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EXCLUSIVE: Scary Movie 6 has added Damon Wayans Jr. (New Girl), Kim Wayans (In Living Color), and Heidi Gardner to its cast, setting two franchise vets to return: Gardner’s fellow SNL alum Cheri Oteri and Chris Elliott. Character details for the newcomers to the Miramax horror spoof franchise are under wraps. It’s unclear whether Oteri and Elliott will reprise past roles or take on new ones — given the nature of these films, anything is possible. Oteri previously appeared in the first Scary Movie in 2000 as Gail Halstorm, a sensationalist television reporter parodying Courteney Cox’s Scream character Gale Weathers. Elliott is remembered for playing Hanson, the creepy haunted mansion caretaker from 2001’s Scary Movie 2, though he also appeared in 2006’s Scary Movie 4 as a different character — Ezekiel, a village loon. Currently shooting, Scary Movie 6 will also see the return of cast members including Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Regina Hall, Anna Faris, Lochlyn Monroe, Dave Sheridan, and Jon Abrahams. Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Keenen Ivory Wayans, the architects of the franchise, returned to write the script alongside longtime collaborator Rick Alvarez, who is directing and producing. Other newcomers in the cast include Olivia Rose Keegan, Savannah Lee Nassif, Cameron Scott Roberts, Sydney Park, Gregg Wayans, Ruby Snowber, and Benny Zielke. Miramax is producing, with Jonathan Glickman, Alexandra Loewy, and Thom Zadra as executive producers. Paramount will release the film worldwide, as part of its first-look deal with Miramax, on June 12, 2026. Damon Wayans Jr. is repped by UTA, Ziffren Brittenham, and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole; Kim Wayans by KFM Management; Gardner by CAA, OPE Partners, and Hansen Jacobson; Oteri by Brave Artists Management and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; and Elliott by UTA and Vault Entertainment.
