Scary Movie Director's Cut Hits PVOD With New Ending
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- Michael Tiddes directed the extended director's cut of 'Scary Movie,' now available on PVOD with more than 30 minutes of bonus features, 13 additional minutes of footage, and an unseen alternate ending.
- Shawn and Marlon Wayans lost the rights to the 'Scary Movie' franchise in the early aughts amid a dispute with then-Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein, and Tiddes said the film's return to the original creators is 'where it belongs.'
- Tiddes began his career as an assistant to the Wayans brothers, working behind the scenes on 'White Chicks' (2004) and 'Little Man' (2006), and called helming the revival 'cloud nine' because the brothers 'trusted me as the only guy they could see taking over the helm of their biggest franchise.'
- The Paramount and Miramax co-production marks Tiddes' first feature since 2024's 'Half Baked: Totally High,' following 'Naked' (2017) and 'Sextuplets' (2019).
- Tiddes credited his childhood love of DVD extras and director commentaries — which he called his 'film school' — as the inspiration for packing the PVOD release with behind-the-scenes material.
Why it matters: With the Wayans family reclaiming creative control of their flagship horror-comedy franchise after the Weinstein-era rights dispute, Tiddes' extended director's cut — 13 extra minutes plus 30+ minutes of bonus features including a new alternate ending — gives the franchise a commercial second wind on PVOD while restoring the original creators' long-blocked vision.
