The new Scary Movie is now in theaters and, while some critics are not digging its crude humor, fans will surely love to see characters like Shorty, Ray, Brenda, and Cindy return. The franchise is now back in the hands of Shawn and Marlon Wayans, with the latter recently starring in the Jordan Peele-produced horror film HIM. Scary Movie takes aim at Peele’s infamous Get Out film; however, when Marlon Wayans asked the director to be in this satire film, he declined taking a role.
Wayans told The Hollywood Reporter that he doesn’t ask for permission from directors like Peele and Ryan Coogler to parody their films. He just does it and hopes that they like what they see. It remains to be seen if Peele will appreciate the references to Get Out in Scary Movie, but he was apparently cool with the parody but didn’t want to be a part of it. Of course, Wayans wasn’t offended, jokingly saying the decline was “not cool.”
It is not clear why Peele didn’t want to be in Scary Movie. Honestly, it’s more than likely because he is plenty busy as a director, writer, and running Monkeypaw Productions. He does have an untitled horror thriller in the works, after all. Maybe he doesn’t want to act at all at this point in time, even if it were just a cameo as himself. Who knows. Either way, Scary Movie is in theaters and poking a lot of fun at some pretty famous films, to varying degrees of success.