Emma Roberts the new Scream Queen

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When we showed you the teaser posters for Scream 4 a few days ago (the second one’s fake by the way), we mentioned some of the actors and actresses that would be involved. Offers were out to Twilight actress Ashley Greene, Hayden Panettiere and Rory Culkin – yes, of those Culkins. Greene was to have played the heroine, Jill, the cousin of Scream star Neve Campbell.

But the deal was never completed and now EW is reporting that Emma Roberts has stepped in to play the role.

Shooting begins in June in Michigan. Scream 4 will open nationwide on April 15, 2011.

The Pulse: Well, there goes all my Twilight jokes if Greene had got the role. Emma is a good choice, even though up until now she’s been cast in predominately kid/young adult movies. That will change with Joel Schumacher’s new film, however, where her character is in a relationship with a guy who is addicted to a mysterious drug called “Twelve.” While her aunt Julia was never a scream queen in her day, she did play a servant to Dr. Jekyll (Mary Reilly) and learned that Sleeping with the Enemy is never a good idea. Anyone else think Nancy Drew has the goods to figure out who the Ghostface Killer is before it’s too late?

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