MTV is looking for a Sidney Prescott of its own.

The network is developing a TV series adaptation of Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson's horror franchise Scream, sources confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

As first reported by TV Line, former MTV executives Tony DiSanto (The Hills, Teen Wolf, Teen Mom) and Liz Gateley (The Hard Times of RJ Berger) are on board to executive produce the project, with a search underway to find a writer to pen the project.

What role Scream director Craven and screenwriter Williamson would have with the project has yet to be determined.

Since debuting in 1996, the franchise -- which stars Neve Campbell as Sidney along with Courteney Cox as investigative reporter Gale Weathers and David Arquette as loyal lawman Dewey -- has spawned three sequels. The franchise has grossed more than $330 million worldwide.

Williamson, meanwhile, already has two series set for the 2012-13 television season: The CW's The Vampire Diaries and Fox's Kevin Bacon serial killer drama The Following, which was picked up to series in May.

The Scream project comes as the young-skewing network has found success on the scripted side with another feature film-to-series TV adaptation in Teen Wolf, which was based on the 1980s movies that originally starred Michael J. Fox. The werewolf drama returned for a second season Sunday night.

沪江娱乐快讯：MTV电视台正在为本台打造的新剧寻找尖叫女主角。

经《好莱坞记者报》确认，MTV正在着手将韦斯•克雷文（Wes Craven）和凯文•威廉姆森（Kevin Williamson）一手打造的恐怖系列影片《惊声尖叫》翻拍成电视剧。

最早的时候《TV line》报道，原MTV电视台的监制托尼•迪桑托（Tony DiSanto，其作品有《好莱坞女孩》、《少狼》、《少女妈咪》）和利兹•盖特利（Liz Gately，作品有《少年成长记》）已经确认负责这部剧的监制，同时本剧还在四处招纳一名编剧。

至于原导演韦斯•克雷文和编剧凯文•威廉姆森在这部新剧中将“扮演”什么样的角色，至今尚未作决。

从1996年至今，这部围绕内芙•坎贝尔（Neve Campbell）扮演的席妮(Sidney)、柯特妮•考克斯（Courtney Cox）扮演的调查记者盖儿•韦瑟斯（Gale Weathers），以及大卫•阿奎特（David Arquette）扮演的尽忠职守的警官杜威（Dewey）展开的电影已经衍生了三部续集，这一系列影片在全球共赚得了超过3.3亿美元的收入。

同时，在今年到明年的电视季，威廉姆森还负责了两部剧集，分别是CW电视台的《吸血鬼日记》，以及Fox电视台五月开播的新剧《杀手之王》（The Following），后者由凯文•贝肯（Kevin Bacon）主演，讲述了连环杀手的故事。

深受年轻人喜欢的MTV电视台，自从成功地改写了另一部由电影改编的剧集《少狼》后，就萌生了改编《惊声尖叫》的计划。《少狼》改编自20世纪80年代的电影，由迈克尔•J•福克斯（Michael J. Fox）主演。新改编的《少狼》第二季已于上周日晚上回归。