<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.mtv.com/shows/scream/ </Td> </Tr> <P> Scream is an American anthology slasher television series developed by Jill Blotevogel, Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie for MTV and is based on the slasher film series of the same name created by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven . The series is produced by Dimension Television and MTV Production Development, and was formerly filmed in Louisiana, in locations such as Baton Rouge and New Orleans as well as Chalmette High School . Blotevogel and Paglia originally served as showrunners during the first season before being replaced by Michael Gans and Richard Register in the second season, because of creative differences . </P> <P> The series is situated in the fictional town of Lakewood, where a string of murders take place . At the center of these murders is Emma Duval (played by Willa Fitzgerald), a teenage girl who is somehow tied to the town's dark past . The series premiered on June 30, 2015 on MTV and concluded its first season on September 1, 2015 . The series was officially picked up for a second season on July 29, 2015 . It was announced the series would air a two - hour Halloween special on October 18, 2016 . Though technically not a co-production, the series does air in rest of the territories globally as a "Netflix Original" title, due to Netflix having exclusive international distribution rights to the series . </P> <P> On October 14, 2016, MTV renewed the series for a six - episode third season, which will premiere in March 2018 . On April 26, 2017, MTV announced that they were rebooting the series with the third season, with a new cast and setting . As part of the reboot process, it was revealed that Brett Matthews will be serving as the main showrunner . In addition, Queen Latifah, Shakim Compere and Yaneley Arty will be added as executive producers for the series under Flavor Unit Entertainment . It was announced on July 17, 2017, that Tyga and C.J. Wallace will star in the rebooted third season . On September 13, 2017, it was announced that RJ Cyler, Jessica Sula, Keke Palmer, Giullian Yao Gioiello and Giorgia Whigham joined the main cast of the third season in addition to the previously announced cast members . </P>

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