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And while there’s stuff to celebrate here, like the return of original final girl Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), original screenwriter Kevin Williamson behind the camera, and some small town chills, much of this first look feels a bit been-there, done-that.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Colman’s The Favourite screenwriter Tony McNamara penned the script for the reimagining of the 1989 film The War of the Roses based on the novel by Warren Adler.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Whether a screenwriter wants to give a romance a tragic twist, or provide more motivation for a straight protagonist, one of the oldest tricks in the book is to make an LGBTQ+ character… disappear!
—Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Bigelow and her screenwriter Noah Oppenheim stand by their (literal) guns.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Colman’s The Favourite screenwriter Tony McNamara penned the script for the reimagining of the 1989 film The War of the Roses based on the novel by Warren Adler.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Whether a screenwriter wants to give a romance a tragic twist, or provide more motivation for a straight protagonist, one of the oldest tricks in the book is to make an LGBTQ+ character… disappear!
—Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Bigelow and her screenwriter Noah Oppenheim stand by their (literal) guns.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
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