You weren’t hoping for a fifth and sixth Scream were you?

Bloody reader ‘D.I.O. Ian’ pointed us to Cinefilles, who had the chance to sit down with Scream franchise writer Kevin Williamson at last week’s 2014 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour.

Those of you waiting for news (and e-mailing me constantly) are in for some heartbreak, although Williamson does leave the door open in case cooler heads prevail.

“It’s weird, when I pitched ‘Scream 4’, I pitched ‘Scream 4,’ ‘5’ and ‘6’,” Williamson explained to a few journalists, including Cinefilles, following a panel for his new TV show ‘Stalker’ at the 2014 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour on Thursday. “I pitched a whole new trilogy. I guess Scream 4 never took off in a way they hoped, and so…” While Williamson went on to confirm what any ‘Scream’ fan already knows–he’s “not involved” in the series development anymore, as Wes Craven and his team are “done with [him]“–he also noted that these original pitches could very well turn into something bigger in the future, if all goes well. “It’s all here [pointing to his head] and my computer … if they wanna buy it from me!” he said with a smirk. It’s very possible the Craven crew might want to do just that if the ‘Scream’ TV series currently in development at MTV turns into a hit. Williamson is not involved in that in any capacity, not even as a consultant, but tells Cinefilles that he might tune in, as a viewer. “I’m curious. I’ll watch it. I’ll give it a go,” he said from the TCA stage at the Beverly Hills Hilton. “’Teen Wolf’ turned out to be a fun romp–I enjoy the hell out of that–so maybe MTV’s on a roll and it will be a good, cool thriller.”

While we already knew about the internal spat, we had no idea it was this bad. It sounds as if Williamson really burned bridges with Craven and his team, including the Weinstein Company. On paper, Williamson doesn’t sound too angry, but does hold the cards to rekindling the franchise. Who would win this game of poker? I’m willing to bet everyone holds strong and Ghostface stays dead forever…until Scream is rebooted for a new generation of horror fans (“If you want to save your boyfriend, answer this one question: who was dead on the floor in Saw?“).