Overview
- Marlon Wayans told Variety that he and his brothers were pushed out of the Scary Movie franchise after they sought higher pay for a third film and learned the studio proceeded without them.
- Wayans says the Weinstein brothers moved forward with Scary Movie 3 without notifying the family and publicly announced the project before the Wayans knew about it.
- He alleges Miramax used a “Hollywood accounting” loophole that denied the family royalties for the franchise, a claim framed alongside earlier complaints by other filmmakers.
- Keenen, Shawn and Marlon Wayans are credited as returning for a Miramax-backed reboot that the studio says will open on June 5, 2026, with Jonathan Glickman leading Miramax's outreach to the family.
- The dispute underscores creators’ recurring fights over profit participation in Hollywood and could renew scrutiny of past deals and accounting practices that affect artists’ pay.