“The Philanthropist” starred last night, and you can check high quality screencaptures of the Pilot in our gallery. I’ll be making clips to add here, too.

1×01 Pilot – A wealthy philanthropist’s life is changed when a hurricane hits the Nigerian town he was visiting. During the storm the billionaire rescues a young boy. These events lead him to pursue his new found passion for helping those in need.

The Philanthropist (2009): 1×01 Pilot Screencaptures

Kevin Williamson, the screenwriter of ‘Scream 4′, reveals that he is currently trying to ‘figure out a Sid-less scenario’ due to Neve Campbell’s refusal to reprise her role as Sidney Prescott.

Neve Campbell, who portrayed Sidney Prescott on the first three “Scream” films, reportedly has refused to get involved in the fourth installment of the thriller-mystery, “Scream 4″. The rumors sparked as the screenwriter of the film, Kevin Williamson, recently wrote in his Twitter page, “Trying to figure out a Sid-less scenario. She won’t do it. This sucks.”

Campbell’s tight schedule reportedly becomes the reason behind her refusal to be involved. She currently is starring in a new NBC TV series entitled “The Philanthropist” and working on lots of movie projects. The 35-year-old actress previously worked on “Relative Strangers” and “Closing the Ring”.

Source: Aceshowbiz.com

Wes Craven talked with Empire magazine about Scream sequel. Actually, would be a new trilogy. The new Scream will have a part 4, more 5 and 6!

He confirmed that the Arquettes are on board, and also suggests that the new films will not feature original Scream-queen Neve Campbell, and that apart from Mr and Mrs Arquette, the rest of the cast will be entirely new.

Finally NBC has put the “The Philantropist” official website online. You can find there some pictures, videos, cast bios and soon the episode guide.

As you may know, Neve will be playing Olivia Maidstone, and according to the character official biography:

Olivia runs the charitable foundation Maidstone-Rist and is a strong, business-minded woman. She has a relationship history with Teddy but is now happily married to Philip — a dynamic that works surprisingly well. Olivia has a calming influence on Teddy; she’s the only person he truly listens to. She is the corporation’s conscience.

All videos are only available to US residents, I’m trying to get them so everybody will can see it. ;)

This is more of a news post keeping open the possibility of a new movie in the Scream franchise than actually delivering any kind of casting news as Entertainment Weekly reports Courteney Cox Arquette and David Arquette have been approached to return to the franchise by writer/creator Kevin Williamson. However, that isn’t necessarily the interesting part.

EW goes on to say Williamson has been working on a whole new trilogy that will bring back many of the characters from the original franchise, making this sound like we are talking about more of a remake/reboot than an actual Scream 4.

EW says the hope is to begin work on the new franchise this fall and there is no word on whether Neve Campbell as the lead protagonist will be returning.

Source: Rope of Silicon

As promised, added a new layout to the gallery. This one is light and pinkish. Again. lol
Also, updated the thumbnails and as you can see, it’s bigger now. Let me know if you like this size, or prefer the tiny one.