Scream 6 will take place roughly one year after Ghostface's return in this year's Scream.
Scream 6 star Melissa Barrera has revealed where the new film stands on the Scream franchise timeline. Barrera, who had her breakout role in the 2018 Starz drama Vida before going on to roles in In the Heights and Keep Breathing, was the star of 2022's Scream, the fourth sequel to the 1996 meta-slasher classic Scream.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Scream was a box office success, so an as-yet-untitled sequel was greenlit shortly afterward. Scream 6, which has already wrapped production, is due in theaters on March 31, 2023. The film will follow the surviving characters to New York City, where they will be surrounded by a new cast of victims and potential suspects played by Dermot Mulroney, Henry Czerny, Samara Weaving, Tony Revolori, Jack Champion, Devyn Nekoda, Liana Liberato, and Josh Segarra.
No, it’s not [a big time hop] at all. It’s almost directly after the last one. Basically, the amount of time that has passed between one movie and the other is the amount of time that has passed in Scream time. What Scream 6's Timeline Reveals About the Horror Sequel Despite being released just barely over a year after the previous entry, Scream 6 is actually not the quickest turnaround for a Scream sequel. That distinction belongs to 1997's Scream 2, which came out 357 days after the original Scream. However, that film featured a time jump of two years, putting Woodsboro survivors Sidney and Randy at college age.
The year in between films will allow time for certain characters to transplant themselves from California to New York City. However, it will also give the characters of Scream 6 the freshest trauma to contend with when another Ghostface killer presumably arrives on the scene. This could potentially allow them to further the meta humor about "elevated horror" that began with the previous film, as many films in that genre deal with the trauma of their main characters.