Kristen Bell, Anna Paquin to star in 'Scream 4'

08/25/2010 by Corinne Heller

Kristen Bell, formerly of the show Veronica Mars, and Anna Paquin of True Blood fame have joined the cast of Scream 4, which is set to be released on April 15, 2011.

Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and her husband David Arquette will reprise their roles in the fourth installment of the horror series, which is directed by Wes Craven and is currently filming, according to a statement from Dimension Films and the Weinstein Company.

Others set to star in Scream 4 include Alison Brie of Mad Men and Community, Hayden Panettiere of Heroes, Emma Roberts, Marielle Jaffe, Rory Culkin, Nico Tortorella, Erik Knudsen, Anthony Anderson, Adam Brody of The O.C., Marley Shelton and Mary McDonnell.

The previous three Scream films have made more than $300 million in the United States. In the fourth, Sidney Prescott, played by Campbell, is visited by the Ghostface Killer again, 10 years after she encountered him for the first time in Scream in 1996.

In addition to the short-lived teen detective series Veronica Mars, Bell is the narrator of the show Gossip Girl and has had a recurring part on Heroes. She recently starred in the romantic comedy film When in Rome and is set to star in Burlesque with Christina Aguilera and Cher. The movie is due for release on November 24 (see a trailer for Burlesque).

Paquin plays Sookie Stackhouse on the Emmy-nominated HBO adult-oriented vampire series True Blood and recently married her co-star Stephen Moyer. The Canadian-born actress grew up in New Zealand and won an Academy Award in 1994, when she was 11, for her role in The Piano.