Last night it was announced that the Weinstein Co. is forging an exclusive, seven-year output pay-TV deal with Showtime that begins with TWC's 2009 slate, will cover 95 films, including such upcoming titles as Quentin Tarantino's "Inglorious Bastards" and Rob Marshall's "Nine." It also encompasses such Dimension Films titles as "Youth in Revolt" and "6 Billion Dollar Man." This afternoon we got our hands on the full press release that tipped off that the remake of David Cronenberg's Scanners, Piranha 3D and Scream 4 are also included in the deal. Read on for the full release! More details forthcoming. Where do you guys think they should take the franchise? Any ideas?

(New York, NY 7/14/0 In a move that enhances its slate of theatrical motion pictures, Showtime Networks Inc. has entered into an exclusive seven-year film distribution arrangement with The Weinstein Company (TWC). The joint announcement was made today by Matthew C. Blank, Chairman and CEO of Showtime Networks and Bob and Harvey Weinstein, Co-Chairmen of TWC.

The new output deal is effective with TWC’s 2009 release schedule and includes such highly anticipated films as "Nine," directed by Rob Marshall (“Chicago”) and featuring an all-star cast including Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench and Sophia Loren, and Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Bastards.”

“This exclusive agreement with The Weinstein Company will deliver our subscribers an enormous and diverse slate of films at a price to SHOWTIME that is consistent with today’s marketplace,” said Blank. “Bob’s and Harvey’s films are known for quality and promotability, making them a perfect fit with the acclaimed and award-winning original series that have generated strong momentum and subscriber growth for SHOWTIME. We will continue to pursue such value-enhancing deals in the future.”

The agreement with TWC – combined with upcoming deals from other theatrical distributors and future product from CBS Films – will form a potent feature film portfolio alongside SHOWTIME’s award-winning, critically acclaimed original series and sports programming. These series include Dexter, Californication, The Tudors, Weeds, Brotherhood, The L Word, Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, Penn & Teller: ********, , Secret Diary of a Call Girl, and the just announced series, United States of Tara, from Executive Producer Steven Spielberg, written by Academy Award ® winning screenwriter (“Juno”) Diablo Cody and starring Toni Collett. SHOWTIME is also the new home of “Inside The NFL,” with hosts James Brown, Cris Collinsworth and Phil Simms which premieres September 10 as well as Showtime Championship Boxing and Elite XC, Showtime Networks’ entry into the fast-growing sport of mixed martial arts that will be airing its second national broadcast on July 26, with SHOWTIME airing the first hour, from 8-9 before going live on the CBS Television Network at 9.

"This long-term strategic partnership is a tremendous initiative for our company and provides our films with a critically important pay-tv home for the next seven years,” said Harvey Weinstein. “SHOWTIME is one of the hottest brands in television and we have tremendous respect for Matt Blank and his team's passion, dedication and creativity. In this changing media environment, we are thrilled to have now secured distribution for our films across a variety of media, and we look forward to continuing to build our diverse slate and creating movies that will entertain SHOWTIME's audience," he added.

Additional titles included from TWC are: Andrew Jarecki’s “All Good Things” starring Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst, a modern remake of Kurosawa’s legendary “Seventh Samurai,” the screen adaptation of author Paulo Coelho's best-selling novel “The Alchemist,” and Richard Shepard’s “Panic” based on Jeff Abbott’s best-selling book.

The output deal also includes releases from Dimension Films such as "Youth In Revolt," based on C.D. Payne’s bestselling book and starring Michael Cera, “6 Billion Dollar Man,” the remake of David Cronenberg’s “Scanners,” re-starting the “Scream” franchise with “Scream 4,” and “Piranha 3D.”

This deal furthers the relationship between Showtime Networks and TWC's Dimension Films which began in 1997 with SHOWTIME airing “Mimic,” and “Scream 2.”

"Dimension Films has enjoyed an outstanding relationship with Showtime and we are glad to be re-united with Matt Blank,” added Bob Weinstein. “We are excited to build upon our past success with this new partnership and our upcoming slate.”

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I'm hoping that Neve Campbell will reprise her role as Sidney Prescott & Courtney Cox reprising her role as Gale

Oh my freakin' God. I want Neve and Courtney as well, they are awesome.

I doubt Neve and Courtney are going back. And if they don't, the movie will suck.

If they don't return then I'm not even going to watch it at all, I do NOT want whole new cast, that would suck

Exactly, they did that with I Know What You Did Last Summer #3 and the movie sucked hard.

holy.... best news ever!

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? There was an I Know What You Did Last Summer Part 3? it must have flopped hard then because I never knew there was a part 3 lol

I'll Always Know..or w.e

It was actually good. The directorship was excellent..and the atmosphere was perfect..but the climax was soooo ****ing dumb

I love Nev Campbell! She was my favorite actress when I was younger due to her acting in the Scream series! I also loved Jennifer Love Hewitt for her acting in I Know What You Did Last Sumer.

I probably will watch Scream 4 no matter what, but I do hope to see David A., Courtney A., and Never Campbell!

Good review. The movie was going ok, but the end is f.ucking ridiculous, so it's ruined for me.

OMFG!

My ****ing dreams have come true!!!

On this topic, OMFG amazing! I always thought there was hope, but, I also didn't think so. I really do wonder where they will take it. As for cast purposes, I DOUBT Neve will come back as Sydney, unless she dies, because I remember reading that she was done with the franchise no whatever.

As for Courtney and David, I'm almost positive they will reprise their roles, especially with both of them being basically nobodies in the movie world since it ended, and with Courtney begging for a "Friends" movie.

So while some are saying they won't watch it without the original cast, you don't know if a new cast will make it good, or if they work a new cast into it and connect them like they did with "Final Destination 2". It could come out just as amazing as the originals, although it'd be awesome for the original cast to be there.

Anywho, as for the 3rd "I Know What You Did Last Summer", it's always on Showtime and ****, it's not that bad at all really. But that was a straight to DVD movie.

Showtime make amazing TV series and their little horror movie specials they do are SICK. I'm so excited for this.

Final Destination 3 was actually better than the 2nd. But I never was a fan like I am of Scream, so the cast is really important for me in this case.

I'm a big fan too, and of course would love and think the original cast members, the main 3 at least, should be included. But I wouldn't just dump it and give a bad review before even seeing it because of that. Kind of arrogant-like IMO.

And I wasn't saying FD2 was better than anything else, but just how they made those characters connect to the previous film, even if it was just a brief scene, LOL, still cool.

Wow, Scream 4?! I can't wait to see it!

Final Destination 3 was awesomeee!

OMG! Can't wait for this one! I wanna see posters! <333

Yeah. Final Destination 3 >> FD2&1.

I also liked Final Destination 3 the best, than the other 2 for some reason.

what?are you kidding me?final destination 2 is way way waaaaaaaayy better than the third one....i heard that the 4th one will be in 3d??

can't wait 4 scream4

This is going to be an epic, EPIC fail.

Damn rite. Final Destination 2 >>>>> 1 & 3. There's no doubt the 2nd one the best. 3rd one kinda ****.

Scream 4? omfg. I can't wait. But they need to bring the original cast back. Neve Campbell <33333