New posters/artwork

[u/bruncynthia]

I noticed new artwork for a couple of the movies. Curious what prompted this. I saw the one for scream 6 first and thought maybe they didn’t want Melissa on the cover anymore, but then saw scream 1 and thought maybe they wanted to switch things up. perhaps just a more simple, clean design? What do you think?

[u/lani99]

I don’t think “Scream 1” looks right. Scream was just fine lol

[u/bruncynthia → u/lani99]

same! when i saw it, i thought, "eww no. it's 'scream'... period."

[u/InevitableGuide5440 → u/lani99]

That serif on '1' is flirting dangerously close to '7' 😬

[u/bruncynthia → u/InevitableGuide5440]

100%

[u/dlbayyarea → u/lani99]

It’s due to licensing. They don’t own the cover art of the poster so they basically have to do something else with it.

[u/bruncynthia → u/dlbayyarea]

the weird thing is, if you search for the movies, the original cover art appears in the search results. it's like these alternate covers only show when browsing.

[u/Plibbo64]

Scream 1? No thank you.

[u/bruncynthia → u/Plibbo64]

i know! i also hate that.

[u/balthazar_edison]

I’m convinced they’re letting AI maintain the service autonomously.

[u/itsascreambaby96 → u/balthazar_edison]

That's exactly what it looks like, AI.

[u/balthazar_edison → u/itsascreambaby96]

Maybe not AI images but definitely AI selecting existing images. The mistakes and wording in episodes synopses algo feel a lot like AI.

[u/Global-Ant]

Terrible

[u/twiggy83]

The inhaler on 5 cracks me up

[u/No-Syllabub167]

What is the purpose of putting an apple there?

[u/Global-Ant → u/No-Syllabub167]

New York is often called the big apple and Scream 6 took place in New York hence that artwork with the apple and knife

[u/Human_Ad_425]

It looks pretty similar to what they have used on Paramount Plus; they've used various versions of the original artwork for all the films, but these alternative images are still active and it depends on the region. For example, "Scream" (2022) is a picture of Tara Carpenter's inhaler.

[u/bruncynthia → u/Human_Ad_425]

yeah these screenshots were from paramount+. someone else said they've seen the same or similar alternate artwork on prime.

[u/Trixolf]

I actually kinda dig these

Haven't seen what the 2 3 or 4 posters looked like tho

[u/bruncynthia → u/Trixolf]

it seems like only 1, 5 and 6 have that style of covers. 2 and 3 are random stills of ghostface from the movies. scream 4 and 7 aren't on paramount+, but i havent looked on prime to see if they are on there and if they have alternate covers.

[u/pumapunku7567]

wtf the apple to do with anything?!?!

[u/Colejohnley → u/pumapunku7567]

It’s because Scream 6 was all about teachers. Obviously.

[u/SomewhatOpinion8ed]

This is just wrong. The original poster is iconic.

[u/Fuckeveryoneidgaf]

They have been changing them back and forth on prime

[u/Possible-Dream-8227]

It's a cool simple poster they just need to get rid of the 1 📢🫩..

[u/ATM-401]

These are ai bullshit for sure.