Anthony Anderson couldn’t be more excited about working with Wayans family on Scary Movie 6.
Speaking with PEOPLE, Anderson spoke about finally linking up with Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans on the franchise.
“It’s great,” Anderson said. “You know, when I took the job for Scary Movie 3, I was excited about doing the job because I thought I’d be working with my friends Marlon and Shawn and the entire Wayans family. I had no idea that they had left the franchise, and this [was] now just a Miramax production. So for me to do Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4, it was great to do that, but I thought I was going to be doing it with my friends.”
“And then they went on to do Scary Movie 5, and then Marlon wrestled the franchise back into the family name, and I was one of his first phone calls to make,” Anderson continued. “He was like, ‘Yo, Ant, you want to be down in Scary Movie 6?’ I was like, ‘Hell yeah, it’s about time we get to work together.”
The Scary Movie franchise was launched by Shawn and Marlon Wayans with their 2000 original—a parody of ’90s slasher hits like Scream—and its 2001 sequel, Scary Movie 2. Both films were directed by their older brother, Keenen Ivory Wayans. However, after the trio signed a deal with a rival studio, Miramax (then owned by Harvey and Bob Weinstein) pushed ahead with a third installment in 2002 without them.
‘SCARY MOVIE 7’ IS ALREADY IN THE WORKS
According to Anderson, talks about a Scary Movie 7 are already underway.
“It went really well,” he says of the movie’s production. “I can’t tell you what’s happening in the film, but you’re going to be thoroughly entertained. I can tell you this, no holds are barred.”
Scary Movie is in theaters June 5.