plot.
It was no accident that he became a red herring.
It was all Kieran’s doing.
Unlike a plot circumstance of “Could it be him?”
it was actually structured to be him by one of the characters.
REGISTER:Yes, she’s fully alive.
She’s absolutely alive.
What’s your plan if the show is not picked up?
Do you want to finish it up in some way?
It’s never-ending to us.
We have a lot of ideas.
Have you thought about doing another season with an entirely newScreamstory not connected to Woodsboro or Lakewood?
That’s a possibility, too, in the future of this show.
I think the franchise supports it.
I don’t see it as anthological, likeAmerican Horror Story.
The show could move to an entirely different world and stay within the confines of a never-ending story.
