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Trivia: In 2020, during the COVID pandemic, the cast reunited to promote NBC's content (including the new streaming platform Peacock) with an hour-long special episode, seven years after the series ended. While the performances and plot were praised, the fact it was essentially an hour-long promo for NBC was widely criticized.

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Other mistake: In the original film, "Ivy" is not the character's actual name, but is just a nickname she goes by that her friend Sylvie makes up. We never find out her real name. In this film, we briefly see the character as a child, and she's inexplicably called "Ivy" as though it has been her name all along. (Likely done just to make it clear to the audience that she's the same character, but still it makes no sense.)

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Trivia: The original "Scream" was released in 1996. "Scream 2" was released one year later in 1997. And then there was a slightly larger gap before "Scream 3" was released in 2000. (Technically three years later even if it isn't literally three years.) Ironically, the same thing has happened with this "requel" trilogy. The fifth film was released in 2022. "Scream VI" was released one year later in 2023. And there will be a slightly larger gap before "Scream 7" is released in 2026, three years later.

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Trivia: In the rich couple's penthouse apartment, some of the "modern art" paintings on their walls are actually sprites and textures from the various early video games (notably "Super Mario Bros. 3"), albeit recoloured slightly.

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Trivia: This film made more money in its opening day ($31 million) than the entire domestic run of the 1993 film in unadjusted dollars ($20 million). By the end of its theatrical run, the 2023 movie out-grossed the 1993 film domestically by over 25x.

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Trivia: Kevin Smith stated that days before news broke about Harvey Weinstein's sex abuse, Weinstein called him out of the blue asking about making a "Dogma 2" due to the first film being a cult favourite. Smith began brainstorming ideas, only to be shocked when the news broke. Smith stated that he believed Weinstein was trying to make people loyal to him by offering them dream projects before the news broke. Smith also said he knew Weinstein cheated on his wife, but not that he was a sexual predator.

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Trivia: With this film, Courteney Cox ("Gale Weathers") and Roger L. Jackson (voice of "Ghostface") will be the only actors to appear in all seven "Scream" films, as Neve Campbell did not appear in "Scream VI" due to a pay dispute.

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Trivia: The film will be released in 2026... the 30th anniversary of the original film.

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Trivia: Originally, Melissa Barrera and Jenna Ortega were meant to return, with filmmaker Christopher Landon taking over as director. Barrera was controversially fired after comments she made about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, with many finding her firing unjust. Ortega then dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with her show "Wednesday." Finally, Landon left, citing the drama behind the scenes. The movie was then completely retooled with a new plot and a bigger focus on legacy characters.

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Trivia: The first "Scream" movie directed by franchise creator Kevin Williamson, who wrote the first, second and fourth films, and was involved in a producing capacity on the other three films. It is also only Williamson's second film as a director, with his first being 1999's dark comedy "Teaching Mrs. Tingle." Ironically, Williamson directing "Teaching Mrs. Tingle" is the main reason he wasn't able to write the script for "Scream 3."

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Trivia: The character Mark Kincaid was originally meant to return and appear as Sidney Prescott's husband. However, actor Patrick Dempsey was forced to bow out due to scheduling conflicts, which were further exacerbated by recovery from the California wildfires eating into his remaining free time. Instead, Sidney's husband "Mark" was rewritten into an original character named "Mark Evans," as played by Joel McHale.

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Trivia: In a twist of irony, despite being the best-reviewed film in the "Predator" franchise and getting a strong response from most of the fanbase (with many calling it the best since the original), "Prey" was the only film in the series not to get a wide theatrical release. Disney decided to make it a Hulu/Disney+ exclusive to try and grow their streaming audience while also avoiding another PR nightmare like the previous film, "The Predator." (The COVID pandemic also didn't help matters...)

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Trivia: "Alien: Romulus" was meant to be made for the streaming platform Hulu, similar to the 2022 "Predator" prequel "Prey" and the 2022 "Hellraiser" reboot. This was due to the fact that the COVID pandemic had decimated the theatrical market for several years starting in 2020. However, early on in filming, Disney decided to take a risk and make it a theatrical release, gambling on theatres hopefully rebounding by the time it was finished in 2024. It paid off, with the film becoming a minor hit.

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Factual error: Often in movies, you'll see someone light a premium cigar by quickly puffing on it once or twice with a match, and that's it. However, this is basically never going to properly light the cigar, and it'll go out near instantly. You often need to "toast" the cigar (carefully singe the tip with a flame) before lighting, and even if you don't, you're going to need to puff on it at least 5-6 times while rotating it over a flame to evenly light it and keep it lit. (Likely done to keep scenes moving.)

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Trivia: The film contains many nods to the films of Stanley Kubrick, most obvious being the hallway at the studio, which looks very much like one of the hallways from the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining." Even the carpet is a similar pattern.

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Trivia: Dennis Quaid reportedly ate about four pounds of shrimp for the scene where his character disgustingly eats shrimp in front of Elisabeth while ranting at her.

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Trivia: Ray Liotta was meant to play the creepy producer Harvey, but tragically passed away shortly before production began.

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Trivia: Whenever we see Sue nude (which is quite often), her breasts are actually completely fake. Director Coralie Fargeat wanted Sue's figure to be very exaggerated and almost cartoonish, likening her body to Jessica Rabbit from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." Actress Margaret Qualley thus had to wear prosthetics to enhance her figure, including a fake set of hyper-realistic large breasts. Qualley joked that the effects teams gave her "the rack of a lifetime... just not my lifetime."

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Trivia: With the only notable exception being the spectral blue flames (an optical effect), virtually every special effect in the film was achieved through old-school in-camera techniques like miniatures, forced perspective, double exposures and rear-screen projection. Director Francis Ford Coppola even brought on a stage magician to help him work out a few of the effects he wanted to try.

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Trivia: Frances Ford Coppola has stated that he cast Keanu Reeves in an attempt to try and broaden the film's appeal by adding a hot young actor, and admitted in retrospect that he was somewhat miscast. Reeves himself has admitted he was exhausted after having filmed several movies back-to-back without a break, and said that his performance greatly suffered and that he shouldn't have taken the part.

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