Netflix has picked up the exclusive UK rights to Scream, MTV’s horror series, and will release all ten episodes of the first season at once on Thursday October 1st.
Having premiered in the US on MTV back in June, the show had been without a UK home until now, and will carry a “Netflix Original” badge here. A small-screen take on the film franchise created by Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson, it was developed by Jill Blotevogel, Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie.
Set in the fictional town of Lakewood, the series opens with a cyber-bullying incident that goes viral and triggers a brutal murder, stirring memories of a killing spree from the town’s past. Willa Fitzgerald leads the cast as high school student Emma Duval, with Bex Taylor-Klaus, John Karna and Carlson Young among the group of teenagers stalked by a masked killer.
The deal also gives Netflix the rights to stream Scream in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico and France, with the timing landing the series on the service just ahead of Halloween.