MUMBAI: US broadcaster MTV will make a television show out of the horror film franchise ?Scream?.

The broadcaster says that the aim of the one-hour pilot is to reinvent the successful horror comedy franchise that spawned three sequels and unleashed ?Ghostface? to a legion of unsuspecting fans.
 
MTV and Dimension Films are in discussions with various writers for the potential series which would be slated for a summer 2014 debut on the network. Dimension Films is in discussions with the films? original director and renowned filmmaker Wes Craven to direct the one-hour pilot.