"Yes, he was very much involved, and in fact, we had actually been developing The Haunting with Richard and Bob Weinstein, and I don't really know what happened with that… I think Wes finally just passed on it and said to Richard, ‘look, I really want to work with you, but I don't think The Haunting is the one.' So, of course, Richard then kept Wes in mind, and when Scream came along, we all still wanted to work together, and eventually, Wes accepted the job. But, yes, Richard was a huge part of it creatively and really pushed Bob Weinstein to option the script and lit his hair on fire to get everyone to read it very quickly at Dimension. Sometimes you have a studio executive that you don't want anything to do with and don't want to have them on set, but we loved Richard, and he was so helpful and respectful to Wes and had such good ideas. We were lucky to have him with us."
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Yeah, it's great. It almost subconsciously brings to mind a haunted house. Now in the new film, they've completely recreated it down to every detail. Someone else who I also think deserves more credit for his contributions is Richard Potter, who was the head of the story department at Dimension Films and who was the first to read the script there, right? Was he also involved with getting you and Wes on board?
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Marianne Maddalena
Marianne Maddalena (born July 7, 1962) is an American film producer, who was Wes Craven's producing partner for many years.
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