Shorty Returning in New Scary Movie

The Wayans Brothers revealed October last year they were returning for a Scary Movie reboot, and more recently Anna Farris and Regina Hall have officially signed on to reprise their respective roles as Cindy and Brenda. Marlon Wayans has just revealed we'll be seeing another familiar face in the upcoming spoof.

In a chat with Entertainment Weekly, Marlon Wayans revealed the news that he will be reprising his role as Shorty for the upcoming Scary Movie film.

After bulking up to play a professional footballer in horror movie Him (in theaters next week), Wayans teases his return for Scary Movie 6, the sequel to the horror-parody franchise. Part of that involves slimming down to portray his beloved character, Shorty.

"Physically, I like to endure some kind of crazy regimen," Wayans tells Entertainment Weekly during a conversation about Him. "Even right now, it's Scary Movie. I just lost 20 lbs busting my behind every day 'cause I didn't wanna show up to set as Shorty buff at 225. That'd be lazy of me. I wanna do the work, I wanna look like Shorty. So when I'm able to [in his Shorty voice] have fun and shit, people are able to laugh at me, son."

Fingers crossed we'll be seeing some more familiar faces return to the franchise. Wayans has said they "have plans to bring a few more back," but he declined to say more because "no deal's been done."

We're not sure what we can expect from the film at the moment, as things are still being kept quiet. However, Marlon Wayans also recently revealed in an interview with Comicbook.com, he has an idea of what films he already wants to parody.

“I mean, you know, I’m just a fan of the whole genre, man. I Know What You Did Last Summer may have something in there. I think the Scream franchise is always a great one. I think Heretic was a wonderful film. Longlegs. Get Out. Nope. There are just so many great horror films to pull from that we plan on having a field day. Sinners.”

The Wayans and Rick Alvarez are writing and producing the sixth entry, with Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directing. Wayans also revealed to EW they plan to poke fun at these new age elevated horror films.

"I think you have to acknowledge how comedy has changed. Not just horror has changed, but films have changed, the audience has changed, the world has shifted. I think the way to do that is to make the generational gap part of the conversation. That's how we constructed the movie so we could talk about it all. It's a conversation with these funny characters, and they just so happen to be going through this. The more pressure you put on characters and the more horrific the situations, that's when you really get to know the characters."

Shorty Returning in New Scary Movie

Additionally, he promised Scary Movie 6 will be "no holds barred and equal opportunity offenders."

"It's how we always do it. We just want to make everybody laugh, and we don't care if you're sensitive. Even sensitive people need to laugh at themselves. Just know that we're not just laughing at you, you get the chance to laugh at others. When we did White Chicks, we made fun of everybody. We made fun of Black people, we made fun of white people, we made fun of Hispanic people. That's just what we do. We make fun of the world, make light of the world. It's not to harm, it's to bring humor. You may offend people here and there, but, hey, not every joke's gonna land 100 percent, but if you tell a joke and 100 people laugh and one person walks out, that's still a good joke."

"If 100 people walk out and only one person is laughing, that's a bad joke. That's not to say that there's not something in that joke 'cause this guy's laughing now. We want to make the majority of people laugh and have a good time. I think this film that we're working on is gonna be a great conversation piece, that we can all sit down and laugh together, over three generations of people who haven't had great comedy in a long time."

The sixth film is set to release June 12th, 2026.