Jordan Peele To Reboot The Classic Horror Prank Show ‘Scare Tactics’
Written by djfrosty on July 26, 2024
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While the world awaits word on what movie revered film maker Jordan Peele is planning on releasing come Oct. 13, 2026 (rumors is it’s a remake of The People Under The Stars), the man is keeping himself busy with another project, which happens to be a remake of a prank show that hasn’t been seen in years.
According to Deadline, Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions is teaming up with Universal Television Alternative Studios to resurrect the horror comedy show from the early 2000s, Scare Tactics, and word is it will be launching sooner than later as they have a tentative premier date of fall 2024 on the USA Network. Having originally aired for five seasons from 2003 to 2013, the prank show had a solid following of viewers who would tune in and watch everyday people get scared out of their minds when put in supernatural life and death situations.
Now that Peele is working to bring the show back, it will be interesting to see what kind of situations his creative mind can conjure up to get the most terrifying reactions out of his unsuspecting subjects. With the help of Elan Gale (Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club) serving as the showrunner and executive producer, it will be interesting to see how intense and real certain situations will play out and the kind of “fight or flight” reactions we’ll get out of everyday people.
Deadline reports:
“As one of the most visionary creators of the day, there is nothing Jordan Peele can’t do. We’re honored to be making our first unscripted series together,” said Corie Henson, EVP, Unscripted Content, NBCUniversal Entertainment. “This brilliant reimagining of the classic Scare Tactics has it all – laughs, jump scares and outrageous moments. In the hands of Jordan and Monkeypaw, you never know what’s coming next.”
“We’re so grateful at Monkeypaw to help reimagine one of our all-time favorite hidden-camera shows. Working with showrunner Elan Gale, one of the most creative and mischievous minds in unscripted television, and Scott Hallock, the brilliant creator of the original Scare Tactics, has been an absolute blast,” added Win Rosenfeld, President of Monkeypaw Productions. “It’s cathartic and hilarious to watch people get a little scared, and the scenarios we cooked up for this season are really wild. We can’t wait to share a little light-hearted schadenfreude with audiences soon.”
So long as it doesn’t lead to someone having a heart attack or trying to kill their way out of a bad situation, it should be hilarious and harmless fun.
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