Antoine Fuqua’s Michael moonwalks into theaters this Friday (read our review here). Still, before the divisive biopic about the Gloved One arrives in theaters, Paramount Pictures is capitalizing on the hype with a new Michael Jackson-themed trailer for Scary Movie.
The new promo features Saturday Night Live alum Kenan Thompson as a recording artist dressed like Michael Jackson. As Thompson’s character gets ready to lay down some tracks, his producer reminds him that he’s not MJ. However, Kenan disagrees and argues that he doesn’t need a monkey like Michael, since he’s got a llama (dressed like Jackson from his “Beat It” music video). When his producer isn’t convinced, Thompson begins busting out signature moves like hand gestures, kicks, and the moonwalk. After inadvertently laying the smackdown on his backup singers, Thompson moonwalks out of the recording booth before falling down a flight of stairs.
Who Stars in Scary Movie?
In Scary Movie, two friends (Cindy and Brenda) find themselves caught up in mayhem involving killers, monsters, and supernatural creatures once again. Anna Faris and Regina Hall lead the cast, which includes Marlon Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr., Lochlyn Munro, Chris Elliott, Heidi Gardner, Anthony Anderson, Cheri Oteri, Jon Abrahams, Dave Sheridan, Shawn Wayans, Sydney Park, Charlene Amoia, Kim Wayans, Felissa Rose, Olivia Rose Keegan, Savannah Lee Nassif, and more.
What Movies Does Scary Movie Parody?
Michael Tiddes (Fifty Shades of Black, A Haunted House, Naked) directs Scary Movie from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, and Rick Alvarez. The upcoming horror comedy spoofs movies like Scream, Michael, Halloween, Smile, Get Out, Longlegs, Sinners, Terrifier, and many more.
What’s Scary Movie About?
“Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer (“Ghostface”), the Core Four are back in the killer’s crosshairs and no horror movie IP is safe. Marlon Wayans (“Shorty”), Shawn Wayans (“Ray”), Anna Faris (“Cindy”), and Regina Hall (“Brenda”) reunite in Scary Movie alongside returning favorites and fresh faces to slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final. Nothing is sacred. No trope survives. Every line gets crossed. The Wayans are back to cancel the Cancel Culture.”
Scary Movie arrives in theaters on June 12, 2026.
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