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  "publishedAt": "2026-07-02T19:22:50.000Z",
  "site": "https://filmmakermagazine.com",
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    "Keenen Ivory Wayans",
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  "textContent": "The latest installment in the Scary Movie franchise is the sixth, though the numeral is pointedly left off the title. This is a form of protest. The Wayans family collectively disowned the three films made in their absence—Scary Movie 3 through 5 (2003, 2006, 2013)—after a compensation dispute with the Weinsteins in 2001, a grievance which became the subject of the new film. Scary Movie (2026) is very much in the tradition of a Wayans spoof: a horror-comedy legacy sequel lampooning its own form as it serves up an incisive critique of the entertainment industry. It retains the offensive humor cherished by the franchise’s core fanbase […]\n\nSource",
  "title": "Scary Movie and the Wayans’ Spoof Empire"
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