May 25, 2026 9:00am PT
How Marlon Wayans Survived Hell, Hollywood and Harvey Weinstein
The comedy legend opens up about reclaiming “Scary Movie” from the Weinsteins, losing 62 loved ones during COVID, and how he negotiates having a trans son and being best pals with Dave Chappelle.
On the surface, “Scary Movie” may seem like just another summer sequel mining nostalgia for profit. But for Marlon Wayans, the film’s writer, producer and star, it represents the culmination of a quarter-century battle to wrest control of his family’s franchise back from its pillagers, as well as a promise he’d made to his dying father. “My father was in the hospital for a few weeks before he passed, and in one of our final conversations, he said, ‘I think you and your brothers should work together again,’” Wayans says.
Source: variety.com